Appliance repair in Northeast Los Angeles
Northeast LA is one of the hilliest corners of the city, with older homes on winding streets between the Los Angeles River and the eastern city line.
$20 service call through Oct 31 (then $95)
Say yes to the repair and your service call fee counts toward it in full.
A century of remodels has moved kitchens and laundry around in these houses, and squeezed new machines into old spaces. We come to your home, look at the setup as it really is, and tell you the cost of the fix up front.
Eagle Rock and Highland Park each have a page of their own. Atwater Village and El Sereno are covered below.
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Atwater Village: flat blocks on the river's east bank
Los Angeles neighborhood
Atwater Village is a small, mostly flat neighborhood on the east bank of the Los Angeles River, with Glendale Boulevard as its main street. Its blocks are lined with modest houses from the 1920s through the 1940s, many of them Spanish-style and Tudor-style cottages.
On these narrow lots, the garage usually sits behind the house, down a long driveway, and that's often where the washer and dryer ended up. A garage laundry gets hot in summer and dusty all year, so the dryer vent and lint screen need more attention than they would indoors. Small original kitchens also tend to leave a tight nook for the fridge, which can starve it of air.
Level streets make parking easier than in the hills next door, but the driveway is often blocked by a car or a gate. Tell us how to reach the garage, and whether someone needs to move a car first.
Local tip
- Share the driveway gate code, or how the side gate opens.
- A photo of a garage laundry corner gives us a head start.
El Sereno: hills and flats on the city's eastern edge
Los Angeles neighborhood
El Sereno sits at the eastern edge of the City of Los Angeles, close to Cal State LA. Huntington Drive and Valley Boulevard run through its flatter parts, while other streets climb into the hills around Ascot Hills Park. Most homes are single-family houses, many of them decades old, and some share the lot with a garage apartment or a back unit.
Hillside streets here can be steep and narrow, with little room to stop. If your driveway is steep, or the closest parking is down the block, mention it when you book. If the machine lives in a back unit or a detached garage, tell us which way to walk in.
Machines that live outside the main house are easy to forget until they quit. A washer hose gone stiff with age, or a dryer duct packed with lint, takes only a minute to spot, so have a look before the visit.
Local tip
- Say which building on the lot the appliance is in.
- Tell us if a dog or a locked gate stands between the street and the door.
Also on our route
We also make house calls in Glendale.
Appliances we repair
Good to know before you book
Which Northeast LA neighborhoods do you cover?
Eagle Rock, Highland Park, Atwater Village and El Sereno. All four belong to the City of Los Angeles. If your street isn't listed, enter the full address with its ZIP code when you book, and we'll tell you whether we can come.
My house is up a long public stairway. Can you still come?
Yes. Count the steps between the curb and your door, and tell us where a car can stop nearby. That's all we need to plan the visit.
Does the summer heat out here affect appliances?
It can. A fridge or freezer works harder in a warm kitchen or garage, and a dryer in a hot space runs hotter still. Clean coils, a clear vent and a little open space around each machine help a lot.
Other parts of town we cover
- WestsideMar Vista, Palms, Del Rey, Cheviot Hills and Ladera Heights, a short drive inland from our harbor base.
See also: Marina del Rey, Venice, Playa Vista, Playa del Rey, Westchester, Culver City, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Westwood, Century City
- Central LASilver Lake, Koreatown, Hancock Park, Mid-City and Fairfax: hillside houses, courtyard buildings and Wilshire apartment blocks.
See also: Hollywood, Los Feliz, Echo Park, Downtown Los Angeles
- Rosemead areaRosemead and its neighbors in the warmer western valley, where many washers, dryers and spare fridges live in the garage.
See also: San Gabriel
- LAX areaLawndale, Lennox and View Park–Windsor Hills: one city and two county communities inland from the airport.
See also: Inglewood, El Segundo
Book a visit
Let's take a look.
Three short steps: the appliance, your address and your number. We get in touch to set up a time.
$20 service call through Oct 31 (then $95)
Say yes to the repair and your service call fee counts toward it in full.
A 90-day warranty covers each repair we make.
What happens next
- Tell us what's wrong
- We come to you
- You get the price first
- Repair, once you say yes