What this rate covers
- Garage to ADU conversion
- New detached ADU
- Junior ADU
- Room addition
- Second storey addition
- Interior conversion to habitable space
Not listed? Ask. Most permit work in Los Angeles County and surrounding cities lands in one of these tiers, and if yours does not we will tell you which one it is closest to before you commit.
What the department wants from you
Send what you have. Anything missing, we come back and ask once, before it goes in rather than after a correction.
Architectural set
Floor plans, elevations, sections, and a site plan showing setbacks. This is the set the reviewer marks up.
Structural calculations where the work is structural
A wet-stamped set from your engineer. We submit it as provided and never alter a stamped sheet.
Title 24 energy compliance
Required for conditioned space. Missing Title 24 is one of the most common first-round corrections.
Property details
APN, zoning, and whether the lot has any existing unpermitted structures. Unpermitted work found mid-review changes the job.
Your licence and BTRC numbers
Filed under your licence, signed by you.
Where this one gets filed
- LADBS PermitLA
- EPIC-LA
- City counters
Add-ons that apply here
- Rush filing
- Ask for a quote
- Site plan drawn from scratch
- Ask for a quote
Send the job and we will tell you what applies. Plan check comments come to us.
Questions we get on this one
Who handles plan check comments?
We do. ADU review comments are normal and a structural set can easily take more than one pass. We will tell you what is included when we quote the job.
Can you file if the plans came from someone else?
Yes. We work from whatever set you have, including one drawn by an architect or a plan shop. If the set is missing something the department will ask for, we tell you before it goes in rather than after.
What if the property has unpermitted work already?
It has to be dealt with, and pretending otherwise just moves the problem to the reviewer. We flag it as soon as we see it and lay out the options honestly, including the ones that cost you money.
Got a permit sitting on your desk?
Send the address and scope. We will come back with a price and a realistic timeline.
Send us a job
Address and scope are enough to get a real number back. We will tell you what else the department needs.