Backyard & Outdoor Living in Redondo Beach

City of Redondo Beach Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division. The Building and Safety Division of the Community Development Department issues residential permits, and all applications, plans and documents are submitted electronically through the City's online permit portal. Redondo Beach has a certified Local Coastal Program, so Coastal Development Permits for property inside the Coastal Zone are processed by the City under Article 10, Chapter 5, Title 10 of the municipal code rather than by the Coastal Commission, with some decisions appealable to the Commission. A waste management plan is now required with building permits. How long review takes depends on scope and whether coastal review applies. We prepare the drawings, make the submittal and handle plan-check corrections ourselves, so you are not the one chasing the city.

Compact by regional standards: narrow, deep lots on the older south-side streets, sloped view parcels in the Riviera and Golden Hills, and small flat lots with detached-garage rear yards in the north end. In practice that means riviera and Avenues parcels drop steeply from the street, so pools frequently become elevated or partially raised structures with substantial retaining..

All of it, including Hollywood Riviera, Riviera Village, The Avenues, Golden Hills. We are based in Los Angeles at Cahuenga Pass, so Redondo Beach is a short run for our crews rather than a job we service from out of the area.

Full backyard transformation in this market generally runs $50,000 to $250,000+. What moves it is how much hardscape is involved, whether a pool or outdoor kitchen is included, grading and retaining, and the level of lighting and planting. We give line-item pricing after seeing the site rather than quoting a number over the phone.

A patio and turf refresh often finishes in three to five weeks. A full transformation with hardscape, an outdoor kitchen, structures and lighting typically runs ten to sixteen weeks, and longer if a pool is part of the same phase.

Pavers cost more up front but flex with ground movement instead of cracking, and individual units can be lifted and replaced. Poured concrete is cheaper initially, but a crack means cutting out and repouring a section that rarely matches. On most Southern California soil we recommend pavers for anything you will look at every day.

Yes, and on most projects we insist on it. Correcting grade and adding proper drainage while the yard is already open is far cheaper than retrofitting it after new hardscape is down.

Yes. Design, permits, hardscape, structures, kitchen, lighting and planting run through one team and one project manager, so nothing gets lost between trades.