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How long does a remodel take in Los Angeles?

In Los Angeles, the typical finished remodel took about 6 months (189 days) from permit to final inspection (11,194 finished of 15,381 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024; 27% had no final inspection on record by September 2026).

6 monthsfrom permit to final inspectionMiddle half: 3 months to 12 months

The two steps

How long remodels take in Los Angeles, in daysPermit issued to final inspection: median 189 days, middle half 92 to 367 days, 11,194 permits.Permit issued to final inspection: about 6 months03 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo
Bars show the median; the line through each bar spans the middle half of jobs.
The numbers behind the chart
StepMedianMiddle halfPermitsPermits issued
Permit to final inspectionabout 6 monthsabout 3 months to about 12 months11,194September 2022 to September 2024

Remodeling contractors with the most jobs in Los Angeles

RankContractorJobsContact
1Douglas Emmett Builders
Santa Monica, licensed 34 years
242
Call (310) 255-7800
2Preferred Home Builders Inc
Canoga Park, licensed 26 years
188
Visit website
3One Week Bath Inc
licensed 26 years
132
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Why it takes this long

  • 24% of finished jobs passed final inspection within 90 days of the permit.
  • Of the 15,381 permits issued from September 2022 to September 2024, 4,187 (27%) had no final inspection on record by September 2026. They may still be under way, dropped or never inspected; the records do not say which. They are left out of the build time; any of them that finishes will have taken more than two years, so counting them would make the typical time longer.
  • The permit wait is not shown: 52% of 15,951 permits carry no application date, so the rest would not show the typical wait.

Days are counted between the dates on each city permit: submitted_date, issue_date; final: status 'Permit Finaled' or a certificate, dated by cofo_date or status_date. Median and middle half: half of the jobs took longer than the median; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. A figure is shown only when it rests on 30 or more permits. Kinds of work are sorted by the same rules as our contractor lists. Source: City of Los Angeles, Building Permits Issued from 2020 to Present, read 2026-09-24. The same figures as data: remodel.json.