Fix Brothers is a licensed and insured general contractor working in the Hollywood Hills. Typical jobs here are kitchen and bathroom remodeling in mid-century hillside homes, deck and railing rebuilds, structural and drainage repairs, and whole-home renovations between tenants or before a sale.
We also run smaller visits with our in-house handyman crew, which matters in the hills where getting a reliable tradesperson up a canyon road for a two hour job is half the problem.
The hills are a different build environment from the flats. Houses sit on slopes, often on poles or caissons, with decks cantilevered over the drop and long stairs from the street. The work that comes up most is the work that is hardest to ignore: deck framing and railings that have weathered, posts and connections that need inspection, drainage that sends winter water the wrong way, and retaining walls doing more than they were designed for.
Permits are stricter here than almost anywhere else in the city. Hillside properties are measured against the Baseline Hillside Ordinance for added floor area, grading triggers engineering, and larger earth movement can require haul route approval, which is a hearing, not a form. Most of the area also sits in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, so exterior materials, vents and decks follow ignition-resistant rules. On top of that, canyon roads are narrow, parking is scarce, and some streets will not take a full size truck, so staging and delivery have to be planned rather than improvised. We cover all of this in the estimate so the schedule we give you is the one you actually get.
The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety. For hillside lots the city also checks added floor area against the Baseline Hillside Ordinance, and grading work brings in engineering and sometimes haul route approval. Fire zone rules apply to exterior materials. We handle the submittals, pull the permits under our own license and meet the inspectors on site.
We look at the framing and the connections, not the surface. If the posts, beams and hardware are sound, a new deck surface and railing is a sensible repair. If the structure has rot at the connections or the railing fails a basic load check, rebuilding is the honest answer, and in a fire zone the rebuild follows ignition-resistant material rules. Either way you get the reasoning in writing, not just a number.
Usually, with planning. We check turning space and parking during the estimate, use smaller vehicles where a full size truck cannot pass, and schedule deliveries outside the worst traffic windows. On the tightest canyon streets material goes in by hand from a staging point, which costs time, and we price that honestly instead of discovering it on day one.
Yes. A lot of work up here happens between guests or tenants, where the schedule is the whole job. We give you a date range we can actually hold, keep one crew on site, and finish punch list items before we leave rather than coming back three times.
Planning a bigger project here? See our pages on kitchen remodeling in Hollywood Hills and bathroom remodeling in Hollywood Hills.
Thinking about an ADU? See our local page on ADUs and garage conversions in Hollywood Hills.
Most-requested jobs in the Hollywood Hills: kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, whole-home renovation, deck and railing rebuilds, stairs and handrail repair, drainage and retaining wall work, structural repairs, interior and exterior painting, stucco repair, flooring, and electrical and plumbing upgrades.
