Electrician in Studio City, California

Studio City homes are frequently older hillside properties that have been remodeled more than once, often with home theaters, studios and pool equipment stacked onto an original service. Load calculations here matter more than anywhere else in the Valley.

Studio City took its name from the lot Mack Sennett began building in 1927, now Radford Studio Center, and the neighborhood grew up around the people who worked in the industry. Pockets like Colfax Meadows and the Silver Triangle hold traditional and Spanish homes from the 1930s through the 1950s on regular flat lots. South of Ventura the streets wind up toward Mulholland and Fryman Canyon, where mid-century post and beam houses sit next to newer rebuilds. Condo buildings line Moorpark Street and Ventura Boulevard.

Many Studio City homes have been bought, gutted and rebuilt inside the original shell, which leaves the electrical half new and half old. We find modern panels feeding tired circuits, and tired panels feeding new kitchens. Apartment buildings along Riverside Drive and Moorpark add a steady flow of meter and unit panel work. Owners call before a sale or a remodel, and people working from home call when the edit bay or office keeps tripping the same breaker as the dryer.

What Studio City properties usually need