Fast inspections. Full compliance.
Both deadlines have passed: January 1, 2025 for condos and HOAs under SB-326, January 1, 2026 for apartments with three or more units under SB-721. Apartment owners without a report face penalties of up to $500 per day, and condo boards carry the liability that follows an undocumented balcony.
Balcony1 performs balcony inspections in Alhambra, CA for the walk-ups, garden-style complexes, and condo associations that make up close to half the city’s housing. Licensed structural engineers assess every EEE, from load-bearing framing and ledger connections to railings and waterproofing, then document findings in an engineer-approved report that serves as your proof of compliance.
Roughly 44% of Alhambra’s housing is multifamily, with a median build year near 1960. Most balconies here are wood-framed and have outlived at least one waterproofing system, the same stock we inspect across neighboring Monterey Park.
Balcony1 is a division of One Structural, Inc., with 20 years in construction and design and hundreds of completed projects statewide.
Both laws followed the June 2015 balcony collapse in Berkeley that killed six people. California’s balcony inspection laws split into two statutes by ownership type.
SB-721, apartment buildings with three or more units
SB-326, condominium and HOA associations
Coverage is limited to wood-framed elements more than six feet above ground. Apartment owners face daily penalties. Condo boards face liability and disclosure at sale. The same is true in Rosemead and across Alhambra’s 1960s stock along Valley Boulevard and Main Street, where inland heat wears wood framing as it does on balconies in San Gabriel.
Balcony1’s inspectors in Alhambra follow a detailed inspection process to identify potential safety concerns and hidden structural risks and ensure compliance with California safety regulations. Our licensed balcony inspectors offer property owners in Alhambra a reliable way to maintain safe and code-compliant balconies while avoiding costly repairs and penalties.
We walk your exterior elevated elements and send a written proposal before anything is scheduled. Scope follows unit count and element type, since SB-721 requires a 15% sample and SB-326 a statistically significant one.
Alhambra buildings are close to 60% renter-occupied, so access is usually the constraint. We work around your notice requirements and residents' schedules, the same as we do for HOA boards in South Pasadena.
We assess load-bearing framing, ledger connections, railings, drainage, and waterproofing. Where visual review cannot confirm concealed framing, we open a controlled test area rather than guess, with extra attention to connection detailing in Seismic Zone D.
You get an engineer-approved report with photos, findings, and a prioritized repair plan as your proof of compliance. If repairs are needed, we design them, pull permits, and manage the construction through to completion.
Yes. Both laws cover all exterior elevated elements, which includes walkways, stair landings, and decks, not just balconies.
Only if a qualified professional performed it under the statute’s scope and sampling rules and documented it in a report. A pre-purchase or general condition report does not qualify. Send us what you have and we will tell you.
Most structural and waterproofing repairs do. Submittals go through the Building Division’s online permit portal, and we handle that process for clients whose repairs we perform.
California requires reasonable written notice for entry, typically 24 hours. We schedule around your notice cycle so nothing has to be rescheduled on inspection day.
A single walk-up is usually done in a day. Larger properties with multiple buildings take longer, and test openings add time. The report timeline is confirmed in your proposal.
Both deadlines have passed. Apartment owners are exposed to daily penalties, and every owner carries liability for damage that goes undocumented while it gets worse.
Call 323-225-2669 or book online to get your Alhambra building on the schedule.
