New structures,
built from the
ground up.

Your contract is built on a defined scope, not a rough estimate — every material, fixture, and labor line is priced before we break ground. If something outside that scope turns up once work starts, you get a written change order with the exact cost before anything proceeds, never a surprise on the final invoice.

We build your schedule around the real LA permitting and inspection calendar, not a best-case guess, so the date you sign off on already accounts for plan-check and inspection wait times. If something outside our control pushes it, you hear about it the same week — not the week the deadline passes.

You get a single point of contact for the entire job, not a rotating cast of subs to chase down. We check in with you daily — by phone and by message — so you're never finding out about a problem after it's already cost you time.

Every job closes with a walkthrough and a written punch list — nothing is “done” until every item on it is fixed and you've signed off. We stand behind our work with the guarantee spelled out in your contract, and every trade that requires a license gets a licensed sub, not unlicensed labor to save a day.

We pull permits for anything LA requires a permit for, full stop, even when a smaller scope makes it tempting to skip. That protects you two ways: the city inspects the work as a second set of eyes beyond ours, and you're never the one holding an unpermitted addition when it's time to sell.

Realistically, $250,000 to $350,000 fully built and permitted, though site conditions and finish level swing that range in both directions. A chunk of that cost doesn't scale with size — foundation, utility connections, and permit fees are similar whether you're building 500 or 1,000 square feet — which is why smaller ADUs often cost more per square foot, not less. California also now requires solar on new detached ADUs, which adds to the upfront number. We'll give you a firm figure after walking your lot, not a stock estimate.

State law actually prohibits cities from requiring a separate water connection for most ADUs, so sharing your existing meter is the default and usually what we design to. The exception is larger or higher-demand units — generally over 750 square feet, or ones that need fire sprinklers — where a service upgrade or submeter can come into play. We'll confirm which situation applies to your project before pricing it.

It depends on what your existing panel can actually handle — not a blanket yes. Most new ADUs in California have to run fully electric, and if your current service is already near capacity, adding that load means upgrading the main panel, adding a subpanel, or both. The way we find out for certain is a licensed electrician running a load calculation on your specific house, which we do early so it's priced in from the start, not discovered mid-project.

In most cases, yes. State law lets you convert an existing garage into an ADU without meeting current setback rules, as long as you're keeping the existing footprint — even if that garage sits closer to the property line than a new structure would be allowed to. The moment you demolish and rebuild those walls instead of converting them as-is, though, the new construction has to meet today's setback requirements, which can mean losing square footage. We'll tell you which situation you're in before you commit to a scope.