Editorial diagram of one Encino house with a single design-build team versus a split architect and contractor handoff

FAQ

When can I start getting bids from contractors?

Bidding can start after the design phase and once permits are submitted for review, allowing contractors to provide accurate bids based on final plans.

Direct answer

After design, once permits are in for review.

Bidding can start after the design phase and once permits are submitted for review, allowing contractors to provide accurate bids based on final plans.

That is the Encino / Los Angeles practice. Final plans in review give contractors something accurate to price.

Timelines after review are an aim, not a guarantee. We do not invent a bid date. This is not legal advice.

When bidding starts

Final plans first. Then accurate bids.

Editorial diagram of one Encino house with a single design-build team versus a split architect and contractor handoff

Design

Design on the Encino lot comes first.

Permits

Then permits go in, and contractors can bid the final plans.

Bids

No dollar amounts on this page. Call (424) 600-2100.

Editorial diagram of one Encino house with a single design-build team versus a split architect and contractor handoff

No invented amounts

An Encino plan set, no bid table, no handshake photo.

121 Design Build is in Encino. Bidding starts after design and permit submittal.

We do not invent dollar amounts, licenses, volumes, or years. Fees after review are an aim, not a guarantee.

How we work

When bidding can start

Four-step diagram of 121 Design Build's one-team path from conversation and brief through design, permits, and construction

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1. Converse

We start with the Encino lot and the drawings that still need to finish.

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2. Permits

Bidding can start after the design phase and once permits are submitted for review.

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3. Bids

That lets contractors price the final plans, not a sketch.

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4. Next step

Then we talk next steps and when bids can start on the Encino lot.

Honest scope

What 121 actually does, and what we do not.

We do

Wait for submitted plans

Bidding can start after the design phase and once permits are submitted for review, allowing contractors to provide accurate bids based on final plans.

We do not

A printed bid date

We do not invent a bid date or promise a contractor price before the Encino plans are submitted.

Ask when bids would start on your Encino lot.

If you have a project in Encino / Los Angeles, start with a conversation about when bids can start. Call (424) 600-2100.