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Built in Los Angeles.
Now also in the Bay Area.

Alpha Dream Construction has been hand-building homes out of our Sherman Oaks studio since 2014. In 2026 we opened a second studio in the San Francisco Bay Area — same crew standards, same drawing rigor, same field-journal approach.

Recent Los Angeles ADU built by Alpha Dream Construction in BurbankPrimary studio · est. 2014

Los Angeles — Sherman Oaks HQ

The Los Angeles studio.

Our home studio. Backyard ADUs, garage conversions, whole-home remodels, kitchens, baths, and seismic upgrades across Greater LA, Orange, Ventura, and the Inland Empire.

Years
12
Homes
180+
ADUs
47
5805 Sepulveda Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA 91411
(818) 650-3197·Mon–Fri · 8a–6p PT
  • — Los Angeles
  • — Santa Monica
  • — Pasadena
  • — Long Beach
  • — Burbank
  • — Glendale
  • — Culver City
  • — Beverly Hills
  • — Silver Lake
  • — Sherman Oaks
  • — Anaheim
  • — Irvine
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los angeles studio — on the map

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Our Bay Area studio.

New in 2026 — the same Alpha Dream crew standards, now in the San Francisco Bay Area.

New studio · 2026

California studio

Bay Area

San Francisco · East Bay · South Bay · Peninsula

ADUs, additions, garage conversions, kitchens, baths, hillside and dense-lot remodels.

  • — San Francisco
  • — Oakland
  • — Berkeley
  • — Walnut Creek
  • — Fremont
  • — San Jose

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FAQ

Service-area FAQ

Which California regions do you actually serve?
Two studios cover most urban California. Los Angeles studio: LA County, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura. Bay Area studio: San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara. Projects outside these regions are referred to vetted partner firms.
Do you charge a travel surcharge for outer-suburb projects?

No travel surcharge inside our published service areas. For projects past Santa Clarita, north of Petaluma, or east of Livermore, we add a small mobilization fee based on actual drive time — disclosed before contract.

Are crews local to my project, or do they commute from one office?

Field crews live within 25–40 miles of the active project. We don't run crews from LA to the Bay Area or vice versa — the two studios are operationally independent with their own subs, suppliers, and project managers.

Do you understand my city's specific permit rules?
Yes — we publish city-level permit profiles in the California permit directory (19 cities, 9 in LA + 10 in the Bay), and our permit runner has standing relationships at each building department. If your city isn’t profiled, we still know it; we just haven’t shipped the public page yet.
Which Bay Area cities are slowest for ADU permits in 2026?
San Francisco (90–150 day ministerial clock once utility coordination is done), Berkeley (45–90 days but heavy soft-story scrutiny), and Palo Alto (60–120 days when design review applies). Tri-Valley cities and most South Bay cities are 30–60 days.
Which LA-area cities are fastest right now?
Long Beach, Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena are typically the fastest at 30–60 days ministerial. LADBS itself is 45–75 days when the submittal is clean. Beverly Hills and West Hollywood take the longest at 60–120 days.
Do you work in coastal zones?
Yes — we handle Coastal Commission and local LCP review in Venice, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Half Moon Bay, and Pacifica. See the full coastal-zone ADU permit reality check. Coastal review adds 60–120 days and $8K–$25K in fees.
Can you handle hillside or seismic-retrofit projects?
Yes — both. LA Hillside Ordinance (BHO) and Bay Area hillside grading are routine for us. Soft-story seismic retrofit (common in SF, Berkeley, Oakland) is often the trigger to add an ADU at the same time — we’ll bid them together.
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LA or the Bay — pick a studio and book a real human.

  • Same standards, same foreman model, two regional crews
  • On-site visits typically scheduled within the week
  • Stories swapped between studios every Monday

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