Permit-ready drafting for Los Gatos ADUs, additions, remodels and new homes — drawn to fit Los Gatos's zoning rules, historic downtown design sensitivity, and hillside lot conditions.
Los Gatos isn't one town architecturally — there's the flatter, established neighborhoods near downtown, where design review often pays close attention to compatibility with the town's historic character, and the hillside parcels above town, where grading, drainage and sometimes geologic conditions shape what can be built before the design even starts. A plan set that treats every Los Gatos lot the same way is usually the one that comes back with corrections. We start by confirming which situation your property is actually in — flat and design-sensitive, or hillside and site-constrained — and draw accordingly, instead of applying one standard set of assumptions across the whole town.
Detached, attached and junior ADU plans sized and sited to Los Gatos's setback, height and lot-coverage rules, with state ADU allowances applied and hillside site conditions accounted for where they apply.
Room and second-story addition drawings coordinated with Los Gatos's height limits and, near downtown, design compatibility with the surrounding historic character.
Interior and exterior remodel drawings for kitchens, baths and whole-house renovations, scoped for whichever level of plan check and design review your project triggers.
Ground-up custom home drawings and garage-to-living-space conversions prepared for Los Gatos submittal, with grading and drainage worked in early on hillside lots.
We review your lot, existing structure and goals, and confirm zoning, design review and — on hillside parcels — grading considerations specific to your Los Gatos property.
Full construction drawing set — site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections and details — prepared to Los Gatos's submittal checklist.
Energy compliance and, where needed, structural review coordinated into the same submittal package.
If the town comes back with corrections or design review comments, we revise and resubmit — we don't disappear after the first drawing set goes out.
Two decades drawing plans for Los Gatos and the surrounding cities, not a generic national template.
Drawings prepared under professional design standards — relevant in a town where design review carries real weight.
Grading, drainage and site constraints get worked into the drawings from the start on hillside parcels, not addressed after a rejection.
You work directly with the person drawing your plans, from first sketch through design review and plan check corrections.
Based in San Jose, working throughout Santa Clara, San Mateo and Alameda counties and the wider Bay Area.
It depends on the project. Many single-family ADUs, additions and remodels in Los Gatos can be permitted with drafted plans alone, but structural elements — retaining walls, hillside foundations, second-story additions, some new construction — often require a licensed engineer's stamp. We'll tell you upfront whether your project needs one, and can coordinate engineering review as part of the drawing package.
Yes. Hillside parcels in Los Gatos typically need grading, drainage and sometimes geotechnical or geologic review worked into the drawings before floor plans are finalized. We flag this during the site walk so it's planned for from the start instead of surfacing as a correction later.
It depends on location and scope — projects near the historic downtown core are more likely to face compatibility review than those in outlying neighborhoods. We'll tell you during the site walk whether your project is likely to need it, and draw with that standard in mind from the start.
Most Los Gatos single-family lots qualify for at least one ADU under state and local rules, subject to setback, height and lot-coverage limits, and on hillside parcels, grading and access constraints. We confirm eligibility for your specific parcel during the site walk before we draw anything.
Both, if you want it bundled. We prepare Title 24 / CF1R energy compliance documentation alongside the architectural drawings so the whole package is coordinated and submitted together — see our Title 24 & CF1R services for details.
A site address, rough scope of what you want to build, and — if it exists — a copy of your current property survey or existing floor plan. If you don't have a survey, we can help you get one — this matters especially on hillside lots.
Tell us what you're building and we'll get back to you with next steps — usually within one business day.
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