Representative scope · Los Angeles
Whole-home remodel
Down-to-studs remodel on a mid-century residence. Structural upgrades. Full MEP replacement. Kitchen and bath redesign. Integrated solar retrofit at roof replacement.
Los Angeles · Twenty years
Twenty years of building in Los Angeles.
Envelope to energy stack.
One contract.
Most general contractors stop at framing. We keep going — through the roof, into the solar array, and out to the battery. Custom homes, whole-home remodels, ADUs, roofing, and integrated solar-and-battery — one licensed general contractor holding the plan from raw dirt to the day the lights turn on. CSLB #984586.
What we build
Six categories. One firm.
From new custom builds to solar-plus-battery retrofits, we run every job with the same crew, the same standards, and the same twenty years of jobsites behind every decision.
Residential
Custom Home Construction
Ground-up single-family across LA. Hillside, flat lot, coastal. We coordinate architect, engineer, permitting, and construction under one contract.
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Whole-Home Remodels
Down-to-studs remodels. Additions. Second-story pop-ups. We hold the plan through demo, framing, MEP, and finish.
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ADU Construction
Detached, attached, and junior ADUs. Permit-ready to LA's ADU pathway. LADBS from intake through certificate of occupancy.
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Roofing
New roofs and re-roofs on residential and light commercial. Composition, tile, standing-seam metal, flat-roof membrane. Integrated with solar mounting where the roof and the array get planned together.
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Solar + Battery Storage
Grid-tied PV systems. Battery storage sized in usable kWh. NEM 3.0 interconnection strategy done at the design table, not on a Thursday.
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Light Commercial
Tenant improvements and small ground-up commercial. Office, retail, mixed-use. LADBS commercial pathway, delivered on the schedule we quote.
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The envelope and the energy stack. Under one contract.
The envelope and the energy stack under one contract — what does that actually look like on a jobsite?
When PBG builds a new home or runs a whole-home remodel, the roof, the electrical rough-in, and the solar-plus-battery design get planned together. Not bolted on six months after certificate of occupancy. That means:
- The roof structure is engineered for the array from day one.No post-hoc retrofits. No penetrations you didn't plan for. No leaks in year four because someone drilled through underlayment that was designed for a different job.
- The main service panel is sized for the future load— EV charging, heat pumps, induction, battery backup — before drywall closes it in. Not upgraded during a remodel a decade later at a multiple of what the rough-in would have cost.
- Title 24 modeling is done up front, not chased through revisions when the plan reviewer comes back marked up.
- NEM 3.0 interconnection strategy is part of the design conversation, not a decision the electrical sub makes on a Thursday afternoon because the AHJ needed an answer by Friday.
Twenty years in LA teaches you a hard thing: the buildings that age well are the ones where the trades were sequenced right on paper. Everything downstream is easier or harder depending on that one call.
That's the work we do before the excavator arrives.
Why PBG
What twenty years in Los Angeles buys you.
01
We pull the permits.
LADBS is our second office. Residential plan check, coastal jurisdiction, hillside pathway, ADU intake, commercial TI. You don't chase corrections. We do.
02
One owner. One contract.
The founder is the owner-operator on every project. Not a project manager three layers removed — the person whose name is on the contract and whose hands are on the schedule. When you call PBG, you call the operator.
03
We hold the schedule we quote.
Change orders happen. Scope creeps. We tell you when it's happening and what it costs before the trade starts the work. No surprise invoices at closeout.
04
Twenty years of jobsites in LA.
Three code cycles. Two market downturns. Hillside grading. Coastal Commission. Title 24 revisions. NEM going from 1.0 to 3.0. We're still here.
Portfolio
Representative work.
Below is the shape of the work — the kinds of projects PBG builds, the scopes we run, the ranges we hold. Real case studies with photography go live here as current projects wrap.
Representative scope · Los Angeles
Custom home
Ground-up single-family on a hillside lot. Grading. Foundation. Framing. High-performance envelope. Integrated PV array sized to future load.
Representative scope · Los Angeles
ADU
Detached two-bedroom ADU on an infill lot. Utility separation. Foundation. Framing. Standalone solar-and-battery.
Real project case studies live here as current jobs wrap. In the meantime, we're happy to walk you through recent projects on a call.See the full portfolio →
What we stand on
What we stand on.
CSLB #984586
California licensed general contractor.
Twenty years in force.
Twenty years in LA.
Residential and light commercial construction across Los Angeles County. Three code cycles. Two market downturns. One operator.
LADBS-experienced.
Residential and commercial permitting through Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, across every major district in the city.
References on request.
Twenty years of clients. We'll connect you with owners who've lived in the finished house — not just the ones who signed the contract.
Start a project
Start a project.
Every project starts with a conversation. Tell us what you're building — new home, remodel, ADU, roof, solar retrofit, commercial buildout — and we'll tell you what's realistic on your timeline, your lot, and your budget.