What Santa Clarita Homeowners Say About Ellery ADU Studio Santa Clarita
We don’t chase reviews. We chase permits that clear, slabs that pass inspection, and clients who actually want to talk about their project afterward. In Santa Clarita, where the city requires a full permit set with Title 24 energy calcs and often a soils report for hillside lots, ADU work is too involved for vague praise. The feedback we get tends to mention specific line items, specific inspection dates, and specific things that didn’t go sideways. That’s the standard Nadia Ellery set when she opened the studio in 2015, and it’s still how we measure a job done right.
Recent Reviews
“We’d already been quoted $18,000 for drawings by a firm in Valencia that wouldn’t even commit to a permit timeline. Nadia’s team delivered the full permit set in six weeks, flagged a setback variance we didn’t know about, and had the price in writing before we signed. The garage conversion passed rough electrical on the first inspection.”
Sofia V., Saugus, Santa Clarita
“The photo record sold me. Every site visit, we got dated pictures of what they found and what they did. When the city inspector asked about the existing slab thickness, we pulled up the photo from week two - 4 inches, documented, with the tape measure in frame. No argument, no re-dig.”
Danielle P., Canyon Country, Santa Clarita
“I had a written estimate from another builder for a detached ADU that seemed low. Ellery’s Free Second Opinion found $14,000 in missing items - no foundation detail, no utility trenching to the main house, no fire sprinkler allowance even though Santa Clarita triggered it at our square footage. Nadia didn’t trash the other bid. She just showed me the line items that weren’t there.”
Eric V., Valencia, Santa Clarita
“We went with a Dvele unit for the prefab shell, and I was worried about who coordinates the crane, the foundation, and the city. Ellery handled it under one contract. One written price. When the module showed up two days late from the factory, they absorbed the crane reschedule cost - didn’t even mention it until I asked why the invoice hadn’t changed.”
Nisha M., Stevenson Ranch, Santa Clarita
“The 365-Day Done Right Promise isn’t marketing language. At month eight we noticed a window leak where the ADU roof met the existing garage wall. Nadia sent her crew on a Saturday, found the flashing detail the original roofer had shortcut, and fixed it. No invoice, no ‘let’s see whose fault this is.’ Just fixed.”
Sofia V., Saugus, Santa Clarita
“Junior ADU in a 1950s Valencia tract home with zero insulation and a sewer line that ran right where we needed the kitchen. Nadia’s site prep crew mapped it with a camera, rerouted around the oak tree the city wouldn’t let us touch, and still hit the written price. The only surprise was that there weren’t any.”
Danielle P., Canyon Country, Santa Clarita
Why Customers Trust Us
These aren’t cherry-picked stories. They’re what happens when you operate under a standard that puts the price in writing before work starts, documents every visit with photos, and guarantees the result for a full year. Haven Standard Clause 1 means no “call for a quote” runaround. Clause 5 means the scope is locked at signing - no door-side upsells when you’re already committed. And the 365-Day Done Right Promise means if the finished ADU doesn’t match the permitted drawings, we make it right, in writing, before the first nail.
Nadia Ellery has run Ellery ADU Studio Santa Clarita this way since 2015. Nine hundred ADUs later, the system still holds: one contract covering design, permitting, and build, so the designer and builder can’t point at each other when something is off. Background-checked, uniformed crews. License number on every page. And a live person who answers when you call, not a voicemail queue that evaporates into a callback that never comes.
If you’re weighing a garage conversion, a detached unit, or a junior ADU in Santa Clarita, and you’ve already got a written estimate in hand, we’ll give you a Free Second Opinion. No obligation, no pressure. We’ll just show you what’s there, what isn’t, and what Santa Clarita’s specific codes mean for your line items.
Call (747) 294-4817 to schedule your free estimate. Written price before any work starts. Documented photo record on every visit. That’s the Haven Standard, and that’s how we work.
Written by Nadia Ellery, Owner at Ellery ADU Studio Santa Clarita, serving Santa Clarita since 2015.