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Post-Fire Rebuilding
You Shouldn't Have to Figure This Out Alone

When you lose your home, the last thing you need is a complicated process with multiple companies pointing fingers at each other.

Letter Four's architects, interior designers, landscape designers, and builders work together under one roof. So you have one team, one licensed contractor, and a clear path forward through wildfire recovery.

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Consultations

Thinking about building a custom home? There’s certainly a lot to consider. Getting some expert insight can give clarity on what you need and what can be expected.

Here at Letter Four, we offer several options to help you explore possibilities and lay the groundwork for your project. First, we recommend going through a preliminary consultation call so that we can learn about your needs and suggest the right steps to take next. Our firm currently offers two options for consultation calls, outlined below.

Free

Initial
Consultation

Perfect for: When you’re still feeling out what a custom home build entails, and you need to hear what process a professional team would use. We’ll gather your project goals and concerns and give you the information you need to decide how best to move forward.

What’s Included:
Zoom call up to 30 mins with Alex, our Office Manager

Free

Speak with
Our Principals

Perfect for: When you’d like to get some expert input on a few of your project’s goals or concerns and how a professional team would approach them. You’ll come away with an idea of what your unique project is likely to need, and a complete plan for what steps should be taken next.

What’s Included:
Zoom call up to an hour with Lauren & Jeremy, our Architect & General Contractor

You have real questions right now. How long does it take to rebuild? How do I rebuild a home that feels like the one I lost?

We hear both of those every week, from homeowners in Altadena, the Palisades, and Malibu who are trying to make decisions they never expected to make. There's no single right answer, but there is a right answer for you.

We work with construction methods built around exactly those concerns. Four real solutions that make homes safer, more insurable, and built to last:

1. Concrete Construction - fully non-combustible structure with cast-in-place concrete walls that don't burn, don't rot, and are recognized by California insurers as a reduced-risk build.

2. All-Steel Framing - all-steel framing meets California's most stringent High Fire Severity Zone standards, and it gives your family a structure built for the conditions your neighborhood now lives with.

3. Modular Construction (all-steel, fire-hardened) - factory-built modular construction compresses timelines in a way that traditional construction can’t. Fire-hardened shells are built offsite while your permits are being processed.

4. Integrated Fire-Resistant Design - ember-resistant vents, Class A roofing, defensible landscape planning, and fire-rated assemblies.

None of these methods are experimental. Each one has been built, permitted, and occupied in Los Angeles. We're showing you what works, and letting you choose what fits.

The hardest part of rebuilding isn't choosing materials. It's not knowing who to trust.We keep it simple: one team, one conversation, one point of contact. The architect who designs your home works alongside the contractor who builds it. If something changes and something always does, no one is pointing fingers. Everyone is just solving the problem.

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Planning is Key to a Successful Rebuild

The Post-Fire Project Planning Pack
Before you make any decisions about your rebuild, download our free Fire Rebuild Project Planning Pack. It's the resource we wish every client had from day one.

One of the most common questions we hear: What will it cost to rebuild after the fire? The planning pack gives you a real, honest framework. Not a lowball estimate designed to get you in the door. You'll come away with a clear picture of your rebuild options, a preliminary budget range, and what working with a licensed contractor actually looks like from start to finish.

Available to Malibu, Altadena, Palisades and greater Los Angeles homeowners. No pressure, no obligation.

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Items Included

1 Zoom meeting

Add. meeting(s)

1 site meeting

Past Permit Record Review and Summary

Project Code Summary

Project Scope Write-Up

Preliminary Project Schedule + Phasing

Rough Budget Range

Conceptual Design Package

Airtable Setup

3 Sketched Options

Preliminary Pricing Document

Proposal for remaining project phases

Additional Recommended/Required

As-builts (Consultant)*

Boundary/Topographic Survey (Consultant)*

Sketches

Recommended

Included/ Required

Items Included

Essential

Let's go!

1 Zoom meeting

Add. meeting(s)

1 site meeting

Past Permit Record Review and Summary

Project Code Summary

Project Scope Write-Up

Preliminary Project Schedule + Phasing

Rough Budget Range

Conceptual Design Package

Airtable Setup

3 Sketched Options

Preliminary Pricing Document

Proposal for remaining project phases

Additional Recommended/Required

As-builts (Consultant)*

Boundary/Topographic Survey (Consultant)*

Sketches

Recommended

Included/ Required

Items Included

Complete

Let's go!

1 Zoom meeting

Add. meeting(s)

1 site meeting

Past Permit Record Review and Summary

Project Code Summary

Project Scope Write-Up

Preliminary Project Schedule + Phasing

Rough Budget Range

Conceptual Design Package

Airtable Setup

3 Sketched Options

Preliminary Pricing Document

Proposal for remaining project phases

Additional Recommended/Required

As-builts (Consultant)*

Boundary/Topographic Survey (Consultant)*

Sketches

Recommended

Included/ Required