Los Angeles ADU Contractor

Custom ADUs, Garage Conversions & Guest Houses — Design, Permits & Construction Managed Under One Roof.

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  • LISENCED & INSURED

    California License #1143138

  • FULL SERVICE

    Design to Certificate

  • ALL TYPES of ADUs

    Detached, Attached, Conversions

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What an ADU needs
to function as a home

An ADU is not a bonus room or a studio apartment in the loose sense — it is a legally defined, fully independent dwelling unit. California law specifies what that means: a complete kitchen, a bathroom, a sleeping area, and its own entrance. But meeting the legal definition and building a space that genuinely works as a home are two different things.

How these spaces are sized, arranged, and finished determines whether the unit commands strong rental rates, works well for a family member, or simply checks compliance boxes. As your Los Angeles ADU contractor, we build units where every room is considered — not just constructed.

  • KITCHEN

    An ADU kitchen needs to be functional, not just present. Counter space, appliance selection, cabinet depth, and ventilation are all considered within the spatial constraints of the unit. We spec ADU kitchens for actual daily use. In a Junior ADU, an efficiency kitchen with a sink and cooktop satisfies the requirement; in a full ADU, a complete kitchen with refrigerator, range, and adequate workspace is both achievable and worth the investment in rentability.

  • BATHROOM

    A full bathroom — toilet, sink, and shower or tub — is required in every standard ADU. The layout is constrained by square footage, but thoughtful fixture selection, tile work, lighting, and storage integration can make a compact bathroom feel resolved and well-made. Waterproofing is handled with the same rigour we bring to primary residence bathrooms — because the consequences of shortcuts here compound quickly, especially in a rental context.

  • BEDROOM

    Building code dictates minimum dimensions for habitable sleeping rooms — typically 70 square feet with no dimension less than 7 feet. Beyond compliance, a bedroom in an ADU should feel like a real room: adequate closet space, properly placed windows for natural light and ventilation, and enough clearance to move comfortably. These choices directly affect rental attractiveness and long-term livability.

  • LIVING AREA

    In smaller ADUs, the living area and kitchen often share a single open space. How that combined area is planned — where the kitchen sits relative to natural light, how traffic flows between entry and bedroom, where outlets and media connections land — determines whether the unit feels spacious and livable or cramped and compromised. Open-plan ADU layouts reward spatial planning far more than they do square footage alone.

  • PRIVATE ENTRANCE

    A separate entrance is both a legal requirement and a practical necessity for independent living. Its placement matters: it should provide genuine privacy from the primary residence, connect logically to whatever parking or outdoor space the tenant uses, and be designed with safety and visibility in mind. The entry sequence — the path from the street to the ADU door — is often an afterthought in ADU planning, and rarely should be.

  • LAUNDRY & STORAGE

    Not code-required but consistently among the most valued features in a Los Angeles ADU rental. In-unit laundry dramatically improves the unit's rentability and reduces friction for long-term tenants. Storage — closets, pantry space, exterior storage where possible — follows the same logic. These are the details that separate an ADU that sits on the rental market from one that leases immediately at full asking price.

We Help With the Permit Process

Before any drawings are prepared, we evaluate what your specific property can support — lot size, existing structures, zoning designation, deed restrictions, easements, and utility connections. This prevents investing in design work for an ADU configuration that turns out to be non-approvable.

Property Feasibility Assessment

Construction & Inspections

Work proceeds with all required inspections scheduled at the right phases — foundation, framing, rough MEP, insulation, and final. Each inspection confirms the work meets code, and passing them correctly the first time is a function of both construction quality and documentation discipline. We treat inspections as verification of work, not administrative hurdles.

Architectural drawings, structural calculations, Title 24 energy compliance documentation, and any required soils or survey reports are prepared to LADBS standards. If your project qualifies for the pre-approved ADU plan pathway, we'll identify that early. Custom designs are documented to minimize plan check comments.

Design & Documentation

Final inspection and Certificate of Occupancy issuance marks the point at which the ADU is legally habitable and can be occupied or rented. We ensure all punch list items, final utility connections, and documentation are in order before requesting the final inspection — because a failed final is an avoidable outcome.

Certificate of Occupancy

Applications are submitted with complete documentation. We respond to plan check comments promptly and accurately, and track the application through the review process. Utility coordination — for new sewer laterals or electrical service upgrades — begins in parallel so infrastructure doesn't delay construction start. See our page about garage conversion statistics and details here.

Permit Submission & Plan Check

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