Water damage guides for Santa Monica
Read before you call: Santa Monica prices, cover, first steps, floods and frozen pipes.
FEMA's National Risk Index expects inland flooding to cost about $113 a year for every $100,000 of building value in Santa Monica's ZIP codes.
- Calls answered 24/7
- Written estimate before work starts
- Water removal, drying and repair
From your call to a written estimate
Call (833) 728-2327
Say what is wet, where the water came from and whether it is still running. The call is answered any hour.
Stop the source
If water is still coming in, you are walked through the shutoff valve or the breaker first.
Inspection and written estimate
The crew checks the water category, measures moisture in walls and floors, photographs the damage and writes the estimate before work starts.
Guides for the Santa Monica area, built on its own figures.
67% of homes in Santa Monica are in buildings with five or more units.
Every guide for Santa Monica
Each guide uses the Santa Monica area's own figures.
the Santa Monica water damage cost guide
Price ranges, cost drivers and estimate checks for Santa Monica homes.
the Santa Monica guide to insurance and water damage
Which kinds of water damage insurance usually pays for in Santa Monica, and how to document a claim.
the Santa Monica guide to the first hour after water damage
The first hour after a leak or flood in Santa Monica: what to shut off, what to photograph and what to move.
guide to flood and storm water risk for Santa Monica
Flood risk, flood insurance claims and storm water in Santa Monica, from FEMA and NOAA figures.
guide to burst and frozen pipes for Santa Monica
Why pipes burst in Santa Monica homes, what freezing nights and older plumbing mean, and what to do first.
What stands out in Santa Monica
- 71% of homes in Santa Monica are rented, against 54% across Los Angeles County. If you rent, tell your landlord or property manager about the leak right away.
- Homes built before 1980 make up 75% of the housing in Santa Monica; across Los Angeles County the share is 71%.
- In Santa Monica, 11% of households moved in during 2021 or later.
Local data for Santa Monica
Santa Monica figures: about 91,535 residents in the city, by the Census.
In Santa Monica, 22% of homes were built before 1950, when walls were often finished in plaster rather than drywall.
0% of homes in Santa Monica are mobile homes, compared with 4% across California.
- 113 Yearly inland flood loss per $100,000 of building valueLos Angeles County: 164
- 67% Homes in buildings with 5 or more unitsLos Angeles County: 36%
- 71% Homes that are rentedLos Angeles County: 54%
- 52,381 Housing units
- 91,535 Residents
- 75% Homes built before 1980Los Angeles County: 71%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023 5-year estimates; FEMA OpenFEMA, FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, claims from 2016 to 2025 (not endorsed by FEMA); FEMA OpenFEMA, NFIP Residential Penetration Rates v1 (not endorsed by FEMA); FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, December 2025 (not endorsed by FEMA); NOAA NCEI, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, nearest weather station; FEMA OpenFEMA, Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 (not endorsed by FEMA); NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 2016 to 2025.
One call for water damage in Santa Monica
Any hour, any day. Nothing starts until you approve a written estimate.