AB 2533 · Los Angeles

Legalize your unpermitted ADU or garage conversion — before the city finds it first

California’s amnesty law lets qualifying unpermitted units built before 2020 become legal without penalty fees. We assess your situation confidentially and show you every path forward.

Confidential. Nothing is filed with the city until you decide.

REQUEST A CONFIDENTIAL FEASIBILITY REPORT
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Is this you?

Tens of thousands of LA properties have one. Seven ways people arrive here — each has a path.

Your Options

Three ways out

Every property lands in one of three paths. The feasibility assessment tells you which one is yours — and what it takes.

  • AB 2533 Amnesty

    Qualifying ADUs and JADUs built before 2020 can be legalized under the state amnesty framework — the most direct route when your unit fits the criteria.

  • As-Built Permit

    Units outside amnesty criteria can still be permitted as-built: plans drawn from existing conditions, corrections where required, then inspection.

  • Remove & Restore

    When legalization doesn’t pencil out, a documented removal closes the liability cleanly — and keeps the rest of the property marketable. Only when it’s genuinely the cheaper exit — and that’s always your call.

Choose the depth of your assessment

Same lead, same confidential analysis at every level — the difference is whose eyes are on it and how deep they go.

Choosing the wrong path costs tens of thousands. Knowing your path costs $550.

And you can’t pick wrong: every tier credits into the next.

Start with Preliminary to learn your path and numbers. Add the engineer’s desk review if the structure is older, self-built, or showing visible defects. Book the site visit when the stakes are high or the city is already asking questions.

  • Preliminary Assessment

    $550

    Remote · Report in 12 days from completed intake

    Get a Confidential Feasibility Report
    • Path classification: AB 2533 / as-built permit / removal
    • Step-by-step action plan — what to do and in what order
    • The economics: is legalizing worth it, or is removal the smarter exit
    • Realistic preliminary cost ranges for your path
    • Open items that can only be verified on site
    • 15-minute call to walk through your report — or written Q&A, your choice

    Upgrade to any tier within 5 days of receiving your results — you only pay the difference.

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    Engineer-Reviewed Assessment

    $850

    Remote · Report in 12 days from completed intake

    Get a Confidential Feasibility Report
    • Everything in Preliminary Assessment
    • Independent desk review of your materials by a licensed engineer
    • Engineering red flags — and exactly what must be verified on site
    • Whether the path holds from an engineering standpoint
    • 15-minute call to walk through your report — or written Q&A, your choice

    Upgrade to any tier within 5 days of receiving your results — you only pay the difference.

  • On-Site Engineering Assessment

    $1650

    Site visit + report — all within 12 days of completed intake

    Get a Confidential Feasibility Report
    • Everything in Engineer-Reviewed Assessment
    • Site visit and walk-through by a licensed engineer
    • Joint report: the engineer's findings built into your action plan
    • If you choose legalization, this groundwork carries into plans and permitting — with our partners or any engineer you choose
    • 5-minute call to walk through your report — or written Q&A, your choice

    The engineer gives an independent professional opinion on the structure as it stands. It informs your decision — the final permit call always belongs to the city. Structural plans, drawings, and calculations are a separate service.

  • 48 hours to change your mind

    Full refund, counted to the hour — whether or not you've started the intake.

  • Work starts after your window closes

    Nothing begins until the 48-hour refund period ends. No rush, no pressure.

  • Every figure is preliminary

    Final costs come from the contractor you choose and what the city approves.

City deadline? Case already with enforcement?

The standard tracks above aren't built for enforcement clocks. Urgent cases run on individual terms and individual pricing — tell us where you stand, or call (747) 351-0050.

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* We reply within same or next business day. Also the path for properties outside our standard travel area. Nothing is filed with the city.

What doing nothing costs

  • Code enforcement: one complaint from a neighbor or tenant opens a case — orders, escalating fines, forced vacancy, on their schedule.
  • Stuck in escrow: unpermitted square footage surfaces in disclosures and appraisals — deals fall apart, prices get cut, lenders walk.
  • Insurance exposure: a claim involving an unpermitted unit gives the carrier grounds to deny coverage — sometimes beyond the unit itself.

All three are avoidable — that’s the point of knowing your path. See the assessments →

Where this comes from — and who does it

Between January 2025 and May 2026, our team and partner contractors worked through unpermitted-structure cases across greater Los Angeles — including brought to us by other licensed contractors who had the license, but not the path. Several arrived with city fines already stacking and decisions that couldn’t wait.

The outcomes were different on purpose. Some units were legalized. Some came down. One Thousand Oaks case: the unit was built after the 2020 amnesty cutoff, the city was pressing, and the numbers said legalization would cost more than it returned — so the owner sold at a negotiated discount and closed the case before the fines grew. The assessment’s job was to make that call clear in time.

In 2026 we made this a dedicated service, because the problem across Los Angeles is enormous — and most owners either don’t know it’s solvable, or are afraid that asking will expose them. It won’t: nothing we do touches city systems until you decide.

  • Alex — Case Lead. Every assessment is led by Alex: cases taken through every outcome — legalization, removal, and sale — since early 2025.
  • Independent Licensed Engineer. Joins on tiers two and three, under their own license. Experienced specifically in legalization cases — few engineers take them.
  • Licensed Contractor Partners. Construction, when needed, is done by licensed contractors — ours or yours. Primary partner: Kobzev Pro Contracting Group, verifiable through CSLB public records, alongside other vetted partners. Ours is the assessment.

How it works

From payment to final sign-off — one process, no surprises.

  • Step

    Pay & intake

    Instant email with your intake link. Address carries over from checkout — nothing entered twice.

  • Step

    Assessment

    Which path applies, what it costs, how long it takes — a written report (PDF) by email.

  • Step

    Plans & permits

    As-built plans are prepared and the application goes through the city — with our partners or yours.

  • Step

    Inspection & sign-off

    Corrections done, inspections passed, unit legal on record.

Start with the assessment

Confidential at every step: which path applies, realistic preliminary costs, and a written plan. No city filings, no obligation.

REQUEST A CONFIDENTIAL FEASIBILITY REPORT
  • Pay — an email with your intake link arrives within minutes.
  • Complete the intake and attach photos within 48 hours; your full-refund window runs in parallel, no matter how fast you fill it in.
  • The clock starts when your intake is complete. Nothing is filed with the city.

We don’t need your full name or ID. An email, a way to reach you, and the property — that’s the whole intake. How you’re related to the property is your business.