One of one. Designed around your lot and your life.
When a pre-designed plan won’t fit the lot or the way you’ll live — a hillside, a narrow side yard, an ADU above the garage, a home for two generations — we design it from your brief. A fixed design fee after a 15-minute Backyard Review, and the same permit guarantee as every plan we sell.
- $9,990–$19,990
- Fixed design fee, quoted after your Backyard Review
- 2–3 months
- From your brief to permit-ready construction drawings
- $0
- Design fee owed if your city won’t approve your plans
See it on your actual lot · 15 minutes · No obligation
- Zero permits denied
- 126 LA ADU projects
- 5.0 on Google
Where does your project start?
Every path carries the permit guarantee and a fixed design fee.
A Signature Home, modified Plan fee $7,490–$12,990 + $155/hr for changesEst. cost to build $180K–$420K 
A blank page Design fee $9,990–$19,990, fixed once quotedCost-to-build range from recent projects like yours 
The hard lot Feasibility on the call, before any feePriced per project after the Game Plan Every one, a conversation that became a home.
From a 15-minute call to keys.
A custom ADU is a longer road than a pre-designed plan — 11 to 16 months from first call to move-in. Here is exactly where that time goes, and what you know at each step before you commit to the next one.
The Backyard Review
We screen-share to your address, look at the lot, the setbacks, and what fits, and listen to what you want to build. If a Signature Home — modified or as designed — would serve you better, we will say so. If custom is the right path, you leave the call knowing the design-fee range, a cost-to-build range from recent projects like yours, and the next step.
The ADU Game Plan
A written feasibility report for your exact lot: zoning, setbacks, height limits, utility capacity, what can be built, and a tighter cost-to-build range for it. It is the document your fixed design fee is quoted from, and every dollar of it is credited toward that fee. It is also what makes the permit guarantee possible — once the Game Plan says we can permit it, we stand behind that.
Design & construction documents
Our design team draws your ADU one of one — floor plan, elevations, structural engineering, Title 24 energy compliance, and full construction drawings. You review and refine until it is exactly right. The fee is fixed when it is quoted; the only thing that changes it is a change you ask for.
Plan check & permit
We submit to your city and manage the entire plan check — corrections, resubmittals, follow-ups — at no added fee. Custom plans take longer than a permit-ready Signature Home, but nearly a decade of Los Angeles County permitting sits behind every submission, and if the city will not approve it, your design fee comes back.
Construction
You build with an independent licensed California general contractor under a direct contract — one of our vetted construction partners, or your own. The builder bids the finished drawings, so the number firms up as the design does — from a range on the first call, to a tighter range in the Game Plan, to a bid. Progress-draw schedule tied to inspected milestones, and the same project oversight as every Signature Home we manage.
Three numbers, in writing, before you commit.
The honest comparison.
We offer both paths and we will tell you which one we think is the better fit for your project.
Signature Home
- Plan fee $7,490–$12,990, fixed. Est. cost to build $180K–$420K, in writing.
- 6–9 months start to finish.
- Pre-designed and permit-ready — skip 2–3 months of custom drawings.
- Architect-designed floor plans, 400–1,200 sqft.
- 15,552 finish combinations per model through our à la carte configurator.
- Construction schedule set in writing in your contract with the independent licensed GC who performs the build.
Custom ADU
- Design fee $9,990–$19,990, fixed once quoted. Cost-to-build range from recent similar projects, tightened in the Game Plan.
- 11–16 months start to finish.
- Fully bespoke design from a blank page.
- Unlimited floor plan, layout, and material choices.
- Ideal for unusual lots, non-standard footprints, or one-of-a-kind visions.
- Same permit guarantee, same project oversight.
Not sure which path is right for you? That is exactly what the 15-minute Backyard Review is for. We look at your lot, listen to your vision, and recommend the path that gives you the best outcome for your budget and timeline.
Custom makes sense when…
Your lot demands it
Steep hillside, irregular shape, extreme setback constraints, or limited access that a standard footprint cannot accommodate.
Your vision requires it
A specific architectural style, an unconventional layout, or a program — like a home recording studio or artist's workshop — that no pre-designed plan covers.
You have the timeline
Custom takes 11 to 16 months. If you need a home in under a year, a Signature Home at 6 to 9 months is the faster and more certain path.
Approved, or every dollar of your plan fee back.
California ADU review is ministerial: a plan that meets state and local standards must be approved. Our plans are engineered to those standards, so we handle every round of city corrections at no added fee — and once our feasibility study says we can permit your ADU, if your city refuses to issue the permit, you get every dollar of your plan fee back. Across 126 Los Angeles ADU projects taken through permitting, not one has been denied.
All three guarantees →See it on your lot. Then decide.
Whether you end up modifying a Signature Home or commissioning a fully custom ADU, every project starts the same way — a 15-minute Backyard Review where we screen-share to your address, look at what fits, and recommend the best path forward. No obligation.
Designed in-house · Transparent pricing · Your choice of builder