Everything in between, priced by size. Remodels and additions too.
Stamped by a California licensed architect. Structural, MEP, and Title 24 included.
Get your price and permit path →A short form, then a personal email with your exact price and path to permit.
Their tools are old, their teams are thin, their process is loose, there is no urgency, and your project shares a queue with a dozen others that stop and start.
The layout has to change with your program and your site. Everything else is already in our library, so nothing on your project is drawn from scratch twice.
I review and stamp every set. One production architect works on your project, and only yours, and emails you every business day until it is out the door. A California licensed structural engineer stamps the structural sheets when your city requires it.
Drawing for permit in California since 2025, from a 1,800 sq ft fire rebuild in the Palisades to a six-story mixed-use building in Los Altos. Plan sets accepted in [PLACEHOLDER: City, City, City, City].
Business days, counted from the day we start. 25% deposit to start, the rest on delivery.
Hillside review, coastal permits, design review, HOA committees, and historic reviews happen before the city will take a building permit application. We handle them, scoped first and quoted after, usually $8,000 or more per approval. Once the approval is in hand, your set goes through the fast track like everyone else's. We check your parcel when you send the form and tell you if this applies to you.
A survey and soils report if your lot needs them, and a scan of any existing structure the design touches. We point you to surveyors, engineers, and scan tutorials. We do not chase them down for you.
Within hours: your path to permit and what the regulatory check found. On the earliest call we share a screen, find the buildable envelope, and sketch the layout until it is yours. A few hours later you have quick plans, elevations, and a 3D view.
You send revisions within 24 hours and the deposit. We lock the design and start all of it at once: sheets, structural, MEP, Title 24.
Five to ten business days after we start, by project size: the PDF set and a walkthrough of how to submit it. When the city sends comments, your architect answers within 3 business days until the permit issues.
A new detached building (an ADU or a home) needs a topographic survey that shows the lot and the existing house, because we draw the new building on it. A hillside lot may also need a soils report. We tell you in our first email which apply, and who to call.
Anything works: a plan you bought, a house you walked through, a sketch. If it is from a plan website, buy the CAD or PDF license so we can legally trace it.
The city reviews. State law gives them 60 days on an ADU, and most take all of it. We answer comments within 3 business days until the permit issues.
No. You get a submittable set in 5 to 10 business days, by project size. The city then has up to 60 days on an ADU. We answer their comments within 3 business days until the permit issues, at no extra cost.
For the drawing set, yes. You pay the city's fees directly, and a survey or soils report if your lot needs one. We tell you in our first email.
No. Bring a plan you bought, a house you like, a sketch, or nothing. We sketch it with you on the first call. Templates are there if you want a head start.
Yes: live on the first call, then one round of revisions within 24 hours. After the design is locked, changes are quoted per change, because each one moves the delivery date.
We find out before you pay. If your city needs a hearing first or your lot has a problem, we say so in our first email and quote it the regular way, or tell you who else to talk to.
Use them if one fits. Most people find the size or shape is wrong, or that it still needs a site plan, energy report, structural work, and someone to carry it through plan check. We do all of that in the same five days.
No. We draw and engineer for permit. If you want a bid package your contractors can price from the same set, just ask.
Tell us about the property and what you want to build. We research your parcel and your city's rules, and Richman, our founding architect, emails you personally with our fixed price, the city's fees, a construction ballpark, and every approval you need, in order.
No call required. If you want to talk it through after you read it, the email has a link to book 15 minutes.
Two quick screens. Richman replies personally, usually within one business day.
We are researching your parcel and your city's rules now. Richman will email you with our price, the city's fees, a construction ballpark, and your path to permit, usually within one business day.
Want to talk sooner? Book 15 minutes with Richman.
Every set we deliver is stamped under a California architect’s license, so we cannot take a project in another state yet. We have your details, and if that changes we will let you know.
