What Los Angeles Homeowners Say About Ellery ADU Studio Los Angeles
Reviews in the ADU world carry weight because Los Angeles homeowners are making one of the largest property investments of their lives. We’re not installing a fixture or patching a roof. We’re adding square footage, rental income, and long-term value to homes in neighborhoods where every square foot counts. The feedback we receive reflects whether we delivered on the written price, the permit timeline, and the photo documentation we promised. Here’s what our clients say after the final inspection is passed and the keys are handed over.
Recent Reviews
“We had a 1950s one-car garage in Mar Vista with a slab that sloped six inches corner to corner. Nadia’s crew documented the existing condition with photos on day one, then explained our options: tear-and-replace the slab, or design the unit with a stepped floor plan that worked with the slope. The written quote included both paths. We chose the stepped plan, saved $14,000 on the foundation line item, and the inspector signed off on the first visit.”
- Lucia T., Mar Vista, Los Angeles
“I already had a quote from another design-build firm for my Junior ADU in Eagle Rock. Ellery’s Free Second Opinion found three line items I didn’t need: a full electrical service upgrade when a sub-panel sufficed, a sprinkler relocation that wasn’t triggered by the square footage, and a soils report the city had already waived for my lot. The revised scope dropped the price by $11,200. Same finished unit, different level of detail in the prep work.”
- Neil M., Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
“We went with a Cover prefab system for our backyard ADU in Highland Park. Nadia coordinated the factory drawings with the city’s plan check, caught a mismatch between Cover’s standard foundation detail and Los Angeles’s hillside grading requirements, and got it resolved before the module shipped. One contract. One written price. No finger-pointing between the designer and the builder because it’s the same team.”
- Jeff P., Highland Park, Los Angeles
“My garage conversion in Sherman Oaks hit a snag when the existing roof structure couldn’t span the new kitchen layout without a beam. The photo record from the framing visit showed exactly what we found: a 2×4 rafter system with no ridge board. Nadia presented three beam options with prices, we picked one, and the change was documented in writing under Haven Standard Clause 5. No surprises, just a decision I got to make with real numbers.”
- Neil R., Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles
“The 365-Day Done Right Promise mattered to us because we were renting our ADU in Silver Lake. At month eight, a window weep detail wasn’t shedding water properly during the rare heavy rain. One call, photos of the issue sent over, and the crew was back out with the corrected flashing detail from the original permit set. Fixed in two hours. That’s the difference between a warranty in writing and a handshake.”
- Lucia T., Silver Lake, Los Angeles
“I manage properties in Los Angeles and needed a garage conversion ADU in Koreatown permitted fast to meet a lender deadline. Nadia’s team had the permit set into plan check in eleven days, responded to corrections in forty-eight hours each round, and we had the permit in hand on day thirty-seven. The photo record from every site visit meant I could update my partner in New York without flying out. Written price held. No change orders.”
- Neil M., Koreatown, Los Angeles
Why Customers Trust Us
Every review above points back to the same operating system. The Haven Standard Clause 1 requires a written price before any work starts, so a homeowner in Mar Vista knows her foundation options in dollars before a shovel hits dirt. The documented photo record on every visit means a property manager in Koreatown can see what was found, not read a summary of how someone felt about it. The one-contract design-build model means the prefab coordination for a Highland Park backyard unit doesn’t devolve into a dispute between separate designers and builders when the city flags a grading detail.
Our 900-plus ADUs since 2015 span garage conversions in Sherman Oaks, Junior ADUs in Eagle Rock, new detached units in Silver Lake, and prefab installations across Los Angeles neighborhoods with varying hillside ordinances, fire zones, and R-1 setback requirements. Nadia Ellery’s license number appears on every page because it’s verified, not claimed. The 365-Day Done Right Promise is in writing before the project starts, not offered as an afterthought when something goes wrong.
A live person answers calls at (424) 551-7706, twenty-four hours a day. No voicemail queue. No callback that doesn’t materialize. If you have a written estimate already in hand, we’ll provide a Free Second Opinion and show you what we found line by line.
Call (424) 551-7706 to schedule your free estimate.
Written by Nadia Ellery, Owner at Ellery ADU Studio Los Angeles, serving Los Angeles since 2015.