ADU Builder & Contractor in Valley Glen, CA

The 1940s–50s R1 tract lots that define Valley Glen, flat and rectangular with a driveway and a detached garage at the back, are the easiest sites in the Valley for an ADU. In Valley Glen an ADU is permitted through LADBS at the Van Nuys Development Services Center, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd, about a mile and a half from our office, and power and water connections go through LADWP; the typical site is a flat lot with a detached two-car garage, which is what decides between a garage conversion, a JADU and a detached unit.

A garage conversion is the fastest and least expensive path: the existing 20-by-20 structure becomes a 400 sq ft studio with a full kitchen and bath, no replacement parking is required under state law, and units under 750 sq ft pay no City impact fees. A detached unit of 800–1,200 sq ft fits on most lots here within the 4-foot side and rear setbacks. With Los Angeles Valley College a few blocks away and the G Line at Woodman and Valley College stations, Valley Glen units rent quickly.

One contract covers the whole job: a licensed architect draws the plans, a structural engineer stamps them, we file with LADBS and answer the corrections, and our own crew builds through final inspection.

Valley Glen runs from Burbank Boulevard north toward Sherman Way, with Los Angeles Valley College at Fulton and Burbank, the Tujunga Wash greenway and the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural along Coldwater Canyon on its east edge, and Van Nuys on the west. Our office is at 13709 Burbank Blvd, at Woodman, inside the neighborhood: the crew that shows up has been working these exact blocks for years, and the LADBS counter that reviews the permit, the Van Nuys Development Services Center at 6262 Van Nuys Blvd, is about a mile and a half away.

Most Valley Glen parcels are 6,000–7,500 sq ft R1 lots with the garage at the rear and, on some blocks, alley access, so a detached unit or a converted garage keeps its own entrance without crossing the main house. Much of the neighborhood sits within half a mile of the G Line busway, which waives the parking space for a new detached unit; we confirm the distance for your parcel on ZIMAS at the first visit along with zoning, lot area, setbacks, the panel amperage and the sewer lateral.

Where the lot fits, we use the LADBS pre-approved ADU Standard Plans to shorten plan check; where it does not, a custom design goes through the same ministerial review, which approves a code-compliant ADU without a public hearing.