Quick answer: APLA Construction is a licensed California general contractor (CA Lic #1136359) working throughout Ventura County — ADUs, room additions, kitchen and bathroom remodels, HVAC, and ground-up construction. Room additions run $125–$350 per sq ft and detached ADUs $200–$400 per sq ft. Free on-site estimate: (818) 818-4419.
APLA Construction Group Inc. builds across Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties. In Ventura County we take on the same work we are known for in Los Angeles: accessory dwelling units, room additions, kitchen and bathroom remodels, HVAC installation and replacement, and new residential construction. Cities served include Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Westlake Village and Ojai.
A California contractor’s license is a statewide license — there is no separate Ventura County license to hold. What actually changes from city to city is the permit path, and that is where a contractor who does not work here regularly loses your time.
Ventura County is not simply “LA, further north.” Three things change how a project gets planned here:
ADU entitlement is governed by state law, not by each city, so the rules APLA works with daily in Los Angeles apply here largely unchanged: an ADU of 750 sq ft or less of interior livable space is exempt from impact fees entirely, and no local agency may require replacement parking when a garage or carport is demolished or converted to build one (California HCD ADU Handbook). Larger typical lot sizes across Thousand Oaks, Camarillo and Moorpark mean detached ADUs are more often feasible here than on a standard LA lot, where setbacks frequently decide the question.
| Project | APLA Pricing |
| Room addition (single story) | $125–$350 per sq ft |
| Detached ADU (new construction) | $200–$400 per sq ft |
| New home, ground up | $250–$700 per sq ft |
| Kitchen remodel | $10,000–$100,000 depending on cabinetry and countertop material |
These are APLA’s own working ranges, not scraped industry averages. Where a project lands inside them is driven mostly by cabinetry and stone selection on interiors, and by site conditions — slope, soil, utility distance — on ground-up work.
Your project is reviewed either by the Ventura County Resource Management Agency (official site) if your parcel is unincorporated, or by your own city’s building department if it is not. APLA prepares and submits the permit package either way, and coordinates plan-check corrections through to approval. We will tell you which authority governs your address at the site walk, before any drawings are commissioned — getting that wrong is expensive to unwind.
Yes. APLA is a licensed California general contractor (CA Lic #1136359) working across Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange counties. A California state license is valid statewide, so no separate county license is required — but each city’s building department has its own submittal process, which we handle as part of the project.
The core entitlement rules are state law and apply the same way in both counties — size limits, the 750 sq ft impact-fee exemption, and the prohibition on replacement parking. What differs is local process: which building department reviews your plans, and local overlays such as fire hazard severity zones or hillside standards.
Yes. Chapter 7A ignition-resistant construction affects exterior cladding, eaves, vents, decking and window assemblies. It is the single most common reason a Ventura County estimate runs above an equivalent project on a flat Valley lot, and it should appear as its own line in any honest quote.
We work throughout the county — Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Westlake Village and Ojai. Call (818) 818-4419 and we will confirm scheduling for your specific address.
APLA self-performs electrical, HVAC, cabinetry, flooring, and paint, and manages the remaining trades directly rather than handing your project to a broker. On ADU work specifically, APLA handles the project end to end. That matters more in Ventura County than it does close to our Valley base: when the crew doing the work is the crew we employ, a longer drive doesn’t turn into a slower job or a chain of finger-pointing between subs.
APLA Construction Group Inc. is a licensed California general contractor (CA Lic #1136359) working across Los Angeles, Ventura, and Orange counties. We provide a free on-site consultation and a written, itemized estimate — not a verbal range.
Call (818) 818-4419 · info@aplaconstruction.com · verify our license at the CSLB.