Panel upgrades in Valley Village
Service upgrades for 1940s and postwar Valley Village houses, and meter-bank and house-panel replacements for apartment buildings, with LADWP's disconnect and reconnect scheduled around tenants.
What you can call us for in Valley Village
- Troubleshooting & repairs
- Tripping breakers & dead outlets
- Lights & ceiling fans
- Outlets, GFCI & new circuits
- Panels & subpanels
- EV chargers
- Rewiring & remodels
- Commercial
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What we do in Valley Village
Everything we do in Valley Village, with what each job usually involves here. The photos are from our own jobs.
EV charger installation in Valley Village
Level 2 chargers for driveways and garages, and for assigned parking at apartment and condo buildings, with the load checked against the existing service first.
Electrical repair & troubleshooting in Valley Village
Tracing breakers that trip, dead outlets and flickering lights in older houses and in apartment units.
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Rewiring in Valley Village
Rewiring older houses and apartment units room by room, replacing ungrounded circuits and two-prong outlets while the home stays lived in.
Lighting & ceiling fans in Valley Village
Shielded parking and walkway lighting for apartment buildings next to single-family blocks, and recessed and fixture lighting for remodels.
Outlets, GFCI & new circuits in Valley Village
GFCI protection for kitchens, baths and laundry rooms, and dedicated circuits for air conditioners and appliances in rental units.
Commercial electrical in Valley Village
Lighting, circuits and tenant improvements for the shops, offices and small commercial buildings along Magnolia, Laurel Canyon and Riverside.
Also: subpanels, dedicated circuits, 240-volt outlets for dryers and ranges, exterior and security lighting, hard-wired smoke alarms, and small repairs of every kind.
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Valley Village is the roughly two-square-mile pocket of the San Fernando Valley between Burbank Boulevard and the Ventura Freeway, with the Hollywood Freeway on the east and the Tujunga Wash on the west, by the neighborhood council's boundaries. Local historians trace it to the 1930s, when workers at nearby film studios built houses here. For decades it was officially a section of North Hollywood with its own Valley Village postmark; in 1985 about 300 homeowners met at Colfax Avenue Elementary to campaign against overdevelopment, an effort that grew into a push for a separate name, and the neighborhood's own boundary signs went up in 1991.
It is a dense, mostly renter neighborhood: about 24,000 people at more than 11,000 per square mile in the 2010 census, and renters in roughly 69 percent of homes at the 2000 count. Blocks of single-family houses sit right next to apartment buildings along the main streets, and that mix is the reason the City adopted the Valley Village Specific Plan, which still shapes what gets built here.
Valley Village at a glance
- ZIP codes
- 91607 (parts of 91601, 91602, 91401 and 91423 near the edges)
- Jurisdiction
- A neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County
Areas we cover in Valley Village
- Magnolia Boulevard
- Laurel Canyon Boulevard
- Chandler Boulevard and the G Line
- Colfax Avenue
- Riverside Drive
- Tujunga Wash
- Carpenter, Simpson and Morella avenues
Good to know
- A City of Los Angeles neighborhood; it was officially part of North Hollywood until residents won their own name and signs in 1991
- Most homes are rented: about 69 percent at the 2000 census
- Covered by the Valley Village Specific Plan, which limits height and adds buffers where apartments meet houses
- Metro G Line stop at Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Chandler
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What's common in Valley Village homes
Valley Village mixes early studio-era houses, wartime and postwar tracts, and apartment buildings along the boulevards, with renters in most homes.
- Early houses in the eastern blocks. The City's SurveyLA report notes that early residences are concentrated in East Valley Village. Houses of that age often still have small services, ungrounded circuits and two-prong outlets, and the first job is usually a look at what the panel can carry.
- 1940s Minimal Traditional houses. SurveyLA documents small houses on Carpenter, Simpson and Morella avenues between Burbank and Chandler built from 1940 to 1948, and names them the Carpenter-Morella-Simpson Residential Historic District. They are modest houses whose original electrical systems were never sized for central air, a charger or a remodeled kitchen.
- Postwar curving streets in the west. The same report describes postwar subdivisions with curving streets and cul-de-sacs in western Valley Village. These houses usually get a service upgrade when air conditioning, an EV charger or a heat pump is added.
- Apartment buildings on the main streets. With most households renting, much of the work is for owners and property managers: meter banks, house panels, laundry and common-area circuits, parking lighting and chargers in assigned spaces, planned so tenants keep power for as much of the job as possible.
Permits and power in Valley Village
Valley Village (ZIP code 91607 (parts of 91601, 91602, 91401 and 91423 near the edges)) is entirely inside the City of Los Angeles, so the citywide LADBS and LADWP steps below apply everywhere in the neighborhood. Mailing addresses don't always say Valley Village, because the post office and even some city facilities still use North Hollywood or Studio City; the City lists Valley Village Park, for example, at a North Hollywood 91601 address. The permit office and utility are the same either way.
The Valley Village Specific Plan. City Planning lists the Valley Village Specific Plan as an overlay on the neighborhood. Its stated purposes include preserving stable single-family neighborhoods and buffering them from larger buildings: apartment buildings are held to 36 feet and houses to 30, multifamily and commercial projects next to single-family lots need extra setbacks, a planted buffer and, where parking or a driveway adjoins a house, a six-foot masonry wall, and lighting on any project covered by the plan must be shielded and directed onto the property. The plan applies to projects that add height, floor area or units, so a panel change or a new circuit inside an existing building is not what it was written for. Where electrical work is part of an addition or a new building, the plan's limits apply to that project, and the architect or LADBS confirms them before we size the service.
Shielded lighting next to houses. Because the plan asks for shielded, low-glare lighting on the projects it covers, parking and walkway lights at an apartment building on the edge of a residential block need fixtures that keep light on the property. We pick fixtures with that in mind when we replace or add exterior lighting on those buildings.
EV chargers. LADWP says a residential charger needs an LADBS permit that the contractor pulls online, that chargers qualify for express permits without plan review, and that inspections can typically be scheduled for the next business day. If you choose LADWP's EV time-of-use rate, which needs a separate meter, LADWP estimates about 5 to 10 business days for that meter change after LADBS approval when no panel upgrade is needed; jobs with panel work may take longer.
Permits come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS). A new circuit, an EV charger, a sub-panel or a panel replacement is permitted work, and LADBS will not send an inspector until the permit is issued. We pull it under our license and meet the inspector at the end.
Power comes from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), not Southern California Edison. For repairs, lighting, new outlets and a charger that fits on the existing panel, LADWP is not involved. For a panel or service upgrade it is: the job starts with LADWP's free meter spot, where an Electric Service Representative visits within five to fifteen business days, confirms where the new equipment may go and leaves a sketch at the job (single-family services up to 320 amps can be requested online). When only the meter needs setting, LADWP says that generally happens within ten working days. If the existing LADWP service can carry the new load there are generally no LADWP charges; work in the street, on a transformer or on the lines can add cost and time, and we find that out before you commit.
The permits and utilities guide explains the whole picture for the three counties we serve.
Around Valley Village
North Hollywood to the north and east, Studio City to the south and Sherman Oaks to the west are City of Los Angeles neighborhoods like Valley Village, with LADBS permits and LADWP power, and so is Van Nuys farther northwest. Burbank, a few miles east, is a separate city with its own building division and its own utility, Burbank Water and Power.
See the full list of areas we cover across Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties.
