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ADU Development in Los Angeles

From SFR Backyard ADUs to Multi-Family AB 1211 Projects -- Your property holds more value than you think.

California's ADU reform decade has fundamentally changed what every Los Angeles property owner can build. A single-family lot can now yield up to three additional units. A multi-family lot can yield up to eight new ADUs. An unpermitted unit sitting in your backyard can be legalized. An ADU can be sold as a condominium with its own title and financing.

As a licensed AIA architect and California General Contractor with 25+ years of Los Angeles practice, Torrence Architects handles every phase of ADU development — from feasibility and design through LADBS permitting and construction coordination — across standard SFR lots, multi-family properties, HPOZ neighborhoods, hillside sites, and the California Coastal Zone.

SB 543  |  SB 1211  |  AB 1033  |  AB 462  |  AB 976  |  AB 2533  |  AB 1332  |  SB 9
JADU  |  Garage Conversions  |  Coastal ADUs  |  Hillside ADUs

We specialize in ADU projects. Here's the information you have been looking for:
From California Law to Certificate of Occupancy

California rewrote the rulebook on what you can build on your own property — and most LA homeowners still haven't read it. From lot splits that multiply your unit count to amnesty programs for that "storage room" generating quiet rental income, the law is now firmly on your side. Here's everything you need to go from curious property owner to Certificate of Occupancy.

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