Cracked, sinking or pooling driveway? We dig out, pack the base and pour a new slab that carries your cars and sheds water.
Concrete driveway building in Malibu means we dig out the old driveway or bare ground, pack a firm base, then form, pour and finish a new slab built to carry the weight of your cars. Done right, it's built to stay flat and send rain away from your house.
Most driveway calls start with something you can see, like cracks that keep growing, a slab that's sunk near the garage, or water that pools after it rains. The price moves with the size of the driveway, how thick we pour it, the surface you pick and whether old concrete has to come out first, and when the old slab butts up against a walk you're keeping, we saw a clean line with concrete cutting so the walk stays intact. The schedule turns on any approvals the city wants, the weather and the cure time before you can park on it again, and your written scope gives you a price for your own driveway, line by line.
Before concrete I ran a sign shop for years, where a job was only right if every measurement was right. I learned this trade beside experienced finishers and foundation crews, started our business in 2023, and I still write down exactly what goes under and into each slab.
California licenses concrete contractors for flatwork, the flat concrete in driveways, patios and walks, and we're fully licensed and insured. The state's minor work exemption stops at $1,000, so on any driveway bigger than that, ask for the license number and check it with the state licensing board.
I come out to look at the job and take the measurements myself, and our crew does the work with me on site. If your project has an engineer, architect or soil consultant, we work alongside them. Call (424) 388-5404 and I'll set a time to come out.
We reply within one business day, by phone or by message, to set up your free estimate at the property, and there's no obligation. I'll measure the driveway, look at access and any existing concrete, then send a written scope with a price you can compare line by line. It helps to have your address, a rough driveway size and the surface you're leaning toward ready.
All of Malibu sits inside the California coastal zone, so a new driveway falls under the city's Local Coastal Program unless the project is exempt, and that's worth asking about early. The city takes permit requests through its Development Portal, and its list names building, excavation, pool and other trade work but not driveways, so that list doesn't settle whether yours needs a permit. The city also asks for a preliminary hydrology report, a study of how water drains off the site, on projects that add more than 500 square feet of hard surface or include grading or drainage work, which is one more reason to weigh the pervious option above and ask the city how it counts. From November 1 to March 31, the city requires measures it calls Best Management Practices on site to keep mud and runoff in place, so if you want a winter pour, we'll walk you through how we'll meet them. Before we price the job, I look into what the city asks for your address and tell you what I found, and where approvals are needed, we plan the start around them and can handle the concrete side of the paperwork or work with your architect or engineer. The city has the final word on your lot.
We're based in Malibu and take driveway jobs in many of the cities around it, including Topanga and Calabasas, and if you're not sure we cover your address, just ask when you call. A lot of our driveway calls here come from owners working through a rebuild with an architect or engineer, and we fit the slab to their plans and their timeline.
A two-car concrete driveway in the Los Angeles area usually costs about $1,700 to $6,000 installed. That's a regional range, not a Malibu quote or our price, and size, thickness, the surface you choose and tearing out old concrete move it most. Your written estimate prices your own driveway line by line.
A driveway should be at least 4 inches thick, according to a national driveway guide. The same guide puts the step up to 5 inches at about 20% more concrete cost for nearly 50% more load-carrying capacity, which is why both thicknesses show up in your proposal.
Plan on at least a week before anyone drives on it, which is the cure time a national driveway guide recommends. Curing is the hardening concrete keeps doing after the pour, and a car on it too early can mark or weaken the surface, so plan to park somewhere else that first week.
Most of the cracks people worry about come from a base that settled or control joints that were cut late or skipped. We dig out and pack the base and cut joints on time, as described above. A national guide also says an isolation joint, a flexible break that lets two slabs move on their own, should go where the driveway meets a sidewalk or garage floor, so ask to see it in your written proposal.
The city's permit list doesn't name driveways, so it doesn't settle whether yours needs one, and the coastal and drainage rules above can still apply. I check with the city for your address before we price the job and tell you what I found.
