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“We had gates installed by Method. They did such a great job. They gave us the best customer service and really tried to please us all the way. The job was well done at a reasonable price. I highly recommend this company.”
Gates, garage doors, fencing & automation for Valley Village homes and businesses
Custom Gate Installation & 24/7 Repair in Valley Village, CA
Valley Village pushed for its own Specific Plan to keep apartments in scale with its houses, and that 1993 plan still shapes walls, gates and guest parking on multifamily lots — while the houses deal with busy boulevards. Nothing is built until you approve the drawing. Our fabrication partner of 15 years builds it, our licensed installers put it in, and our phones are answered 24/7 for gate and garage door repairs.
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Gates in Valley Village
What building a gate in Valley Village actually involves
Valley Village is small, quiet, and particular about how things look. Its tree-lined residential streets are mid-century and traditional single-family homes, many of them carefully remodeled, and the driveway gate has to fit the house — an arched cedar gate with strap hardware on a traditional, horizontal slats on a modernized ranch, black steel picket with a matching low fence in front. We draw each one for the property and show you before we build.
Lots are flat and openings are modest, which keeps automation simple: a swing or slide operator sized to the gate, photo eyes and edge sensors to UL 325 and ASTM F2200, a keypad at the street, and remotes for the cars. Along Magnolia and Laurel Canyon there are apartment buildings that need garage and pedestrian gates with fob access. Valley Village is inside the City of Los Angeles, so permits go through LADBS. If your gate needs one, we can handle it for an added fee.
Our office is a short drive west in Van Nuys, for estimates and for the repair calls that come when an older operator gives out.
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Local conditions
What changes the build in Valley Village
The wall between apartments and houses
Where an apartment or commercial project's parking or driveway sits against a house, the plan calls for a six-foot decorative masonry wall finished on both sides, with no openings except a lockable gate for landscape work. That rules out a pedestrian shortcut through it, so resident gates belong on the street side.
Guest spaces guests can reach
The plan requires extra guest parking on multifamily projects and says it must be clearly marked, easy for guests to reach, and never tandem. Gating the garage therefore needs a real way in for visitors — a call box or phone entry at the gate — or guest stalls kept ahead of it.
Backing out onto a boulevard
Backing onto Magnolia, Burbank Boulevard or Laurel Canyon is the risky part of living on one, so the gate plan starts inside the lot: room to turn around and drive out forward, an exit loop that opens the gate as you approach, and a closed position that leaves the sidewalk clear.
Areas we cover in Valley Village: the blocks around Valley Village Park · Colfax Avenue · Chandler Boulevard · the Tujunga Wash greenway edge
Services
What we build and fix in Valley Village
Residential FencingIron and wood fence runs for multifamily side and front yards, laid out around the plan's required masonry walls.Learn More 
Residential Gate OpenersGarage gate operators with visitor call boxes or phone entry, so guest parking stays easy to reach.Learn More 
Custom Wood GatesCedar or redwood on welded steel for houses where a wood gate suits the street, from arched tops to tight horizontal boards.Learn More 
Gate Opener InstallationMotors and exit loops added to the gate you already have, starting at $5,000 – $7,000, so you can leave a boulevard driveway without stopping to open it.Learn More Gate repair in Valley Village
Garage doors in Valley Village
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Gates we've built
Chevron pedestrian gate
Arched wood garden gate
White panel gate
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Valley Village FAQ
Questions we hear in Valley Village
Answers specific to Valley Village. The questions every customer asks are on our FAQ page.
Yes. Horizontal cedar or steel slats with tight gaps, a low matching fence, and hardware finished to match the house are the usual answer, drawn for your opening and built on a steel frame so the wood stays square.
Probably not for everyday use. If that wall separates the building's parking or driveway from a single-family home, the Specific Plan allows no opening in it except a lockable gate for landscape maintenance. A resident entrance belongs on the street frontage or the building's own side yard instead. We check the building's approved plans before designing anything near that line.
Either the guest stalls stay outside the gate, or the gate gets a visitor system — a call box or phone-entry unit with a directory — that residents answer from their phones. The plan wants guest parking clearly marked and easy to reach, and it doesn't allow tandem guest spaces. We size the system to the building's unit count.
Generally not — it was written for apartment and commercial projects, so a gate on a single-family lot follows the citywide zoning rules. In standard residential zones that means a front-yard fence or gate no taller than 3½ feet unless City Planning approves more, and up to eight feet along side and rear lines on lots 40 feet wide or more outside hillside areas (six feet on hillside lots).
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What do you need?
- A new gate
- Gate repair
- Make my gate automatic
- Fencing
- Garage door
- Commercial, HOA or apartments
- Not sure yet
No obligation. It takes about a minute, then we call to schedule. Prefer to talk? (818) 782-6180