A property manager called about a unit off Fountain where water tracked down an interior wall every time it rained. The cap sheet on that dingbat had been patched four times, each lap running the wrong way, and the drain held an inch of standing water. Normal Tuesday. Flat mod-bit covers most of this city, and it fails quietly until a tenant calls.
Estimates here go to an owner or an HOA board, not someone living under the roof, so we write them that way: remaining life, what a recoat buys against a tear-off, cost per year either way. Rent stabilization makes that math the whole conversation. The hillside houses north of Sunset are a different animal — severe pitch, nowhere to stage, deliveries timed around Strip traffic.
Staging a roof job on a WeHo block
Can you do the work if my building is on the historic resource list?
Usually yes, though the approach changes. Tile and anything visible from the street stays as-is where the designation covers it. Better to know a review is coming before the tear-off is booked.
Where does the dumpster go if there's no driveway or alley?
On the street, with a permit pulled ahead of time and posted no-parking. On tight blocks we'll run a smaller container and swap it mid-job rather than hold a big one all week.