Water Damage Restoration and Leak Repair in Pacific Palisades
Absolute Maintenance & Consulting provides water damage restoration, leak repair and mold remediation serving Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles. Since the January 2025 Palisades Fire, we plan around three kinds of Palisades houses: homes that stood inside the burn area, new homes going up in the rebuild, and houses on the bluffs and slopes.
Schedule an inspection in Pacific Palisades: call (310) 678-4345 or request an inspection online.
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Our Services in Pacific Palisades
Absolute Maintenance & Consulting provides all seven of its services serving Pacific Palisades.
Water Damage Restoration
Our water damage restoration work in a home that stood through the fire covers the attic and walls firefighting water soaked.
Water Intrusion Testing
Our water intrusion testing uses thermal imaging and moisture mapping to find where water gets in, on a roof that took heat in 2025 or a new house that hasn’t seen a heavy rain.
Waterproofing
Our waterproofing work covers the foundations, decks and lower walls of houses on bluffs and slopes.
Stucco Repair
Our stucco repair work fixes stucco cracked by heat near the fire line and checks where new stucco meets windows and doors on rebuilt houses.
Mold Remediation
Our mold remediation work removes mold where firefighting water or rain soaked insulation and framing. Our page on mold after a fire explains where it hides.
Fire Damage Restoration
Our fire damage restoration service cleans smoke residue and ash out of homes the fire damaged but did not destroy.
Commercial Restoration and Waterproofing
Our commercial restoration and waterproofing work serves HOA boards and property managers, including those of the gated communities in the Palisades Highlands.
Why Pacific Palisades Homes Take On Water
Pacific Palisades homes take on water in three local ways: through damage the fire left in houses that stood, through new construction that hasn’t been tested by a wet winter, and from runoff on the bluffs and slopes.
Homes That Stood Inside the Burn Area
Homes that stood inside the Palisades Fire area can still carry smoke residue, ash and hidden water damage. The fire started on January 7, 2025, destroyed thousands of homes and other buildings, and was fully contained on January 31. A house that survived may have wet insulation, ash in the attic, and flashing weakened by heat. LA County Public Health advised residents to consider professional cleaners when soot, smoke residue or odors are significant. We clean and dry the house, check the roof and walls for new entry points, and look for mold where things stayed wet.
New Homes Going Up After the Fire
New homes in the Palisades rebuild tend to leak first at the joints between new windows, doors, decks and walls. Its first heavy storm is the first real test of the building envelope. Water testing before the finishes close in shows whether a joint holds while it’s still easy to fix. Pacific Palisades is part of the City of Los Angeles, so rebuild and repair permits come from the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS).
Bluffs, Slopes and Canyon Runoff
Houses on the Palisades bluffs and slopes need water kept away from their foundations, because here water can do more than stain a wall. The Tramonto and Castellammare landslides near Pacific Coast Highway have moved slowly since 1932, and Caltrans says that water has a significant influence on the Tramonto Slide. Slopes that burned in 2025 also shed more water and mud when it rains. We trace runoff to where it reaches the house, repair the entry point and waterproof the foundation and lower walls. If the ground itself is moving, that’s a question for a geotechnical engineer.
Burn-area houses and rebuild joints hide leaks. We trace yours to the entry point.
What Leak Repair and Restoration Cost in Pacific Palisades
An inspection in Pacific Palisades costs $375 to $1,500, and repairs are priced in a written estimate once we know where the water gets in. Here is what the common Palisades situations cost:
| Pacific Palisades situation | What it needs | Price |
|---|---|---|
| A leak or stain in a home up to 3,000 sq. ft. | Basic Inspection / Detailed Inspection | $375 to $575 / $575 to $775 |
| A large hillside home (3,500 to 10,000 sq. ft.) or several buildings on one lot | Multi-Unit / Larger Property Inspection | $975 to $1,500 |
| New windows, doors or decks tested before the finishes close | Water Intrusion Testing / Complex Water Testing | $1,275 to $1,850+ / $1,950 to $2,600+ |
| Mold after firefighting water or a leak, up to 3,000 sq. ft. | Small mold remediation, containment included | $2,275 to $2,900 |
| Wet or moldy attic insulation in a home that stood | Attic remediation | $2,500 to $5,800 |
| Waterproofing the slope side of a house | Small / medium project | $2,275 to $2,600 / $3,000 to $10,000 |
| Smoke, ash and firefighting water cleanup | Fire, smoke and water damage restoration | Written estimate after the inspection |
Book a Pacific Palisades inspection: call (310) 678-4345 or schedule it online.
Pacific Palisades Neighborhoods We Serve
We serve all of Pacific Palisades, and its neighborhoods differ mostly by how close they sit to the ocean, the canyons and the slopes.
Castellammare
Castellammare sits on small bluffs along Pacific Coast Highway, close to sea level, on ground that has moved slowly for decades.
The Huntington and the Via Bluffs
The Huntington and the Via Bluffs border the Village south of Sunset Boulevard, on bluff tops that overlook the ocean.
Marquez Knolls
Marquez Knolls climbs the slope north of Sunset, west of the Village across Temescal Canyon.
Rustic Canyon
Rustic Canyon, east of Chautauqua Boulevard, dips into Santa Monica Canyon and mixes post-war homes with older cabins built as weekend retreats.
The Palisades Highlands
The Palisades Highlands fill upper Santa Ynez Canyon with gated communities, rising to about 1,600 feet in Palisades Hills.
The other Westside communities we serve, including Brentwood to the east and Santa Monica to the southeast, are on our areas we serve page.
Get a written Pacific Palisades estimate once we find where the water gets in.
Pacific Palisades FAQs
My Pacific Palisades home survived the fire. Why does it still smell like smoke?
Smoke odor usually means residue is still in materials that absorb it, such as attic insulation, drywall, carpet and the air system. Wiping surfaces often isn’t enough once smoke has settled into porous materials. We inspect the attic, walls and air system, remove what can’t be cleaned, and dry anything firefighting water reached so mold doesn’t follow.
Do you do mold inspection and mold removal in Pacific Palisades?
Yes. A Basic Inspection for mold in Pacific Palisades costs $375 to $575, and small mold remediation jobs up to 3,000 sq. ft. cost $2,275 to $2,900 with containment included. We find the moisture feeding the mold first, because removing mold without fixing the water brings it back.
Should a new Palisades home be water tested before the walls are finished?
It’s worth testing the windows, doors and decks, because a bad joint is cheapest to fix before the finishes cover it. ASTM E1105 is the field test standard for water penetration through windows, curtain walls and doors. Water Intrusion Testing costs $1,275 to $1,850+ and isn’t credited toward the work.
Water Coming In? Call Now
Call (310) 678-4345 or book an inspection online anywhere in Pacific Palisades.