I had been thinking of building an ADU for a long time and finally had the team at EZ Plans come…read moreout and take a look at my project. They were highly recommended to me by people I trust. Deservedly so. Ray and Leslie are a gem. Their team, including Michael Song and Pilar Mutec, were a pleasure to work with. I am fairly detail oriented and Pilar was so easy to work with through my multiple design changes. She showed me multiple renderings and made changes as requested on the renderings, with Mike amending the plans as needed. All the while guiding me along the way. I was minutes away from getting a variance from the DWP to allow my ADU to come within the set back from the power poles when the Palisades' fire started. The EZ Plan's team fully cooperated when the DWP said no, and redrew my plans from scratch. They helped me qualify the contractors and walked me through the differences in the bids. Whenever I had a question during the construction process, they were there to help and guide me along the way. A BIG thank you to the EZ Plans team for making their part of the construction process as easy as it could have possibly been.

Extremely knowledgeable and informative. Highly recommend for any job, not just for the LA area. I…read moretrust them for all of my commercial jobs.

Working with Greyson was awesome. After having some sub-par work done on our house prior to moving…read morein, my wife and I consulted Greyson to take a look at the damage and see if there was any structural issues that needed to be addressed. He was very responsive and was able to come to our home the same day. His walkthrough, insight and expertise was above and beyond. He answered all our questions very thoroughly and even brought up how to improve some other potential issues and offered solutions. My wife and I felt very comfortable working with him. I highly recommend working with Greyson.

It was about 5 years ago when Greyson @ CREATION G was taking an afternoon walk with his dog and…read morehappened to run into me at a job I was doing in Walnut Acres. As soon as we had a chat, it was an instant Click. Since that day, I only use the services of Greyson for all of my construction projects. From additions ti renovations to ADUs. As a local contractor, I am always in need of a structural engineer. it is important that I trust whom I place in front of my customer. With Greyson I am quite comfortable and feel at ease. Let's not forget about the fact that Greyson is also able prepare your architectural as well. This way you deal with 1 person. I like and prefer that!

As a first time home builder, I walked into their offices as green as can be with no idea what I…read morewas doing or the journey that I was about to embark on. Astra and Lawrence guided me through the ups and downs of homebuilding and dealing with the city, contractors, engineers and the politics behind it all. They were AMAZING and couldn't hold them in higher regard. If you speak with them, ask them about my project and you will understand how amazing they were. Don't forget to ask the bit about suing the City with our local council members and gaining a favorable decision in arbitration!! Yeah!! Don't bother looking anywhere else, you found your architect's!!

Lawrence and his staff designed a home and a detached garage w/living quarters for me and my…read morefamily. The project was rather large as it was almost 6,000 sq ft. I came to Lawrence's company with plans from a prior architect that were a total mess. The plans from the prior so called "Architect" were ripped to shreds by LADBS, because they were "substandard. These plans as designed made the project extremely costly. Lawrence and his staff, Jewell in particular, quickly got the plans up to par and the cost of the projected plummeted. The plans also passed LADBS with relatively few hitches. When picking an Architect the most important factor is to get a cost effective structural design that complies with all building codes and yet meets all of your design needs. Lawrence met and exceeded all of these factors for my project. As far as the overall project design, he maintained the style of the neighborhood and my taste. The area that the project is in is a Residential/Agricultural Zone in Woodland Hills that was once farm land. While people in this area try to put a Mediterranean Villa style design or as one of my neighbors adjacent to me has a 70's stucco/90's space age/Chinese zen style home, with this in mind Lawrence and I set out to retain the "farm" style of the area and stay away from these other trends. For the additional living quarters and garage, we ended up designing a barn with wood siding and a highly efficient and beautiful metal roof that gets compliments from neighbors and passerby's. The height and style in fact matched another neighbors barn adjacent to me. Basically the barn fits right in and is far from an eye sore. I hope my neighbors follow suit with this design. The main home at the front of the property is also a farm style single story home that he designed to retain all of the original charm that the original farm home has. He designed it to be a single story farm style that again matches our neighborhood. This design utilized a lot of the key features and spaces that I loved about the existing home and simply made it better. It also is going to save me a lot of money as we are retaining these spaces. Lawrence and Jewell did a great job!

Initially, I was quite impressed with EGN Builders Group. We were looking to transform a closet…read moreinto an office, and EGN was one of the first companies I contacted. Someone answered right away and seemed confident and eager that the company could do the work for us. Representatives were sent a day later to come check out the space and gather the info necessary to provide a quote. I should have known on that day that EGN was just smoke and mirrors. First of all, during the ~5 minutes that they were actually here, no one took measurements of anything. Not a thing. They basically eyeballed it. They didn't really go in the closet to get a closer look. I was naïve and thought maybe they had done these jobs plenty of times in the past or something... LOL. They said they could do the work, they'd get me a quote ASAP, and left. Well, I got the quote a few days later... way lower than it should have been. I called and asked a few questions, and they said they would get back to me. Apparently, they didn't actually realize the extent of the job. There were no measurements, and they asked me to send dimensions over to them. LOL, what?! I waited for a few more days -- nothing. So I called again and they said the representative was no longer there. Okay. I was told I would hear back once they were able to figure some things out on their end. We needed some work done on the door, for instance, and they needed to discuss internally how best to approach it. The door was wired a certain way, and we needed the wires removed. EGN said they had a couple of ideas and would let me know. Then, they just never followed up. Approximately 2.5 months go by, and I get a call one afternoon from a very sheepish person who said he is from EGN and wanted to know how he can go about getting the estimate approved. By now, we had obviously moved forward with someone else. The work had been done well over a month ago, at least. The fact that EGN called after so much time had passed was... almost insulting. Definitely laughable. Especially because they still had not figured out what to do with the door. I guess they were hoping they could buy more time to figure it out...? I would highly recommend NOT using EGN. Maybe they were going through some issues internally or whatever, but however they handled it was pitiful. Go get a quote from somewhere more reputable.

We just had two bathrooms completely remodeled including all new sewer lines, lighting, insulation,…read morecomplete new showers, sinks, toilets, and fixtures. It took a long time but the end result was worth it. Thank you to Samantha, Chencho, Jonathan, and Daniel for making this remodel experience a great one. I would definitely recommend EGN builders for my next project.

Justin is great to work with. I had a bad experience with a previous architect who overpromised and…read moreunder delivered. Justin not only delivered as promised but also stayed in constant communication with me. If I had a question about the design or the process he made himself available and helped me. He also helped me identify issues with the existing design that could have made it more costly and helped me navigate the changes through his thoughtful explanations. I highly recommend Justin for any of your upcoming projects, he is honest, straightforward, respectful, and takes pride in his work.

Justin was amazing to work with throughout this entire process, though our communication mainly…read moretook place via email. He was prompt with every response wither it was from myself or with the city for various revisions and documents submittals. His work is excellent, i have no reservations with working with him again for future projects and rates are competitive for the A+ work that him and his staff provide.

I didn't know much of the process and he walked me through. Got the permit approved in short time!!…read moreThank you

I scheduled a consultation with Eugene from STEN Engineering to discuss two very different…read morestructural issues at my house, and I was extremely impressed. The first was figuring out how to realign a very complicated roofline so that rainwater would channel properly. The house has been built and added onto in stages over roughly 100 years, so every addition and alteration made the roofline more complicated and less cohesive. I had literally spent hours sitting on the roof trying to figure out a workable solution. Eugene looked at the situation, thought it through for about 10 minutes, and sketched out an option that simply would never have occurred to me. It was practical, elegant, and made immediate sense. The consultation was some of the best $400 I've spent. The second issue was understanding how well the house is braced for earthquakes and how the existing foundation works structurally. Again, Eugene combined a strong engineering mind with real-world practical experience and explained everything in a way that I could actually understand. I almost never take the time to write reviews, but I was impressed enough that here I am writing one. Eugene is smart, thoughtful, practical, and very good at explaining complicated structural issues in plain English. I would absolutely call him again.

Geoff helped us evaluate a raw piece of land in Topanga on which we were considering building a…read morehome. He was incredibly knowledgeable about the specific regulations and challenges when it comes to building in Topanga which is essential if you want to build there. Geoff met us at the property to talk through some thoughts and ideas. He was incredibly kind, helpful, and thoughtful. He then worked very quickly and efficiently to give us a detailed analysis of his thoughts, recommendations, estimated building costs, and next steps. Ultimately we ended up not pursuing the land and we're very grateful to Geoff for helping us understand the building process better. It was a pleasure working with Topanga Architecture and we look forward to hopefully working with them again in the future.

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Ilya Engineering responds to emails within minutes and answers their phones. Surprisingly, once an…read moreengineer is assigned to your project you can contact him/her directly. I also want to mention that my project took less time than originally thought. As a result I was invoiced for three hundred dollars less to reflect the actual time spent. This is definitely the firm to use if you want great customer service, plans that meet LADBS requirements and charges that reflect the actual time spent on your project.

Service requested: architect plans/structural engineering and permitting process. The design was…read morehow we wanted. A few hiccups along the way with the final permit but Sam acknowledged the mistake on his end and said he would sign off the edits in the revision phase of construction. I will give an updated review once that time comes. Quality: quality of work was good. Efficient in communication and dealing with a difficult city in a permitting process. Took about 6 months for the permits and the city kicked back for corrections 2x which is pretty standard. Value: felt his pricing was fair and reasonable Customer service: always responds to phone calls. Even after our final payment when we had questions or needed assistance. So not a "take your money" and we are done type of guy Overall impression: would use him in the future for any architectural or structural engineering jobs