New Construction in Reseda
Reseda houses planned around what is really underground, with an ADU placed on the lot early so trenches and footings are laid out once.
Lines laid for a house that no longer stands, such as an irrigation main or a dead telephone conduit, can surface right where a new footing wants to go. In Reseda, that find can shift the foundation layout, the trench plan and the spot where an ADU fits. Probing for leftovers comes before the numbers are final, so the drawings match what is really underground.
When a probe hits something
A buried obstruction forces a decision on the spot. Sometimes the footing line slides over a few feet and nothing else moves. Sometimes the obstruction is a pipe that still carries water or a cable that still carries power, and then the utility or the plumber gets a say before a bucket goes deeper. Dead lines get capped at the main, with the cap left visible for the inspector. Each outcome becomes a separate line on the written quote, so a change in price traces back to what caused it. A footing that has to step down also changes the rebar schedule the inspector reads.
Framing and wiring on a partial keep
Not every Reseda job starts from bare dirt. If part of an older structure stays, a garage wall or a foundation stem wall, we open it before quoting. Stud size and spacing show whether the wall can carry a new roof load, and the wire inside shows whether it can be reused or has to come out. Findings go to the structural engineer, and LADBS sees the result on the plans. A wall that cannot be kept comes down under the same demolition permit as the rest.
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A unit placed on the first sketch borrows the house's trenches for its sewer, power and water, and no poured footing has to be cut open later. Lines found during probing are mapped once for both buildings. Lot size and setbacks settle whether a unit fits at all.
Probing for buried utilities sits alongside the survey and soils testing, ahead of design. Engineering and LADBS plan check come next. If a house stands there now, its demolition permit and service disconnects go first. Excavation begins only once the stamped set is approved.
LADBS reads each Reseda set against the structural provisions, the state energy standards and the green building measures, then against zoning for yard setbacks, building height and parking counts. A grading sheet answers stormwater standards, and an ADU brings state law and the city's own ADU provisions into the check.
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