Residential Construction
ADU construction, detached units, garage and JADU conversions
Design-build ADU Construction for homeowners across Southern California, handled by one in-house team from drawings to final inspection.
ADU Construction, in short
California ADU law has been rewritten repeatedly and generally in the homeowner's favour, but the rules that matter are still local: utility connection requirements, fire access, and how your specific jurisdiction reads the state standards.
Detached, attached, garage conversion or JADU
Four different projects with four different cost structures. A garage conversion reuses an existing slab and walls, usually the cheapest route, but only if that structure is sound and legal. A detached new build costs more and gives you a purpose-designed unit.
Utilities are the hidden line item
Whether the ADU can share the main house's electrical service, water meter and sewer lateral, or needs its own, swings the budget substantially. This gets answered during feasibility, before you commit to a design.
Fire access and defensible space
In hillside and high fire-hazard areas, access width, hydrant distance and defensible space around the new structure can constrain siting or require sprinklers. Worth knowing before drawings, not after.
ADU Construction across Southern California
We work in 200+ cities across 7 counties. Here is what the work involves where you live, including the local permit path.
Los Angeles County
Orange County
Riverside County
San Bernardino County
San Diego County
Santa Barbara County
Common questions
ADU Construction, what to expect
- Do you provide a written scope before work starts?
- Always. The proposal lists what is included, what is excluded, the materials allowance and the payment schedule. Nothing starts on a handshake.
- Who pulls the permit?
- We do, as the licensed contractor of record. You are not filing anything with the city yourself.
- What happens if something unexpected turns up mid-project?
- Older homes hide things, undersized panels, failed framing, non-permitted prior work. When we find something, work stops on that item, we show you what we found and price the fix as a written change order before continuing.
Planning an ADU Construction project?
Call (818) 747-7676 or send us the details and we will come look at it.