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2-story ADU — Spanish eclectic front entrance in West Adams
2-Story ADU

2-Story ADU with Attached Garage

3 Bed, 2 Bath · 1,200 sqft · West Adams, Los Angeles, CA

Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ)

This 2-story ADU with attached garage was designed and built for a young professional couple with two small children at home.

The couples existing 2bd/1ba home no longer meet their needs so they hired us to design and build a 3bd/2ba unit that maximized their livable space.

The ADU boasts a modern floor plan with three well-appointed bedrooms and two bathrooms, ensuring ample space for the family. Special features include a full-size chef's kitchen and smart home technology. The Spanish Eclectic architectural style complements the main house, maintaining the historic aesthetic while adding contemporary touches.

The couple is thrilled with their new ADU. Moving in has provided them with much-needed space and modern amenities, and renting out their original home has provided steady rental income.

With our expertise, this young family's ADU project has transformed their lives by almost doubling the amount of living space, blending historic charm with modern convenience, and providing a practical solution to their growing family's needs.

2-story ADU — attached garage with Spanish tile roof
2-story ADU — side entrance and stairwell
2-story ADU — kitchen breakfast bar
2-story ADU — first-floor family room
2-story ADU — living room with natural light
2-story ADU — wrought iron staircase
2-story ADU — master bedroom
2-story ADU — master bathroom with designer tile
2-story ADU — second floor hallway

Floor Plan

2-story ADU — floor plan, 1,200 sqft, 3 bed 2 bath
15 minutes · No obligation

Want something like this for your backyard?

Most clients find their fit in our Signature Home plan lineup. A few each year commission a fully custom design like the one above. Either way, start with a 15-minute Backyard Review — we'll place a Signature Home on your actual property to scale, walk you through the interior in 3D, and quote your plans before you commit to anything.

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Our Signature Home plans — fixed-price design + permit, from $7,490 · est. cost to build $180K–$420K · or fully custom from $9,990

Two Ways to Build

Signature Home or fully custom.
Both start with a fixed price.

Everything we learned across 126 projects went into two paths. Our architect-designed Signature Homes — single-story and two-story — are ready to permit at a fixed design fee from $7,490. Or we design fully custom for your lot, your program, your constraints, from $9,990. Same fixed fee, same no-change-orders promise, est. cost to build $180K–$420K either way.

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The Culver

3 bed·2.5 bath·1,200 sqft
Plans$12,990Est. Cost to Build · $385K–$420K
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Signature plans from $7,490 · custom design from $9,990 · est. cost to build $180K–$420K · transparent every time.

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The CALI ADU permit guarantee

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, which is why we can put money behind the outcome.

Money-back permit guarantee
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.
Unlimited corrections, one fixed fee
If your city comes back with plan-check corrections, we handle every round of revisions and resubmittals at no added fee until the plan is approved.
14-day submission on Signature plans
Choose a Signature Home with no design changes and your plan set is completed and submitted to the city within 14 days. City review itself typically takes 6–8 weeks.

126 Los Angeles ADU projects taken through permitting. Zero denied.

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