Luxury Remodeling in Walnut

Walnut sits in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, framed to the north by the San Jose Hills, where California black walnut trees still grow across the slopes along Grand Avenue. Founded as an equestrian community and incorporated in 1959, the city has held to a low-density, rural character, with a multi-use trail network for riders and hikers marked by split-rail fences. Over 95 percent of its homes are single-family houses, and before a permit issues for any new building or addition the project needs site plan and architectural review, where one test is the general plan's call for an attractive, high-quality residential environment with a rural character. Expansive soils, hillside grading and fire mapping are the questions that shape a backyard here.

More than half of Walnut's buildings date from 1981 to 1990, and the general plan describes that boom as tract subdivisions of a common age, a balanced mix of one and two stories, on cul-de-sac streets near neighborhood parks, while older 1960s streets in the southwest keep larger lots, ranch-style homes and even horse stables. Low Density areas are planned for lots generally 12,000 to 20,000 square feet, and Very Low Density hillside areas for lots generally over 25,000 square feet. In the R-1 zone, roofed structures may cover no more than 40 percent of the lot's building area, and at least 10 feet of the rear setback must stay substantially flat for pedestrian and emergency access.

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