Ground-Up & Fire Rebuild Construction Los Angeles

For ground-up construction, we partner with your architect (or recommend one) and own the build from grading through landscape. That means soils reports, foundation engineering, framing, Title 24 envelope, MEP rough-in, exterior cladding, windows, roofing, custom millwork, custom cabinetry, stone fabrication, finish carpentry, and every interior trade. We coordinate inspections with LADBS, Beverly Hills Building & Safety, Santa Monica, the County, and any HPOZ, hillside, or Coastal Commission review your lot triggers. Your contract scope, schedule, and budget stay on a single team's books.

For fire rebuilds, the work begins at the loss. We mobilize an emergency assessment, document everything for your insurer, and develop a full scope of work — structural, MEP, smoke remediation, foundation re-engineering if required, then a complete interior rebuild. We coordinate directly with your adjuster so the scope reflects your actual home, not a generic template. Smoke moves through HVAC, ductwork, insulation, and soft surfaces; we replace what cannot be cleaned and rebuild the rest to a higher specification than what was lost. Many of our Pacific Palisades, Bel Air, and Mandeville Canyon clients came to us this way.

What separates a Forma rebuild from a typical contractor is the finish standard. We do not install builder-grade materials and call it done. White-oak plank flooring, custom shaker cabinetry, stone slabs, Lincoln or Sierra Pacific windows, PRL or LaCantina door systems, Lutron lighting, Brizo or Waterworks fixtures — whatever the existing home was, or whatever the new home demands, we build it that way. Our crews are trade-led: every electrician, plumber, framer, finish carpenter, and tile-setter on a Forma site has done luxury work for years.

Insurance work is its own discipline. We have rebuilt homes after the Pacific Palisades fires, after major water-loss events in Beverly Hills and Brentwood, and after smaller localized fires across the Westside. We provide detailed Xactimate-style scopes, advocate for the full coverage your home needs, and stand by the work so the rebuild reflects what was lost rather than a discounted version of it.

If you are planning a ground-up build or rebuilding after a loss, the first step is a site walk. We will assess the scope, talk through the architectural and engineering coordination, walk you through our process, and give you a clear picture of cost, schedule, and the team you will be working with.