General Contractor in Reseda, CA

Dn Builders Group Inc Services is a licensed general building contractor based in Burbank, working throughout Reseda — kitchen and bathroom remodels, whole-home renovations, additions, ADUs and commercial build-outs. Reseda is where the 1994 earthquake started, where some lots are still measured in acres, and where a 1915 main street is getting its old movie house back.

What we build in Reseda

Remodeling at the epicenter

The name says Northridge, but the 1994 Northridge earthquake began under Reseda. The magnitude 6.7 shock struck at 4:31 a.m. on January 17, 1994, with its epicenter about 1 km north-northwest of central Reseda, between Arminta Street and Ingomar Street, just west of Reseda Boulevard. It ruptured a blind thrust fault roughly 18 km down, a fault nobody had mapped at the surface. That morning, houses that shifted off their foundations broke gas lines and started fires across the Valley.

Reseda is a mix of foundation types. Its older houses, some from the 1920s through the 1940s, often sit on a raised perimeter foundation with short cripple walls under the floor, while many 1950s tract ranches sit on a slab. Before we price a remodel, we go under the house. If it is raised and unbolted, we recommend doing the brace-and-bolt work while the crew and permits are already in place. A standard retrofit typically runs $4,000 to $12,000, and the state Earthquake Brace + Bolt program offers up to $3,000 toward eligible pre-1980 homes (typical Los Angeles market ranges, not a quote). See how earthquake retrofits work in the Valley and what foundation repair costs.

Reseda Ranch: half-acre and one-acre lots

Around Grover Cleveland High School on Vanalden Avenue is Reseda Ranch, which the city recognized as an official neighborhood in 2008. Its lots are mostly a half acre to an acre and zoned to allow large animals, and some houses date from the 1920s and 1930s, before the postwar tract boom filled in the rest of Reseda. The neighborhood name was pursued to keep that rural lot pattern from being split into standard tracts.

That much land changes the conversation. There is usually space for a detached ADU, a rear addition or a larger garage, and the hard questions are about placement: the distance from any animal-keeping area, the length of the utility run from the main house, fire access along a long driveway, and the zone itself, which we confirm on ZIMAS before design. The older houses on these lots also tend to need the most work behind the walls. See what an ADU costs in 2026, how much square footage you can add and what is behind the walls of an older Valley home.

Downtown Reseda and the Reseda Theatre

Reseda was founded in 1912 as the town of Marian, and its business district began in 1915 at Reseda Boulevard and Sherman Way. On that stretch, the Reseda Theatre at 18443 Sherman Way opened in 1948 and closed in 1988. Azure Development is converting it into a 15,860-square-foot food hall with six vendor suites, a beer and wine garden, and a two-screen microcinema with about 100 seats upstairs, keeping the exterior and restoring the marquee.

For a restaurant, café or shop owner looking at Sherman Way, the older storefronts around it are the real opportunity and the real cost. Many need a larger electrical service, accessible restrooms, new storefront glazing and, for food use, a grease interceptor and a health department plan check. We price those before a lease is signed. Reseda’s land-use plan is also being updated: the city’s Southwest Valley update proposes renaming the Reseda–West Van Nuys Community Plan to Reseda–West Van Nuys–Lake Balboa and moving it to the new zoning code. See how long a restaurant build-out takes in Los Angeles.

Licensed and bonded

Dn Builders Group Inc Services holds an active California General Building license (#1139710), carries a $25,000 surety bond, and is fully insured. Any California project over $500 in labor and materials legally requires a licensed contractor. Verify ours, or anyone’s, with the CSLB — here is how to check a contractor’s license in about two minutes.

How we work

We check the foundation type, the lot’s zone and any commercial plan boundary, then walk the space, talk honestly about budget, and give a fixed, itemized scope before anything is demolished. Reseda is in the City of Los Angeles, so we pull permits through LADBS at the Valley office, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd. Change orders are approved in writing. You get a weekly update and a detailed walkthrough when we finish. You can see finished work on our portfolio page.

Questions

Are you a licensed contractor in Reseda?

Yes. Dn Builders Group Inc Services holds an active California General Building contractor license (#1139710), carries a $25,000 surety bond, and is fully insured. The license covers Reseda and all of California, and can be verified with the Contractors State License Board.

Does my Reseda house need an earthquake retrofit?

If it sits on a raised foundation with a crawl space and was built before 1980, it is worth checking. The 1994 Northridge earthquake was centered in Reseda, and houses that shifted off their foundations that morning broke gas lines and started fires. A standard brace-and-bolt retrofit typically runs $4,000 to $12,000, and the state Earthquake Brace + Bolt program offers up to $3,000 toward eligible homes. Slab-on-grade houses usually do not need it.

Can I build an ADU on a large Reseda Ranch lot?

Usually there is room, because many Reseda Ranch lots are a half acre to an acre. The limits come from the lot itself, so we confirm the zone on ZIMAS first, then place the ADU so it keeps the required distance from any animal-keeping area, reaches utilities without a long trench, and leaves fire access along the driveway.

Can you build out a restaurant or shop on Sherman Way in Reseda?

Yes. Downtown Reseda along Sherman Way and Reseda Boulevard dates to 1915, so many storefronts are older buildings that need upgraded electrical service, accessible restrooms and, for food use, a grease interceptor and health department plan check. We price those items before you sign a lease and pull the permits through LADBS.

Where else we work

Tarzana, Van Nuys, Northridge, and Greater Los Angeles.