Five categories cover the entire scope of what Tal and Jacob build across Burbank, Toluca Lake, North Hollywood and Glendale, working out of Magnolia Park at 1006 Magnolia Blvd and answering the phone 24 hours a day. What ties these areas together isn't sameness — a post-war ranch home in Burbank has almost nothing in common with a Tudor estate straddling the Toluca Lake city line, and neither has much in common with a Craftsman climbing a Glendale hillside — which is exactly why every project here runs design-build instead of off a fixed template. The breakdown below covers what each service actually includes. For how the first call works, see contact; for the story behind the company, see about.
- Kitchen Remodeling — cabinetry, countertops, islands and backsplashes, whether the goal is a period-accurate bungalow refresh or a full layout overhaul.
- Bathroom Remodeling — walk-in showers, tub-to-shower conversions, vanities and tile, built to handle both older single-bath layouts and dry Valley air.
- Home Additions & ADUs — room additions and accessory dwelling units, feasibility through final permit sign-off.
- Flooring — hardwood, luxury vinyl plank and tile, chosen with the region's dry inland climate in mind.
- Whole-Home Remodeling — full-house work on Burbank's ranch and bungalow stock, planned around whether you stay in the house or move out.
The List Reflects the Calls, Not a Corporate Menu
None of these five got picked off a franchise template — they're the actual requests that come through the phone from homeowners across this stretch of the eastern Valley. Kitchens and bathrooms lead the list because so much of the local housing was built for a different generation's routines and layouts, and those rooms are the first thing owners want reworked. Additions and ADUs are driven by state law changes that turned backyard garages into legitimate second units almost overnight. Flooring rarely comes as a standalone job here — it's usually bundled with something bigger — and whole-home work is where every other category converges on one project.
Two Things That Shape Every Job Before the Design Even Starts
The first is which office you're dealing with. Burbank runs its own permitting entirely in-house through its Building Division. Glendale, a separate independent city, does the same through its own department. North Hollywood answers to LADBS as a Los Angeles neighborhood. Toluca Lake could be either, and the specific parcel decides it — Tal and Jacob pin this down before any drawing gets made. The second is the climate: this is dry, hot inland Valley territory with none of the coastal marine layer that tempers a beach city's summer, which pushes insulation, glazing, and Title 24 energy compliance into more projects here than a coastal remodel would ever need to think about.
Still not sure which category your project falls under? Call (747) 350-1456 and walk through it — most things sort out inside a couple of minutes, and the rest gets settled at a free consultation. For area-specific detail, see Toluca Lake, North Hollywood or Glendale, or check what past clients have said before heading back to the home page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why only five services instead of a longer menu?
Because these five cover essentially everything a homeowner in this part of the San Fernando Valley actually calls about — kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, home additions and ADUs, flooring, and whole-home remodeling. A longer list padded with niche add-ons doesn't help you find the right page faster; it just adds clutter. If your project doesn't obviously fit one of the five, call (747) 350-1456 and describe it — Tal or Jacob can usually place it inside a minute or two, and the free consultation sorts out any remaining detail.
What's actually different about design-build compared to a normal contractor?
With design-build, the same two people — Tal and Jacob — handle the design and the construction, rather than you hiring an architect for the drawings and a separate contractor to build them and then mediating between the two when they disagree. Every service on this page follows that same path: free consultation, 3D design, written estimate, then the build, permits included. In a decades-old Burbank ranch or bungalow, where opening one wall can expose problems nobody saw coming, having one accountable team instead of two finger-pointing ones changes how a surprise gets resolved.
Once I get a written estimate, can the price still move?
Not without your sign-off. The number in that estimate is fixed once it's handed over, and it only changes through a documented change order that you approve — typically because something unexpected turned up once a wall or floor was opened on an older property. That protects you from a price that creeps upward on the final invoice, and it protects the schedule too, since everyone's working from the same agreed scope. If a contractor won't put a number on paper before starting, that's worth asking about directly.
Which building department handles my permit?
Depends entirely on the address. Burbank runs its own permitting through the City of Burbank Community Development Department's Building Division. North Hollywood, being a Los Angeles neighborhood, goes through LADBS. Glendale is its own separate city with its own building and safety office. Toluca Lake sits right on the Burbank/LA line, so which department applies depends on the specific parcel. Tal and Jacob check this before any design work starts, along with Title 24 energy code and CALGreen requirements for larger projects.
Why do kitchens and bathrooms get top billing on this page?
Because that's where the demand actually sits. A huge share of Burbank's housing was built after World War II for Lockheed and studio families, plus an older layer of 1920s-1940s bungalows concentrated around Magnolia Park — and in both, the kitchens and single bathrooms were designed for a household routine that doesn't match how people live now. Cabinets, countertops, islands and backsplashes drive most kitchen requests; walk-in showers, tub-to-shower conversions, vanities and tile drive most bathroom ones. It's not that other services matter less — it's that these two account for the bulk of the calls.
Explain ADUs to me — is one actually realistic on my property?
An ADU is a self-contained second living space on your lot — sometimes called a granny flat, sometimes just a garage conversion — and California loosened the rules around them significantly starting in 2016. Regionally, ADUs went from about 11% of all housing permits in 2018 to 26% by 2022, and Burbank's deep postwar lots with detached garages are close to ideal for the kind of conversion those law changes were aimed at. Feasibility — setbacks, coverage, access, utility hookups — gets checked at the free consultation, and the whole thing runs through [home additions and ADUs](/home-additions).
How different is a Glendale remodel from one in Burbank or North Hollywood?
More different than you'd expect from cities this close together. [Toluca Lake](/toluca-lake) mixes older Tudor and Spanish estate homes with a permitting split between Burbank and Los Angeles depending on the parcel. [North Hollywood](/north-hollywood) is bungalows, apartments and newer infill under LADBS, with unusually high ADU demand. [Glendale](/glendale) is a fully separate city climbing into the Verdugo and San Rafael hillsides, with Craftsman, Spanish and mid-century homes and its own building department entirely. Burbank sits at the center of all of it — its own jurisdiction, no coastal zone anywhere in the picture.
Does working with a lot of studio and entertainment-industry clients change anything about how you operate?
Mostly it changes scheduling. Warner Bros. has been in Burbank since 1928 and Disney has been headquartered here since 1940, and a meaningful chunk of our clients work production hours that don't match a typical nine-to-five — which means consultations booked around a shoot schedule and a written scope you can review between projects rather than in a rushed sit-down. The actual remodeling work — cabinets, tile, framing, flooring — doesn't change. The way we communicate around it does.
Do I have to move out for a whole-home remodel, or can I stay?
It comes down to scope, and Tal and Jacob work through that with you at the consultation rather than assuming either way. Sometimes a phased approach lets part of the house stay livable while another section is under construction. A full gut renovation, or a project that takes out the kitchen and the only bathroom at the same time, usually means moving out for a stretch. You'll get a straight answer on which situation applies to your project before you sign anything — see [whole-home remodeling](/whole-home-remodeling) for more detail.
Does the heat out here actually affect what flooring material makes sense?
Yes, more than people expect. This part of the Valley runs hot and dry with none of the humidity a coastal city gets, and that dryness can stress solid hardwood over time — expanding and contracting more than it would somewhere with steadier moisture in the air. Engineered hardwood and luxury vinyl plank tend to hold up better under those swings, while tile remains the standard choice anywhere moisture is a real factor. [Flooring](/flooring) gets planned as part of the whole remodel, not tacked on separately, so material choice, subfloor and transitions all line up.
Where do I actually start?
Call (747) 350-1456 and describe whatever you're picturing, even if it's rough. Tal or Jacob will confirm the address is inside coverage — Burbank, Toluca Lake, North Hollywood, Glendale, plus Studio City and Sun Valley — and get a free in-home consultation on the calendar. From there the process is always the same: consultation, 3D design, written estimate, build, with the scope and the price both nailed down on paper before demolition starts. The [contact page](/contact) walks through exactly what that first call looks like.
