Los Angeles County, California
Small handyman jobs in Koreatown
Small handyman jobs in Koreatown’s apartments, from pre-war walk-ups on Serrano and Kenmore to the towers between Vermont and Western. Same short list, very different walls. Send it in and get a price agreed before work starts.
The price in writingAgreed before anything is scheduled
One visit, several jobsThe drive costs the same either way
No surprise when we arriveThe number holds unless the wall says otherwise
Across Los Angeles CountyFrom the Valley to the South Bay
What goes on the list
The jobs, and what they look like done
Most visits are several of these at once, and the drive costs the same either way.
Koreatown is almost entirely apartments, and the same handful of jobs comes up in building after building: the TV, the curtain rods, the mirror in the hall, the door that won’t latch, the anchor holes from the last tenant. What changes from block to block is the wall behind them.
Koreatown apartment jobs and prices
Ranges from our TV mounting, drywall, door and faucet pages. The whole list is priced before any visit gets scheduled.
- TV in a Serrano or Kenmore walk-up$250–$450plaster and lath with framing found first
- Run of shelves on old plaster$100–$250anchored for the wall it hangs on
- Anchor holes from the last tenant$150–$300for the visit, a whole unit at once
- Bathroom door that won’t latch$95–$200strike and hinge set right
- Faucet swapped like for like$150–$300plus the valve behind it if it won’t turn
Walk-ups, stucco boxes and Wilshire towers
The Spanish Revival and Art Deco courtyard buildings and the four- to twelve-unit walk-ups on Serrano, Kenmore, Ardmore, Harvard and Mariposa are plaster over wood lath, thicker and more brittle than drywall. So are the grand pre-war towers on Wilshire. Heavy mirrors on that plaster are their own small problem.
Between St. Andrews Square and the Harvard Heights edge, the postwar stucco boxes and dingbats are drywall over studs and price easily. Along the high-rise stretch of Wilshire, and in the podium buildings on Western and Vermont, it is concrete with metal-stud partitions and a different anchor again.
No driveways, so one visit
Almost nothing in Koreatown has a driveway, so the tools come in from a meter or after a few laps of the block. That is why one nail hole is a hard thing to book here and a list of eight is easy. If the manager holds the only key to the garage or the roof, or the tower needs its elevator booked, tell us so it can be sorted before the day.
Koreatown work we don’t do
A cheap job that needs a permit, or that’s one part of a bigger remodel, sits outside the exemption anyway. When a job runs past what that exemption covers, it is work for a licensed contractor, and we’ll say so before anyone starts.
- New circuits, an outlet behind the TV, or wiring that shows scorching in an old building.
- Opening a wall or touching a shared line in a stacked building.
- Patching painted plaster in a pre-war building without containment and a certified renovator.
And if the work grows once we’ve seen it, we stop, tell you what changed, and nothing goes further until you’ve agreed to the new price.
Sending a Koreatown job
- Cross streets. Serrano and Sixth and Wilshire and Western are a mile apart and nothing alike behind the walls.
- Pre-war courtyard, stucco box or tower, and whether the manager has to approve the work.
- One photo of the wall and whatever is going on it, added to the form.
Send it as one list and the price comes before the visit does.
Where we work
The rest of Los Angeles County
What the walls are made of changes street by street in this city, and it changes the job.
Send us the list
However long it is. You get a price for the visit before anything is booked.