ADU Builder & Contractor in Beverly Hills, CA

Beverly Hills reviews ADUs under its own ordinance and through its own Building & Safety Division, ministerially as state law requires, but with the city's single-family rules for the Central Area, the Hillside Area and Trousdale Estates layered on top. The Flats are the easiest sites: 8,000–20,000 sq ft lots with a detached garage on an alley, where a conversion or a new detached unit keeps its own entrance without crossing the main house; the hillside parcels above Sunset need the slope and the access designed first, and Trousdale's 14-foot height limit rules out a second-story unit.

The typical site is an 8,000–20,000 sq ft Central Area lot with a detached garage and alley access, or a hillside parcel where slope and the Hillside Area rules set the design. What decides between a garage conversion, a JADU and a detached unit is that lot, the sewer route and the main panel: older 100- to 125-amp panels in large houses; a 48-inch range, column refrigeration and EV charging usually mean a 200-amp Southern California Edison service upgrade. Every unit gets a full kitchen and bath, its own sub-panel and, for a detached unit, its own address.

One contract covers the whole job: a licensed architect draws the plans, a structural engineer stamps them, we file with the City of Beverly Hills and answer the corrections, and our own crew builds through final inspection and the Certificate of Occupancy. Our office is in Valley Glen, about 25–35 minutes away, and the project lead who does the feasibility visit runs the build.

Beverly Hills is its own city with its own Building & Safety Division at City Hall, its own water utility and Southern California Edison for power, and a single-family zoning code divided into three regulated areas: the Central Area, which is the Flats north of Santa Monica Boulevard, the Hillside Area north of Sunset, and Trousdale Estates with its 14-foot single-story height limit. The blocks south of Wilshire carry the city's 1930s–50s single-family and duplex streets. Our office is in Valley Glen, about 10 miles north over Coldwater Canyon or Beverly Glen, a 25–35 minute drive. One caution: Beverly Hills Post Office addresses north of the city line are City of Los Angeles and go through LADBS, and we confirm the jurisdiction on the parcel before anyone draws a plan.

No replacement parking is required when a garage converts, units under 750 sq ft are exempt from impact fees, and the city must act on a complete application within 60 days; what changes is the submittal, which follows Beverly Hills' own plan-check list, and the utilities, which are the city's water service and Southern California Edison rather than LADWP. We check the zoning on the city's parcel map, the panel, the sewer route and the area rules at the feasibility visit, and file at City Hall.

An ADU in Beverly Hills is permitted through the City of Beverly Hills Community Development Department, Building & Safety Division, under ministerial review, which approves a code-compliant unit without a public hearing, and the utility connections go through the City of Beverly Hills water utility and Southern California Edison. Units under 750 sq ft pay no impact fees, a garage conversion needs no replacement parking, and the unit can be rented on leases of 30 days or more once the Certificate of Occupancy is issued.