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Finding the right adu contractor in West Hollywood means working with a team that understands how state law, local permitting, and the city’s unusual housing stock all press against each other on the same small lot. California moved its ADU statute into Government Code sections 66310 through 66342 in 2024, and another round of changes took effect January 1, 2026. Square footage is now measured as interior livable space. An agency has 15 business days to determine whether an application is complete and 60 days to approve or deny it, and that approval is ministerial, meaning no hearing and no discretionary design review.

In West Hollywood, that application goes to the City of West Hollywood Community Development Department and specifically its Building and Safety division. That matters because Los Angeles County has 88 incorporated cities, and the counter, the fee schedule, and the checklist change from one city to the next even where the underlying state rules do not. A handout pulled from the county’s website does not govern here. West Hollywood runs its own program, and we submit directly to that office.

The city’s housing stock shapes nearly every project we take on. Most of what stands here was built well before incorporation in 1984, including Spanish Revival and Art Deco apartment buildings concentrated around Fountain, Harper, and Havenhurst avenues. The typical occupied unit is part of a multifamily building on a compact lot in a dense grid, not a detached house with a side yard to spare. Roughly 80 percent of occupied units are renter occupied, and West Hollywood adopted one of the strongest rent control ordinances in the state at incorporation, so much of the work we coordinate happens inside multifamily buildings operating under that program.

The lot itself decides most of what is physically possible. We walk the parcel and check setbacks, grade, equipment access, and utility routes before drawing anything, because those site conditions determine whether a garage conversion or a new detached build is the more practical path. State law does set a floor on what a local agency can restrict. A local agency cannot cap an ADU below 850 square feet of interior livable space, or 1,000 square feet for a unit with more than one bedroom. Side and rear setbacks cannot exceed four feet. Owner-occupancy cannot be required. Building an ADU cannot trigger a fire sprinkler retrofit of the main house. And there are no impact fees on a unit of 750 square feet or less.

We coordinate all the trades a project requires and work directly with the Building and Safety division throughout the permit and inspection process. Scope and site conditions drive cost and schedule, so we discuss both honestly at the start. Contact us to request a free estimate and walk through what your parcel can support.