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General Contracting & Property Maintenance in Long Beach, CA
Long Beach, Los Angeles County — population about 463,000. Residential and multifamily repair, maintenance and renovation, owner-managed, with 40 years of construction and project-management experience behind it.
Long Beach is the most multifamily-weighted city we serve after Santa Monica, and the oldest: fifty-two percent of its housing predates 1960, and fifty-nine percent of households are renters. Only forty-five percent of units are single-family.
That combination — old, dense, rental — produces a very specific workload. Most of our Long Beach work is exterior repair, unit turnovers and deferred-maintenance catch-up on buildings that have been generating income for eighty years.
Nousland’s CSLB General Building (B) contractor license and bonding are currently in process. We are not yet licensed under Chapter 9 of the California Business and Professions Code, and we say so on every page of this site.
What we do in Long Beach
- Ongoing property maintenance programs for residential and multifamily buildings
- Exterior repair and waterproofing — decks, balconies, walkways, stairs and stucco
- Unit turnovers and interior renovation
- Dry rot and water-intrusion repair
- Project management, scheduling and vendor coordination
- Written estimates and pre-purchase condition consultation
The housing stock in Long Beach
The signature Long Beach buildings are the 1920s Spanish and Art Deco courtyard apartments and fourplexes in Alamitos Beach and Belmont Heights. What they need is consistent: failing original stucco and lath, galvanized supply piping at end of life, knob-and-tube remnants and early electrical panels, and dry rot in wood porches, stairs and window assemblies.
Alongside that sit post-war single-family in Los Altos and the eastside, 1960s and 1970s dingbat apartments with tuck-under parking, and downtown mid- and high-rise. Belmont Shore and Naples add canal-adjacent, low-lying property with tidal flood exposure.
Coastal conditions in Long Beach
Long Beach fronts San Pedro Bay behind the federal breakwater, so wave energy is far lower than on the open coast. Salt-air corrosion, however, is full strength — and the adjacent Port of Long Beach adds industrial particulate and sulfur loading that accelerates metal corrosion and coating failure beyond what salt alone would do.
The practical result is that coatings fail faster here than the exposure category would suggest, and metal components — railings, fasteners, flashings, mechanical equipment — have a shorter life than in a comparable non-port coastal city. Naples and the Peninsula add tidal flood exposure on top.
Permits and local requirements in Long Beach
Permits run through the Building & Safety Bureau’s Permit Center. Long Beach has a certified Local Coastal Program and issues its own coastal development permits, which keeps coastal-zone timelines shorter than in cities where the state issues directly.
Two local programs matter for renovation planning. The Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance requires relocation payments for no-fault terminations, which directly affects scheduling substantial remodels in occupied buildings. And the Building Seismic Resiliency Program targets soft, weak and open-front wood-frame residential buildings built before 1978 with three or more units — an inventory of roughly 3,100 buildings. Importantly, that program is currently voluntary with no mandatory compliance deadline, though the city has signalled that could change.
Multifamily, HOAs and California’s balcony inspection laws
With 170,000 occupied units and a fifty-nine percent renter share, Long Beach has one of the largest concentrations of SB 721–covered buildings in Southern California. Rental buildings with three or more units required a first inspection of balconies, decks, elevated walkways and stairs by January 1, 2026, with a six-year cycle and a 120-day repair window once deficiencies are identified. Condominium associations fall under SB 326 on a nine-year cycle. On the pre-1960 stock in particular, inspections routinely find framing and connection issues behind intact-looking surfaces.
Two laws govern this. SB 721 covers rental buildings with three or more units: the first inspection of exterior elevated elements was due 1 January 2026, it repeats every six years, and repairs identified must be completed within 120 days. SB 326 covers condominium associations: first inspection was due 1 January 2025 and repeats every nine years. The inspections themselves must be performed by a qualified licensed architect, engineer or contractor — Nousland does the repair work that follows, not the statutory inspection.
Neighborhoods we serve in Long Beach
We work throughout Long Beach, including:
Belmont Shore
Naples
Bixby Knolls
Alamitos Beach
Downtown / East Village
Wrigley
Los Altos
Bluff Park
California Heights
Questions we get about Long Beach
Is the Long Beach soft-story retrofit program mandatory?
As things stand, no — the Building Seismic Resiliency Program is voluntary and has no mandatory compliance deadline, though the city has signalled that could change. Verify current status before making a decision either way.
We own a 1920s fourplex. What usually needs doing first?
Typically supply piping, electrical service, and the wood elements — porches, stairs, window assemblies — where rot has started. Stucco and cosmetic work comes after the things causing ongoing damage.
Does the relocation ordinance affect a renovation?
It can. If work requires a no-fault termination, relocation assistance requirements apply. It belongs in the project plan and budget from the start.
Talk to us about your Long Beach property
Tell us what the building is doing and we will tell you what it needs. Written estimates, no obligation. Call (310) 424-5065 or email [email protected].
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