Your initial call triggers a site visit to evaluate the existing conditions, eligible ADU improvements, potential pit falls. We reduce the surprise factor brought on by the design approval process for a smooth transition into the bidding and construction phase. Soon after we visit the site, we will send you a proposed budget and layout of the potential ADU improvements. We do not charge for this visit regardless of your project’s outcome.

We can provide the complete design for your ADU to be submitted to your City’s department of Building and Safety. We include the cost of plan submittals, any required corrections, and obtaining all the required permits to commence the work. We can also work with your plans to provide competitive pricing for your project with a lump sum proposal which remains transparent with the cost, the schedule, and the payment schedule.

Like all City and State programs, there’s plenty of paperwork to submit and notifications to comply with. We manage the notifications to your tenants and the applicable offices as well as the required testing, inspections, certifications, to ensure your ADU will receive full compliance and a Certificate of Occupancy in a timely manner.

Some properties are also subject to seismic retrofitting by requirement or as a voluntary program. Some cities have yet to implement a seismic retrofit program, but rest assured if your building was constructed before 1979, you will need to seismically retrofit your parking spaces to comply with an existing or upcoming ordinance.
The good news is that we can incorporate the seismic requirements into the ADU design when converting parking spaces to habitable ADU’s. The cost of incorporating this scope together becomes less than 50% of the cost when the seismic work is done independently for two main reasons:

• We can build walls to transfer the seismic load rather than the use of a steel frame of columns.
• We can incorporate trade work of excavation, concrete, and framing for both scopes to be concurrent and save on labor, supervision, and project duration.

Therefore, it is wise to look into ADU conversions in open garage spaces when the costly compliance of seismic retrofitting requirement is a reality.

Our construction experience and team of qualified professional staff and subcontractors makes us a well oiled machine. We offer a production level schedule to complete most ADU’s in under 5 months. We take pride in our Quality Control (QC) at all levels of construction from start to finish. Our supervision is fulltime and our relationship with building officials is excellent. They know our work and don’t get in our way too much. Michael and Zo continue to oversee every active project with regular site visits and communications with the owner for full transparency and a complete team effort to reach our common goal… Another successful project and another satisfied customer.