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).
The two steps
The numbers behind the chart
| Step | Median | Middle half | Permits | Permits issued |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permit to final inspection | about 6 months | about 3 months to about 12 months | 11,194 | September 2022 to September 2024 |
Remodeling contractors with the most jobs in Los Angeles
| Rank | Contractor | Jobs | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preferred Home Builders Inc Canoga Park, licensed 26 years | Visit website | |
| 2 | Better Together Builders Inc Encino, licensed 8 years | Visit website | |
| 3 | One Week Bath Inc Van Nuys, licensed 26 years | Visit website |
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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.