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Service structure

Every service, its own page, its own search intent

Grouping everything under Residential and Commercial hides what people actually search for. Each service below is a dedicated landing page with its own process, costs, questions and projects, so a person searching for a garage conversion in Santa Monica or a tenant improvement in Los Angeles lands on the exact answer.

Residential and ADU

The near-term acquisition engine. High-intent, lower-competition searches where the prospect already knows what they want to build.

Custom Homes

A ground-up custom home starts with the lot, not the rendering. We test grading, access, utilities, hazard overlays and entitlement path first, agree a rea...

  • Lot due diligence and site analysis
  • Entitlements and planning approvals
  • Full design and structural coordination
  • Interiors and landscape coordination

ADU Design & Permitting

We design, permit and build accessory dwelling units across Southern California. Every ADU starts with a paid feasibility review that tests lot geometry, u...

  • Detached ADUs
  • Garage conversion ADUs
  • Junior ADUs
  • Multifamily ADUs (SB 1211)

Garage Conversions

A garage conversion is usually the lowest cost route to a legal second unit, because the slab, walls and roof already exist. The variables that decide whet...

  • Attached garage conversions
  • Detached garage conversions
  • Junior ADU conversions
  • Structural and panel upgrades

Residential Feasibility

A feasibility study is the cheapest money you will spend on a project. It answers four questions before design fees start: can this be built, roughly what ...

  • Lot and zoning analysis
  • Utility and sewer capacity review
  • Setback, height and coverage testing
  • Preliminary cost range

Additions & Remodels

Additions and remodels fail on two things: drawings that do not match what can be built for the budget, and permits nobody managed. We hold design, permitt...

  • Second-story additions
  • Whole-house remodels
  • Kitchen and primary suite renovations
  • Custom homes

Permitting & Plan Submittals

Most schedule loss happens in plan check, not on site. We prepare complete submittal packages, track corrections, and coordinate the fire, health, public w...

  • Residential permit sets
  • Commercial permit sets
  • Correction response management
  • Fire, health and public works clearances

Hillside Feasibility

Hillside lots are where budgets get destroyed quietly. Grading quantities, retaining, access width, fire requirements and geotechnical exposure often cost ...

  • Hillside ordinance and slope analysis
  • Grading and retaining quantities
  • Access, driveway and fire requirements
  • Geotechnical and drainage exposure

ADU Feasibility

Most disappointing ADU projects were decided before drawings started: a utility run nobody priced, a setback that shrank the unit, or a rent assumption tha...

  • Lot geometry and setback testing
  • Utility capacity and routing cost
  • Fire access and sprinkler triggers
  • City objective standards check

Commercial

The strategic target. Narrow, high-value buyer intent first: tenant improvements, feasibility, restaurant and retail, construction management and design-build.

Tenant Improvements

Tenant improvement work is won or lost before construction starts: in the lease, the work letter and the occupancy classification. We review those first, t...

  • Office tenant improvements
  • Retail tenant improvements
  • Restaurant tenant improvements
  • Landlord work letter review

Restaurant, Retail & Hospitality

Hospitality and retail projects are scheduled backward from an opening date. Health department review, hood and grease infrastructure, brand standards and ...

  • Restaurant build-outs
  • Retail stores and rollouts
  • Hotel refresh and FF&E
  • Brand prototype adaptation

Commercial Feasibility & Site Selection

The most expensive commercial mistake is signing a lease for a space that cannot support the intended use. A commercial feasibility review answers that in ...

  • Pre-lease feasibility
  • Site selection support
  • Change of use and occupancy analysis
  • Accessibility and code upgrade triggers

Construction Management

When you already have a design team or a general contractor, we protect the owner's position: validating budgets, auditing schedules, reviewing change orde...

  • Owner's representation
  • Budget and bid validation
  • Schedule auditing
  • Change order review

Design-Build

Design-build puts drawings and construction under one accountable party. That removes the most common source of change orders: a design nobody priced until...

  • Single-contract delivery
  • Early cost modelling
  • Constructability review
  • Permit and construction under one team

Development

The highest-value work: feasibility, zoning and density studies, lot splits, entitlements, preconstruction and owner's representation for investors, developers and property owners.

Development Feasibility

A development feasibility study answers the only four questions that matter before money is committed: what does the zoning actually allow, how many units ...

  • Zoning and code capacity review
  • Density and yield testing
  • Buildable area and site constraints
  • Order-of-magnitude construction cost

Multifamily & Apartment Development

Multifamily projects fail on three things: yield that was assumed rather than tested, an approval route nobody mapped, and construction cost that arrived a...

  • Apartment and townhouse projects
  • Small-lot and SB 9 development
  • Density bonus and state law overlays
  • Unit mix and yield studies

Site Planning & Density Studies

A density study turns a zoning code into a number you can underwrite. We test massing, parking, access, open space and buildable area on the real lot, then...

  • Zoning and overlay analysis
  • Density and yield studies
  • Massing and site plan options
  • Parking and access testing

Lot Subdivision & SB 9

Splitting land is rarely a drafting exercise. Access, utility service, topography, existing structures and the map process decide whether a split is worth ...

  • SB 9 urban lot splits
  • Small-lot subdivision
  • Parcel and tract map process
  • Access and easement strategy

Entitlements & Approvals Strategy

Entitlements decide whether a project happens at all, and the conditions attached to an approval carry straight into construction cost. We plan the approva...

  • Approval route strategy
  • Conditional use permits and variances
  • Discretionary review and hearings
  • Environmental review coordination

Preconstruction Consulting

Preconstruction is where money is actually saved. Cost modelling as the design develops, constructability review before drawings are finished, long-lead pr...

  • Cost modelling at each design milestone
  • Constructability and coordination review
  • Value engineering with scope intact
  • Long-lead procurement planning

Owner's Representation

When you already have a design team and a general contractor, the gap is usually someone on your side of the table who can read a schedule, price a change ...

  • Budget and bid validation
  • Schedule audits and recovery planning
  • Change order and submittal review
  • Pay application review