Glendale Hills, Offices and Apartments

Glendale is a city of contrasts, and the work changes street by street. Downtown around Brand Boulevard there are mid-rise offices and apartment towers. A mile or two off that, there are older apartment buildings and single-family houses climbing into the Verdugo Mountains.

Older apartments and courtyard buildings

Plenty of Glendale housing is older multi-family stock with thick plaster walls and no data cable at all. If you rent, I look for approaches that do not require drilling: cable along baseboards and door frames, a better router in a better place, an access point that stays in the room it serves. I tell you what the landlord needs to approve.

Hillside houses

On streets like those in Adams Hill and Verdugo Woodlands, houses were built on slopes. Multiple levels and a basement-style lower floor are common. One router leaves a bedroom or two unreachable, so I put access points on the main floors and run cable through the attic, a closet or the lower level. Crawlspaces on the downhill side sometimes give me an easy path, and I look at what is there before choosing.

Offices and small business

Offices near Brand and Glendale Avenue range from law and accounting practices to design shops. A small office needs a clean rack or wall-mounted switch, dependable Wi-Fi for visitors on a separate network, and sometimes a server for files. I put in what the office needs and leave a diagram of the cable.

Cameras

Glendale homes on slopes often have a lot of ground to watch: stairs, driveways with a steep pitch and side paths. I plan camera coverage around the way people actually come and go.

Over past Burbank

Glendale is east of Van Nuys past Burbank, a trip through the 134 corridor or surface streets. I arrange visits so a single trip covers the whole walkthrough. Call or write and tell me about your building.