Your inspection found repairs. The clock is already running. We do the fix.

For non-emergency work, SB 721 requires a permit application within 120 days of receiving the inspection report, then 120 days to make the repairs once the permit is approved, with extensions possible from the local enforcement agency. Separately, when required repairs go unaddressed, the inspector notifies the local enforcement agency, and repairs still incomplete 30 days after that notice can draw a civil penalty of $100 to $500 per day until they are done. Emergency conditions must be addressed immediately. Cities can also impose stricter local rules, so the report and any notices for your building govern your exact obligations.

Yes. We work directly from your inspector's report and findings, so there is no need to re-inspect before we start scoping the repair. If you do not have a report yet, we can coordinate a qualified inspection first and then carry the repair.

The most common are dry-rot in joists, ledgers, and subfloor, failed waterproofing and deck coatings, and railing or framing repairs on balconies, decks, stairways, and walkways. What your building actually needs depends entirely on what the report flagged.

Yes. We coordinate the required permits and any engineering the repair calls for, and we provide the photo documentation and closeout records that support your compliance.

It depends on what the report found, and the honest answer is that nobody can price it from a web page. What moves the number: how many elements the inspector flagged, whether the damage is surface waterproofing or structural dry rot in the framing, whether railings and doors come out with it, how much access and shoring an occupied building needs, and what the permit and any required engineering add. Send us the report and we will scope it against those, at no charge and no obligation, so the first number you see is one built from your building.

The repair phase is the longest step, so scoping and permits should start immediately. We prioritize getting a documented repair underway to limit penalty exposure, and the local enforcement agency can grant extensions of time. What counts in every reading of the statute is visible, documented progress toward completed repairs.

SB 721 covers multifamily buildings with three or more dwelling units, with the first inspection deadline of January 1, 2026 and re-inspection by January 1 every six years after that. If the building's permit application was submitted on or after January 1, 2019, that statewide date is replaced by six years from the certificate of occupancy, which can fall before or after it. SB 326 covers condominium associations, with a first deadline of January 1, 2025 and re-inspection every nine years. If the permit application was submitted on or after January 1, 2020, that date is replaced by six years from the certificate of occupancy, which always falls later. Where the two dates differ, treat the earlier one as yours until your inspector confirms which applies. The clocks and the penalty on this page are SB 721's; SB 326 buildings run on their own statute, Civil Code 5551, with its own rules. Both are exterior elevated element laws, not seismic retrofit requirements.