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What a Long Beach rebuild costs in one figure

SOS Restoration of Long Beach quotes a rebuild as a single written total, agreed before a saw moves. You will not find a dollar number for it on this page, and there is a legal reason. The estimate is free. Call (657) 660-4185.

A bathroom with the ceiling opened to the joists and a technician working the wall
Answered by a person

day or night, by somebody who can send a crew

Six services

from the first wet hour to the last coat of paint

13 cities

covered by crews that work Los Angeles County every day

CSLB #1131134

IICRC #70194273

Why is there no price on this page?

Because state law puts the figure in the contract, not online.

A rebuild is a home improvement job, and California requires the full price in the signed contract before work starts. A number posted online would mean nothing for your house, so we quote yours after we see it.

How is the figure actually set?

Room by room, from what the drying opened up.

Once the drying is done, we measure what came out and what has to go back. That becomes one total: framing, board, texture, paint, floor and trim, priced together, not by the hour.

What does the rebuild include?

Everything the loss took out, back to how it was.

A fire room, a storm roof, a mold cut-out or a sewage floor all end here. One crew under CSLB #1131134 carries it from stud to baseboard.

Why not just hire a separate contractor?

Because a two-company job stalls in the gap between them.

Hand a dried house to a stranger and you own the argument between them. We do not split it. The crew that cut the wall open is the one that seals it.

Can I see the mitigation rates?

Yes. The hourly drying card is one page.

The drying half is billed by the hour, and the rate card prints every figure. Only the rebuild is a single written total, because the law says it must be.

What do I sign, and when?

A drying authorization first, the rebuild contract later.

On day one you authorize the hourly drying. The rebuild contract, with its one total, comes after we can see the full scope. Ask the dispatcher to walk you through both.

When is a rebuild not worth filing?

If the repair sits under the deductible, a claim costs more than it pays.

We will still write the scope so you can price it out of pocket. A file opened for a small number follows the policy long after the wall is shut.

Who sets the final figure?

The written scope does, and it is locked before any saw runs.

California law puts the total in dollars in the signed contract. Changing it takes a new signature, not a phone call from the site.

A deposit on that contract is capped at one thousand dollars or 10 percent, whichever is lower.

Ready for whatever the house threw at you

Water damage

Water damage restoration in Long Beach, any hour: extraction, structural drying, and daily moisture readings. Starts at $61 an hour.

Mold

Mold removal in Long Beach: we find the water feeding it, take the growth out, and close the wall. No lab needed to start.

Fire & smoke

Fire and smoke damage in Long Beach: the water first, then the soot and odor, then the rebuild. One crew, all of it. Call (657) 660-4185, any hour.

Storm damage

Storm and debris cleanup in Long Beach: four wet months, levees under review, and the water that gets in behind a roof. Call (657) 660-4185, any hour.

Sewage cleanup

Sewage cleanup in Long Beach to the S500 standard: category-three water, porous material out, the framing cleaned and dried. Call (657) 660-4185, any hour.

Reconstruction

Rebuild and reconstruction in Long Beach: the crew that dried the house frames, boards, paints and finishes it, under CSLB #1131134.
Drywall cut back to sound material during a mold removal

The cities we drive to for this work

What a rebuild costs depends on the house, and the houses change from one city to the next. Each city page describes the ones we work in.

Rather write it than talk? Leave it here and we call you back.

The number is the part that matters. The rest just tells us which crew to send and how far up the road they are going.

Emergency contact — SOS Long Beach

Sold by the hour, a rebuild has no ceiling, so we set a figure and hold it.