Service area
ADU, garage conversion, and remodeling contractor in Los Angeles County and Orange County
In the City of Los Angeles, the usual first project is a garage that is already standing. LADBS permits that job. A house in Burbank, Inglewood, or unincorporated Los Angeles County is a different counter, and Orange County is its own set of cities. We start with the address so the plans go to the right one.
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We build garage-to-ADU conversions, detached and attached ADUs, and kitchen, bath, and addition remodels in Los Angeles County and Orange County. The license and the written scope are the same as on a Pasadena job. The correction list from the city or the county is not.
Bring the address and a few photos of the garage or the yard. If the lot is a bad candidate — no access, a slab that cannot become a floor, a panel that cannot be upgraded — you hear that before design fees.
LADBS is the City of Los Angeles
Hollywood, the Valley, the Westside, Northeast LA, and South LA inside the city go through the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety. Neighboring cities and unincorporated county parcels do not. We name the department from the address before anyone draws a plan.
Garage conversions are half the conversation
The structure is there. The money is in a floor that was sloped for a car, ceiling height after insulation, a fire separation where the garage touches the house, a panel that can feed a kitchen, and a wall where the door was. State law generally does not make you rebuild the parking you remove for an ADU. Your own cars still have to park somewhere. This is not legal advice.
Hillside streets and historic overlays
A flat lot in the Valley and a hillside street with a narrow drive are different builds. Historic Preservation Overlay Zones can control what the street sees even when the ADU itself is allowed. We find out which one you have on the site walk.
Old houses, old services
Many LA panels and sewer laterals were never asked to carry a second kitchen. We price the upgrade when it is real, not after the slab is in.
Local questions
Do I have to replace parking if I convert my LA garage?
Under state ADU law, cities generally cannot make you replace parking removed for an ADU. LADBS has said the same thing in its own materials. Your household still needs a place for the cars, and some lots make a detached unit the better plan. We check the specific property. This is not legal advice.
Do you pull the Los Angeles County or Orange County permit?
Yes. When the house is in the City of Los Angeles, we submit to LADBS, answer corrections, and meet that inspector. In the rest of Los Angeles County, and in Orange County, we permit it with the city or the county that actually has the address.
Free first conversation
Have a Los Angeles County address?
Send it. We’ll tell you which building department has the job and whether the idea fits the lot.