How much does foundation work cost in Palo Alto? The usual foundation & seismic job filed with Palo Alto is $6,260, from 148 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $4,500 and $21,606. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
The usual foundation & seismic job filed with Palo Alto is $6,260, from 148 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $4,500 and $21,606. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A foundation & seismic permit here usually takes 130 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 148 priced permits across 31 firms, pooled into one. Half of Palo Alto foundation & seismic permits were filed between $4,000 and $22,200.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $4,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $4,000 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $6,200 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $22,200 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $65,300 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Custom Homes Inc | 51 | 17 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| Groundworks California LLC | 18 | 7 | $24,511 | $10,528–$42,316 |
| Peace of Mind Structural Inc | 12 | 4 | $7,622 | $6,112–$8,786 |
| Foundation Repair of CA | 7 | 4 | $8,999 | $7,238–$20,540 |
| Foundation Solutions Inc | 11 | 3 | $52,945 | $25,772–$66,530 |
| Rlfc Construction LLC | 6 | 3 | $4,500 | $4,500 |
| RH Construction and Structural Inc | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| WNH Construction Inc | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Palo Alto Concrete & Construction Inc | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Caccia Home Services | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Line your quote up against the file. In Palo Alto, 1 in 10 foundation & seismic filed values sit under $4,000, the middle half between $4,000 and $22,200, and 1 in 10 over $65,300.
Palo Alto files the fewest foundation & seismic permits in November (57 against an average month of 100) and the most in October (162). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Palo Alto →
Source: City of Palo Alto Development Center building permits on single-family, duplex and ADU homes. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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