Bungalow siding, wood sills, porch posts, balcony trim and railings cut out and rebuilt with sound wood, painted to match. Priced in writing before we start.
BBBAccredited BusinessKaminskiy Care and Repair rebuilds rotted and termite-damaged wood across West Hollywood, from the single-family streets of West Hollywood West and the Norma Triangle to the bungalow courts off Santa Monica Boulevard, the Eastside streets near Plummer Park and the condo buildings along Doheny and the Sunset side: lap siding and porch posts on the 1920s courts, wood sills and door frames on the duplexes, balcony trim, railings and deck boards on the condos after the inspection report. Cut back to sound wood, rebuilt, primed, painted and sealed, with the downspout or the hose bib that caused it fixed. A licensed pest company treats termites; we rebuild after them. The price is in writing before anything starts, from our office on Wilshire a few blocks south.
Eight repairs, one crew, priced in writing before we start.
Century-old bungalow courts with wood siding, duplexes with wood sash on their fourth paint job, and condo balconies that now get inspected by law: West Hollywood rot is small-lot, close-quarters carpentry. We cut back to sound wood, rebuild to the same profile, prime, paint and fix the drip that started it.
AFTERBEFORE
Fascia & Eaves
Window Sills
Door Jambs & Casings
Trim & Siding
Termite Damage Rebuilds
Deck Boards & Railings
Stairs & Posts
Primed, Painted & SealedShared walls and shared courts mean one soft board is usually two owners' problem, and we are used to pricing it once, for both. A Kaminskiy-certified technician prices a sill, a post or a run of siding on the call, in writing; a court or a condo list gets a written scope after a look.
Priced and on the calendar during the first call.
A written quote you approve before anyone drives out.
One crew, truck stocked, warranty in writing.
A one-year workmanship warranty, in writing, on every West Hollywood rot and termite damage repair.
Age and density. The city's courts and duplexes went up in the 1920s and 1930s with wood siding, wood porches and wood-sash windows, on lots so tight that the downspout of one unit empties at the base of the next. Shade from the building next door keeps the north walls damp, the sprinkler strip along the walk keeps the post bases wet, and the paint has been touched up rather than redone for decades. Rot here starts at the bottom: siding courses, post bases, jamb bottoms, and we look there first.
Drywood termites live inside the dry fascia and the porch trim, need no soil, swarm in late summer and fall and leave hard six-sided pellets under a pinhole. Subterranean termites come up in mud tubes where the siding or a post meets the damp ground along the walks, and in a court they do not stop at the property line. A licensed pest company treats the colony; we rebuild the wood after, and when the colony spans two units we say so to both owners.
On a bungalow court we replace the bottom courses that went soft and the corner boards, matching the profile and the reveal, and leave the sound siding alone. A porch post rotted at the base gets cut back to sound wood and spliced or rebuilt on a proper standoff so it stops drinking from the walk. A filler patch skips every step but the paint, which is why it fails.
Carry the downspouts to the street side, not the neighbor's wall; keep the planters and the mulch off the bottom course of siding; recaulk the sill joints when the line opens; and repaint the shaded north wall on a schedule. On a court, ask the neighbor to do the same, because their drip is your rot.
Single-family 1920s and 1930s homes with wood-sash windows, exposed rafter tails and lap siding, under a neighborhood overlay that keeps the street side as it was. Sill corners and rafter tails go first, and the siding rots at the bottom where the planters sit. We rebuild to the same profile and finish so the street face reads as it did.
Bungalow courts and duplexes with wood siding, porch posts and shared walks that stay damp. The bottom courses of siding, the post bases and the jamb bottoms go first, and the termite report on a sale usually lists all three. We rebuild them, price a shared court once for both sides, and get the planters and the drip off the wood.
Older homes patched over the years, and the condominium and apartment buildings whose balconies, walkways and railings now get inspected by law. When the report flags soft boards, a rotted post or damaged trim, we rebuild it and put the scope in writing for the board; a rotted ledger goes to the engineer first.
The courts and the condos are a few blocks from the office on Wilshire; the Los Angeles dry rot and wood rot repair page has the city-wide picture, the City of Los Angeles permit rule and the termite report in plain words.
A fascia board, a sill or a trim piece is priced on the call, in writing. A bigger rebuild gets a look first and a written price before anything starts.
We cut back to sound wood and probe how far the rot really goes. If it runs further than the photo showed, you hear it before we go further, with the price.
New wood primed on all sides, caulked, painted to match, and the water path that caused it fixed: the drip edge, the flashing, the gutter end, the sprinkler.
The work area is cleaned before we leave, and every rot repair carries our one-year workmanship warranty.
West Hollywood keeps its own list of work exempt from a building permit (the city's Building and Safety FAQ lists it under its building code) and builds to the California codes. The state residential code needs no application for ordinary repairs to a structure and exempts painting and similar finish work, which is where a rebuilt sill, a run of siding or a porch post base falls; it draws the line at cutting a structural beam or a load-bearing support, and rot that deep gets a permit and an engineer. We check the city's list before a bigger job rather than guess.
A West Hollywood sale, even a court unit, comes with a termite report from a licensed structural pest control company, split into Section 1 (active infestation and its damage) and Section 2 (what invites it). The pest company treats and certifies; the siding, sills, posts and door frames on that list are ours, and they reinspect our repairs. Send us the report and the address and the price comes back from it, in writing.
West Hollywood is mostly renters and condo owners. Condominium associations carry California's balcony inspection law and apartment owners carry their own version: an engineer or architect inspects the balconies, decks, walkways and railings, and the wood the report flags is our lane, scoped in writing for the board. The city also protects its designated cultural resources: an exterior change on one goes through a Certificate of Appropriateness, and a repair that preserves the resource is what the city wants to see, so we photograph before and after.
Reviewed by Sergei Kaminskiy, founder, November 7, 2026.
Can't find your answer? Call 310-928-6211 and ask us anything.
Call 310-928-6211Our Wilshire office is a few blocks south, and we answer in under three rings. A sill, a post base or a short run of siding is priced on the call and scheduled within days; a whole court or a condo building's list is sized after a look, with the scope in writing before anything starts.
Yes, after a licensed pest company has treated. We cut out the eaten siding, porch trim, fascia and the framing we can reach, rebuild and paint. The treatment and the report are theirs; when a colony spans two court units we tell both owners.
If the report flagged soft boards, a rotted railing post or damaged trim, yes, and Kaminskiy is licensed, bonded and insured, so a splice into the joists we can reach is fine. A rotted ledger or a structural member goes to the engineer first, and we tell the board that in writing.
How many courses or posts, how far the rot runs once the siding is off, and what profile it has to match. Access matters on a tight lot too. Text a photo and the number is in writing before anything is scheduled; if it runs further than the photo showed, you hear it before we go further.
Yes, and we often price the shared run once so both owners can split it. We replace the courses and the post that went soft, match the profile and the paint, and leave the sound wood alone.
West Hollywood keeps its own exempt-work list and we check it rather than quote it. The state code it builds to needs no application for an ordinary repair or finish work, which covers a rebuilt sill, a run of siding or a post base; rot that reaches a structural beam or a load-bearing support is past that line and gets a permit and an engineer.
All of West Hollywood from our Beverly Hills office, including West Hollywood West, the Norma Triangle, the Santa Monica Boulevard courts and the Eastside, plus Beverly Hills, the Hollywood Hills, Hollywood, Fairfax, Hancock Park and Mid-City. Call 310-928-6211 to confirm your address.
Tell us where the wood has gone soft, or text a photo, and we call back with a written price and a time. Calling is still faster: 310-928-6211.
Priced in writing before we start, rebuilt to last, warranted in writing.
We answer in under three rings, 24/7.No price games. You get a clear written quote before any work begins, backed by our workmanship warranty.
