Los Angeles & Surrounding Areas

Outdoor Living, Remodeling & ADU Construction.One team to call.

We design, permit and build complete home transformations: from luxury backyards and pools to kitchens, bathrooms and ADUs. One team from design through final inspection.

1118256

CSLB Licensed

One Contractor

One Schedule. One Point of Contact.

In-House

Permits & City Coordination

Greater LA

& Surrounding Counties
Before & After

The part you never see again.

Grading, drainage and the base under the stone decide how a yard looks in five years, and none of it is visible once the paving is down. Drag the handle to see the same backyard before and after.

How a Project Runs
Overhead view of the backyard under construction: the pool shell poured, bare ground and stacked materials The same backyard finished: filled pool, stone paving, lawn and planters
Our Services

Outdoor, indoor and everything between.

Most projects need six or seven trades pulling in the same direction. One contractor. One schedule. One point of contact.

  • Landscaping
  • Swimming Pools
  • Patios
  • Kitchen Renovation
  • ADU Construction
  • Gates
  • Landscaping

    Planting is the part everyone looks at. Grading, soil and irrigation are the part that decides whether it still looks like that in three summers.

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    Wood dining table and wire chairs on lawn beside a hedge
  • Swimming Pools

    On a hillside lot the pool is a structural job before it is a swimming pool. What holds it up decides most of the budget and all of the risk.

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    Infinity pool and terrace sofa beside a glass-walled house at dusk
  • Patios

    A patio is mostly what you cannot see. Base depth, compaction and where the water goes decide whether the surface is still true after a couple of wet winters.

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    Terrace sofas at an open glass wall with a pool edge in front
  • Kitchen Renovation

    Most kitchen regrets are layout, not finishes. Where the sink sits relative to the hob and the fridge decides how the room feels every single day.

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    Kitchen with dark wood cabinetry, pale stone island and pendant lights above the seating
  • ADU Construction

    An ADU is a planning problem before it is a building problem. What you are allowed to build, where, and how big, decides everything that follows.

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    Glass-walled pool house beside a dark tiled infinity pool on a hillside deck
  • Gates

    A gate gets used several times a day, every day. Posts that move, a motor that is undersized, or a safety loop skipped, and it becomes a daily annoyance.

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    Dark slatted metal gate and fence along a concrete walkway beside a hedge
What We Take On

Three kinds of project, one contractor.

Whether it stays outside, moves indoors, or adds a whole new unit, it runs through the same team and the same schedule.

Outdoor

The yard as one project: what you walk on, swim in, cook at and look out over.

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  • Landscaping & backyard design
  • Pools, spas & water features
  • Patios, decks & outdoor kitchens
  • Gates, car ports & drainage

Interiors

Rooms that get used hardest, rebuilt so the finish still looks right in five years.

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  • Kitchen renovation
  • Bathrooms & wet rooms
  • Flooring & millwork
  • Interior & exterior painting

ADUs

An extra unit on the lot, taken from zoning question to signed-off inspection.

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  • Garage conversions
  • New detached ADUs
  • Zoning, plan check & permits
  • Utilities & final inspection
Why Choose Us

The parts you only notice later.

Anyone can make a project look finished on handover day. These are the things that decide how it looks in five years.

High Quality Materials

We spec materials that hold their finish, because the cheaper version costs more the second time.

Precision in Customization

Every layout is drawn to your site and your use, not adapted from a template that nearly fits.

Expert Craftsmanship

Trades who understand local codes and material performance, and finish work that holds up to close inspection.

Permits Handled In-House

Filings and inspections are ours to manage, with whichever city or county you are building in, from zoning through utilities.

Timely Project Delivery

Structured timelines and steady communication, so a delay is something you hear about early rather than discover.

One Point of Contact

You deal with the person running the job, not a call centre. Clients mention that more than anything else.

Latest Projects

Down to the very last detail.

Recent work across Los Angeles and the surrounding counties. Hillside sites, indoor-outdoor living and the trades it takes to tie them together.

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Our Process

Five stages, in this order.

Each stage has to close before the next one starts. That is what keeps a build off the list of jobs that quietly stall for a month waiting on a drawing.

Consultation & Site Review

We walk the site to understand the scope, the conditions and what you actually need. Real input, clear direction, no guesswork.

Design & Pre-Construction

We develop workable layouts, produce 3D designs and prepare everything the permit set needs, drawn to code and to the site.

Budget & Proposal

A detailed breakdown covering labor, materials and schedule. Everything upfront, so you know what you are getting and when.

Permits & City Coordination

We manage the filings and inspections with the relevant city and county authorities. From zoning to utilities, it stays compliant and on track.

Build & Project Management

Clear communication and steady updates through the build, so the schedule you agreed to is the schedule you get.

Reviews

What clients say.

Real reviews from real jobs, on Google and Yelp.

Los Angeles General Contractor

We plan, manage and build with purpose.

Joseph Feldman Β· Founder & CEO

Right Path Builders is run by Joseph Feldman, who is on the site and on the phone for the projects we take on. Clients tend to mention the same things: he picks up, the crews he brings are good at their trade, and the schedule holds.

We take on outdoor and ADU projects that need structure, reliability and a high standard of finish. We understand local codes, how materials perform here, and what a hillside lot really costs to build on. We do not cut corners and we do not overpromise.

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Follow the Build

Straight from the site.

We film the work as it happens. Foundations going in on a hillside, an outdoor kitchen taking shape, the drainage nobody notices once it is buried. Follow along on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or Facebook.

@rightpathbuilders

You may never see this part of a hillside home again, but it could be the most important. πŸ—οΈπŸ‘€ #hillsideconstruction #customhomebuilder #losangelescontractor #homebuilding #rightpathbuilders

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Porcelain slabs: the perfect blend of style, durability, and sun-proof performance for outdoor kitchens πŸ”₯ #fyp #outdoor #outdoorkitchen #construction #porcelain

♬ Moment Of Reflection - Jhonatan Rodrigues & Piano Sky & Dee Piano
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POV: This is the soundtrack to your backyard πŸ’¦πŸ”Š #fyp #backyard #pool #remodel

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Financing

Build it now, pay over time.

If the budget is not all there today, that does not have to shrink the project. Two lenders we work with can spread the cost, and you apply with them directly. It takes a few minutes to find out what you qualify for.

Common Questions

The things people ask us first.

All 72 Questions

What should a written estimate actually contain?
A written estimate should name the scope of work, the materials by brand or grade, who pulls the permits, what is excluded, and the payment stages. Allowances are the part to read first, because a line that says tile without naming a price per square foot is a number nobody has decided yet. Check that the exclusions are written down as well. Demolition, hauling, dump fees and an electrical panel upgrade are the items that most often sit outside a cheap looking total. With Right Path the site visit and the written estimate are free, and the estimate follows the visit because nobody can scope a real job from photos.
Can we keep living in the house while the work is going on?
Most single room projects can be lived through, and whole house work usually cannot. The dividing line is whether you lose the kitchen or the only bathroom for more than a few days, and whether the work means dust heavy demolition of old plaster or flooring. What makes it workable is practical: a zip wall with a negative air fan at the work boundary, floor protection along the path from the door to the work area, agreed working hours, and a temporary sink or hot plate set up before demolition starts. Say early if you have a baby, someone working from home, or pets. Sequencing can often be arranged around all three, but only if it is known up front.
I already have plans from an architect. Will you just build them?
Yes, a general contractor can bid and build a drawing set you already own, and stamped plans usually make the estimate tighter because the scope is defined rather than assumed. Bring the full set, not only the floor plan: structural sheets, the Title 24 energy compliance forms, and any soils report if the lot is on a hillside or on expansive clay, since those drive foundation and framing cost far more than the layout does. If the plans have already been through plan check, bring the correction list too. If they have not, expect comments from the local building department, and expect that a set drawn more than a couple of years ago may need updating to the current code cycle.
How do payments work, and how much do you want up front?
California law caps the down payment on home improvement contracts, and separately on swimming pool contracts, and the cap is deliberately low, so no licensed contractor should be asking for a large sum before anything starts. Swimming pool contracts are governed by a separate statute with its own, lower limit, so the figure that applies to a pool is not the figure that applies to a kitchen. Your written contract states the deposit and the payment schedule for your job, and that document is what governs. Everything after the deposit should be progress payments tied to work already done: a poured and inspected foundation, a passed rough inspection, a finished install. Right Path holds CSLB license 1118256. Lyon Financial and Synchrony are both linked from this site if you would rather spread the cost.
Why are contractor quotes for the same job so different?
Most of the gap between bids is scope, not margin. One number may include permits, plan check, structural engineering, dump fees, temporary power and final cleanup while another quietly leaves them for you. Allowances are the other big one: two bids can both say tile and assume material at completely different levels, so the cheaper one grows later. Ask every bidder for the same written scope, the same allowance amounts, and a line saying who pays the permit fees. Then check the license number at cslb.ca.gov, since an unlicensed bid is cheap for a reason and leaves you carrying the liability. A bid far below the others is usually incomplete rather than a bargain. The visit and the written estimate here are free, so comparing costs you nothing.
Is the estimate the price I actually end up paying?
Usually yes, unless the scope changes or the house hides something. A written estimate is priced against what can be seen and defined at the time it is written, which is why the site visit matters more than a phone call: measuring the space, opening a panel, looking at the slab and the drainage removes most of the guesswork before a number exists. Three things move a price afterwards. You change your mind on a finish, an inspector requires something nobody could see, or a condition appears behind a wall or under a slab. Anything in those categories should be priced in a written change order and signed before that work goes ahead, which is exactly what the change order provision in your contract is for.
Contact

Start a project.

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come out and look at the site, tell you straight what it will take, and put a real number on it.

Office
10777 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
License
CSLB 1118256