A puddle by a built-in fridge, a Bosch that wouldn’t shut, an LG washer skipping its detergent. What we found on each, and the bill.
Three of these were repaired. Two stopped at the diagnosis, with a quote nobody took up, and on one we arrived to find nothing leaking at all. Three are from Studio City’s 91604. One is from ZIP 91602 and two from Sherman Oaks, and each of those cards says where it was.
Down the left of every story: when we went, the ZIP, the model number if we photographed the label, and the amount billed. The $85 visit is counted inside that figure rather than added to it.
On money: half of our completed Studio City bills above $100 came to between $290 and $535, and the one in the middle was $355. That middle figure is close to what it is across all our work ($365). The top quarter is where Studio City differs: it starts at $535 here, against $475 overall. Most of the Studio City bills past $700 were refrigerators, with KitchenAid built-in, Sub-Zero and Thermador on them, plus a Wolf range. No single appliance has enough Studio City bills to give it a fair price of its own, so we don’t print one; our pricing page covers the area as a whole.
It was booked as a door that couldn’t close. No part had failed. The dishwasher wasn’t secured to the cabinet, and securing it put the door right. The bill was the $85 visit and nothing more.
The call said the washer was noisy while running and wasn’t taking its detergent. Our technician traced both to a faulty water inlet valve.
A new inlet valve went in. On the test run afterwards, detergent was being pulled from the dispenser and the machine ran quietly. More washer and dryer work from this area is on our Studio City washer & dryer page.
Drain complaints in our Studio City records came from Whirlpool, GE and Maytag washers and from KitchenAid and Miele dishwashers. The one Studio City drain call with full notes is already told on our Miele page, so this drain story comes from Sherman Oaks.
This W1 wasn’t draining, and the diagnosis called for replacing both of its drain pump assemblies. Four days after the first visit the new pumps were in, with hoses and wiring secured, and the washer passed a drain, spin and leak test.
Water on the floor, a door that won’t latch, a machine stopping mid-cycle? Call or book; the first step is always the $85 visit and a written quote.
The downdraft vent ignored its controls completely. The diagnosis pointed to its switch circuit. The quote listed a new start/push switch, two control switches and two terminal switches, plus two grease filters needed for proper airflow when it went back together.
Getting at those switches means lifting the downdraft assembly out, so the quote also allowed for a second technician. The quote was never accepted, and we charged only for the diagnosis.
The label put its manufacture at May 2014. The refrigerator wasn’t entering its defrost cycle, and the air and fan duct cover inside was cracked.
The defrost heater worked when we ran the unit in test mode, so the heater wasn’t what we proposed replacing. The proposal was a new defrost sensor assembly and a new air and fan duct cover.
No repair has been booked with us since, so what this customer paid was the diagnostic. Our Studio City refrigerator page has more fridge work.
The photo of the puddle is dated July 15, the day the call was booked. On the visit, the refrigerator wasn’t leaking.
We checked the usual sources one by one: the water supply connections, the filter housing, the inlet valve, the ice maker fill tube, the defrost drain and its tube, and the drain pan, looking for overflow or a pan out of position. None of them showed water.
While the unit was open we cleaned the condenser coil, then tested it and left it running with nothing dripping. That cleaning was maintenance. We can’t say it cured the leak, because we never saw the leak happen.
“At first, I thought seeing 200+ five star reviews, it must be fake. Boy was I wrong! Mikayel was fantastic. Here’s why: first, I got a window of when to expect him. Next, I received a text, letting me know he was on the way, with his exact arrival time and a way to actually track his arrival (I didn’t. That’s a little bit much). He came ready to work, went into oven, fix the igniter, so it wasn’t working as expected, realized there was an issue with the gas line, pulled out the entire stove, unscrewed all of the panels until he got to what he needed, fixed it, and put everything back exactly as it was. He was speedy, efficient, polite and I will definitely use A and Y again.”Nina S. · ★★★★★ · Google, February 2025 · LG oven, 91604
“I am very satisfied with his performance.”Sungho Y. · ★★★★★ · Google, September 2026 · LG refrigerator, 91604
Ring (747) 207-2030, or grab a slot through the booking page. The $85 diagnosis comes first; the repair price is written down before you say yes or no.