Luxury Remodeling in Silver Lake

Silver Lake takes its name from the reservoir at its center, and its streets bend around that water and the hills that hold it. Public stairways climb between those streets, and many houses are set into the slope or perched at its edge, including modernist work by Schindler, Neutra, Soriano and Lautner scattered through the hills. That setting shapes outdoor projects on its hillside lots: a pool, a terrace or a backyard ADU has to earn its level ground through retaining and drainage, then sit gracefully beside a house that may be architecturally significant. Hillside grading rules and a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone cover much of the neighborhood, so both belong in the first conversation about design.

Hillside lots around the Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs are often steep, with houses set into the slope or perched at its edge, and many modern houses turn toward the rear to take in the view. Blocks on either side of Sunset Boulevard began as early streetcar tracts, with relatively shallow setbacks, little provision for the car, and Craftsman and Spanish Colonial Revival houses mixed with a smaller share of multi-family buildings such as bungalow courts.

One team designs, permits and builds every project, and our own crews self-perform the work, so the people who plan your Silver Lake project are the people on site building it.