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Home Remodeling in Westlake Village
Whole-home remodeling for Westlake Village: opening 1970s-80s floor plans, replacing original systems and finishing to a premium standard.
The houses of Westlake Village were excellent for 1975 and are worth too much in 2026 to live like it. Compartmentalized floor plans, eight-foot ceilings in key rooms, original systems reaching end of life: the gap between what these homes are and what their owners want is exactly one thorough remodel wide. Master Construction (Lic. #1027281) has closed that gap since 1994 through our home renovation practice, run from Ventura with our own crews.
Remodeling a Whole Era at Once
Build-out era floor plans chop daily life into cells: kitchen walled off from family room, formal living room nobody enters, hallways that eat square footage. The modern remodel dissolves those walls into connected space, and doing it properly is structural work: engineered beams, load paths traced to the foundation, and sometimes duct and plumbing reroutes hiding inside the walls being removed. We engineer first and demo second, which is why our open plans do not sag in year five.
Whole-home projects here almost always bundle a kitchen and at least one bathroom, and bundling is precisely the economy: one mobilization, one permit package, one stretch of disruption instead of three scattered over five years. Owners who sequence piecemeal pay for the same setup and protection repeatedly and live in a construction zone longer in total.
Ceilings deserve special mention. Raising a flat eight-foot ceiling to a vaulted one, where the roof structure allows, changes a 1970s house more than any finish selection. It is a question we investigate in the attic during the first walkthrough, because the answer shapes the whole design.
Replace the Systems While the Walls Are Open
A premium remodel over original systems is jewelry on a worn engine. Supply plumbing, panels, ductwork and water heaters from the original construction are at or past their design lives, and the remodel is the once-a-generation chance to replace them at minimum cost, because the walls are already open. We audit every system during design and price replacements inside the project, so owners choose deliberately instead of discovering by failure.
The upgrade list writes itself: 200-amp electrical service ahead of EVs and induction cooking, PEX or copper repiping, right-sized heat pump HVAC with new ducts for a valley that bakes in August, insulation brought from 1970s standards to current ones, and lighting designed room by room. None of it photographs for a design magazine. All of it determines how the house actually feels to live in.
Finish standards here run high and should: wide-plank floors, stone that gets templated only after floors are flat, millwork with consistent reveals, smooth walls under designed light. Our finish trades are in-house, and the difference shows at the details where subbed-out work typically shrugs.
Low-voltage planning belongs in the walls too: wired network drops where streaming and home offices actually live, speaker and media pre-wire, camera and doorbell infrastructure, and conduit paths that keep the next decade of technology from requiring the next decade of wall patches. It costs little while framing is open and a small fortune afterward, so we put it on every remodel's checklist whether or not the owner has thought about it yet.
Approvals, Occupancy and Accountable Management
Interior remodels usually stay clear of association review, but additions, window changes and anything visible from the street or the water can trigger it in this city's communities. We identify the review triggers during design and run the association track parallel to the permit track at the City of Westlake Village building department, whose Los Angeles County-side process differs from our Ventura County jurisdictions. Parallel tracks, one manager, no lost month.
Living through a remodel is a design problem we take seriously: phased construction that keeps a working kitchen or bath available, sealed dust barriers, protected floors and a site cleaned daily. Families judge the experience by the worst week, so we engineer the worst week to be tolerable.
Property managers, estate managers and HOA boards bring us their own remodels: rental repositioning between tenants, association-owned units, clubhouse interiors. Those clients get fixed scopes, insurance documentation up front, occupancy-aware scheduling and reporting written for owners who are not on site. It is the same discipline our homeowner clients get, formalized on paper.
Every remodel closes with a documented walkthrough, a written warranty and a record of what now lives behind the new walls, which future contractors, appraisers and buyers will all be glad someone kept.
Home Remodeling Services in Westlake Village
- Whole-home renovations
- Open floor plan conversions
- Engineered wall removal & beams
- Ceiling raises & vaulting
- Kitchen & bath packages
- Repiping, panel & HVAC replacement
- Insulation & energy upgrades
- Premium flooring & millwork
- Additions & room conversions
- Rental & association unit remodels
Remodeling a Westlake Village Home - FAQ
What does a whole-home remodel cost compared to moving?
Often less than the transaction costs, taxes and compromise of trading up in this market, and the result is a house configured exactly for you on a street you already chose. We help owners run that comparison with real numbers during a feasibility conversation.
Can we live in the house during construction?
Usually, with phasing. We keep one kitchen zone and one bathroom functional, seal active work areas behind dust barriers and sequence the loudest work predictably. Full-gut projects are the exception where temporary relocation genuinely pays for itself in speed.
Which walls can come out of a 1970s house?
Almost any of them, with the right beam and load path. The real questions are what hides inside the wall, ducts, plumbing, wiring, and what the fix costs. We open the design with a structural review so the answer arrives before the budget is set, not after.
Should we replace plumbing and electrical we can't see?
If it is original, almost certainly. Opening finished walls later to replace failed systems costs multiples of replacing them during the remodel. We audit the systems during design and show the arithmetic; owners rarely argue with it.
Will our remodel need HOA approval?
Interior-only work generally not; additions, exterior openings and street- or water-visible changes usually yes. Committees here meet on fixed calendars, so we build the submittal timing into the schedule from the start rather than discovering it mid-project.
How long does a whole-home remodel run?
Four to eight months of construction for substantial scopes, after design, engineering, approvals and long-lead procurement. The calendar is won before demolition: everything ordered early, every approval running in parallel, every selection locked before it blocks a trade.
Do you remodel units for landlords and management companies?
Yes, with the efficiencies that work needs: repeatable scopes, per-unit pricing that holds across a portfolio, tight turnover schedules and documentation for owner files. A repositioned rental in this market repays disciplined construction quickly, and discipline is the product.
Related Services
Start with design-build in Westlake Village, or see kitchen remodeling, flooring, and the county-wide home renovations page.
Bring the House Up to Its Address
Call (805) 667-8800 for a feasibility walkthrough of your remodel.