ADUEl Segundo Main House & ADU
El Segundo · 2025
A main house and detached ADU permitted and built together on a single lot.
Altadena · Pasadena · Greater Los Angeles
Rebuild your home better than before.
ArcLine Builders handles fire rebuilds, custom homes, remodels and ADUs across Los Angeles — from the insurance scope through the final inspection, so you are not juggling five contractors and a county permit desk.
- Insurance scope read line by line, in writing
- LA County and city permits handled end to end
- One project manager who answers the phone
- Fixed price and a published schedule
Free estimate · No obligation · Licensed, bonded and insured
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Why ArcLine
Most rebuilds go wrong in the same three places.
The insurance scope comes in short. The permit sits in plan check with nobody chasing it. The schedule slips and nobody says so until the month it blows. We built the company around fixing those three failures, because they are what turn a hard year into a lost one.
We read your insurance estimate like a builder
Line by line, against what the rebuild actually costs to current code. Gaps get documented in writing so your adjuster has something concrete to answer.
Your permit has an owner
We submit, respond to corrections and chase the county. You get told where it stands, whether or not anything moved.
Bad news arrives early
If the schedule slips you hear it as soon as we know, with the reason and the recovery plan attached. That is the whole difference.
The people on your project
Danny
Director of Sales
Shaun
Operations Manager
Alex
Project Manager
Jason
Project Manager
Michael
Project Manager
Anahita
Designer
- One
- project manager, start to finish
- Written
- scope and change orders, always
- 7A
- WUI fire code on every rebuild
Our specialty
Rebuilding after the Eaton Fire is what we do.
Rebuilding after a fire is not a remodel with a harder start. It is an insurance negotiation, a permit process and a construction project running at the same time, and most homeowners are handed all three at once with no warning. We built our company around that reality. ArcLine takes the rebuild from the first scope review through the final inspection, and we tell you the truth about cost and schedule even when it is not what you were hoping to hear.
- 90–120
- typical LA County plan-check days
- 12–18
- months, foundation to final
- 7A
- WUI code standard, every build
We work from your insurance scope, line by line
We read the carrier’s estimate against what it will actually cost to rebuild your house to current code, then document the gaps in writing so your adjuster has something concrete to respond to. Ordinance and law coverage, code upgrades, and debris and soil conditions are all itemized rather than absorbed.
Altadena is unincorporated LA County — that changes everything
Your permit goes through LA County Public Works and Building & Safety, not the City of Pasadena, and the plan-check path is different. We have run this specific process. We know which corrections come back, and we design to avoid them before the first submittal.
Built to Chapter 7A, not just past it
Every rebuild we deliver meets California’s wildland-urban interface standards: Class A roof assembly, ember-resistant venting, tempered or dual-pane glazing, ignition-resistant cladding and enclosed eaves. Your next house should be materially harder to burn than the last one.
What we build
Five ways we work, one standard of finish.
Whether it is a total rebuild or a kitchen that has waited twenty years, the same crews, the same project management and the same reporting apply.
Fire Rebuilds
Ground-up reconstruction for homeowners rebuilding after the Eaton Fire.
Learn moreFull Home Remodeling
Structural renovation and additions for houses worth keeping.
Learn moreCustom Home Construction
Architect-led homes built from raw land to certificate of occupancy.
Learn moreADU Construction
Detached units, garage conversions and JADUs, permitted end to end.
Learn moreMultifamily Construction
Boutique apartment buildings, townhomes and small-lot subdivisions.
Learn moreNot sure which one your project is? Most are a combination. Tell us what happened and we will scope it.
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Selected work
Built by us, in and around Los Angeles.
ADUOur Altadena rebuilds are still under construction — we will publish them as they finish, with the same detail as everything else here. Until then, this is the work that shows the standard.
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How it works
Six steps, and you always know which one you are in.
Every project runs the same sequence. The durations below are real ranges, not the best case we have ever had.
- 01
Consultation
We walk the property with you, listen to what you want and give you an honest read on feasibility and budget range. No charge, no obligation, and no pressure to sign at the kitchen table.
Week 1
- 02
Planning & Scope
We document the real scope — for rebuilds, that means reading your insurance estimate line by line against what the work actually costs. You get a written scope and a number you can plan around.
Weeks 2–4
- 03
Design
Architectural drawings, structural engineering and Title 24, priced as they develop so the budget conversation happens while changes are still cheap. You approve the design before it is submitted.
2–4 months
- 04
Permits
We submit to LA County or your city, respond to every plan-check correction and pull the permit. You are not standing at a counter, and you are kept up to date on where the submittal stands.
2–4 months
- 05
Construction
One project manager, a published schedule and regular progress updates with photos. Change orders are priced and signed before the work happens, never discovered on an invoice.
6–18 months
- 06
Completion
Final inspections, certificate of occupancy, a punch list we finish rather than argue about, and an organised warranty and maintenance handover.
Final 4 weeks
Our commitments
Six things you can hold us to.
ArcLine is a new name, and we would rather earn your trust with commitments we can be measured against than with quotes you have no way to verify. Every one of these is in the contract.
A fixed price before we start
You get a written scope and a number. Allowances are listed openly and reconciled against real invoices — not quietly absorbed into the margin.
Change orders in writing, in advance
Every change shows its cost and its schedule impact and needs your signature before the work happens. You will never learn about one from a bill.
A named person who answers
One project manager for the life of your project, reachable directly. Not a call centre, not a different face every month.
Progress you can actually see
Progress photos and schedule updates as the job moves — including when the news is that we lost time and here is how we get it back.
Licensed, bonded and insured
Current CSLB license, workers’ compensation and general liability. Certificates provided before we mobilise, not after you ask twice.
We tell you when the numbers do not work
If your insurance proceeds will not cover the rebuild you want, you will hear it in the first conversation — not in month six.
Where we build
Altadena, Pasadena and Greater Los Angeles.
We keep our radius tight on purpose. Crews that are twenty minutes from your site show up more reliably than crews that are ninety.
Questions
The things people ask first.
My insurance payout will not cover the rebuild. What now?
This is the most common situation we see, and it is rarely the end of the conversation. Most policies carry ordinance and law coverage that pays for code-required upgrades separately from the dwelling limit, and it is frequently underclaimed. Extended replacement cost provisions may add 25 to 50 percent above the stated limit. We document what the rebuild genuinely costs so you have leverage, and if a real gap remains we help you value-engineer the scope rather than pretend the number works.
How long does a fire rebuild actually take?
Plan an honest two years from hiring a builder to moving in. Design and engineering run three to five months, LA County plan check typically 90 to 120 days, and construction 12 to 18 months depending on size and site. Anyone promising a finished house in nine months is either not counting permits or is not planning to finish.
Do you handle the permits, or do I?
We do. We prepare the submittal, respond to plan-check corrections, pull the permit and schedule every county inspection through final sign-off. You will not be standing in line at a county counter.
What areas does ArcLine Builders serve?
We build across Altadena, Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, San Marino, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Monrovia, Arcadia, La Crescenta and Greater Los Angeles. Fire rebuild work is concentrated in Altadena and the Eaton Fire burn area.
Is the estimate really free?
Yes. We walk the property, discuss scope and give you a realistic budget range at no cost and with no obligation. There is no charge unless you engage us for design or preconstruction work, and you will know the fee before that starts.
Next step
Tell us what you are rebuilding.
A free estimate with a real scope and a real number. If the project is not right for us, we will tell you that too — and point you somewhere better.