What Hemet Homeowners Say About Ellery ADU Studio Hemet
Reviews for an ADU builder are different than reviews for a pizza place. You’re not rating a single transaction - you’re rating a six-to-twelve-month relationship through design, permitting, construction, and final inspection. The homeowners below worked with our team here in Hemet on real projects: garage conversions, detached units, and interior conversions. Their feedback reflects what we actually delivered, documented in photos and backed by our written 365-Day Done Right Promise.
Recent Reviews
“We’d already paid another firm $4,200 for drawings that Riverside County rejected twice for fire-setback issues on our lot in the Seven Hills area. Nadia’s team took the county’s redline comments, redid the site plan, and got the permit approved in 11 days. The written quote they gave us at the kitchen table matched the final invoice exactly - down to the electrical subpanel.”
- Diego H., Seven Hills, Hemet
“Our garage conversion in East Hemet had a 3-inch slope across the existing slab. The first contractor we talked to said we’d need a full replacement - $8,600 line item. Ellery’s crew showed us the photo from their site visit: the slab was structurally sound, just sloped for drainage. They designed a sleeper system and saved us that entire cost. The photo record from every visit meant we could see the framing, the insulation, the rough electrical - never had to guess what was behind the drywall.”
- Maria G., East Hemet
“I manage properties in Hemet and San Jacinto, and I’ve worked with plenty of contractors who ‘forget’ to pull permits or change the price mid-project. Nadia’s different. We did a Junior ADU conversion on a duplex near Florida Avenue. She gave us the written price before any work started - Haven Standard Clause 1, she actually pointed to the paragraph - and when the city requested a soils report we didn’t anticipate, she absorbed it. No change order, no argument. That’s why we’re talking about the next one.”
- Karim M., Florida Avenue corridor, Hemet
“We looked at prefab options for a detached ADU in the Valle Vista area - Abodu, Dvele, a couple others. Nadia didn’t push one brand. She ran the numbers on three systems against stick-built, showed us the delivery crane access issue on our sloped lot, and we ended up with a hybrid: prefab wall panels from Plant Prefab, stick-built foundation and roof to handle Hemet’s Santa Ana wind loads. One contract, one written price, one person to call. That mattered because my wife and I both work, and we don’t have time to coordinate a designer and a builder pointing fingers at each other.”
- Alejandro M., Valle Vista, Hemet
“The 365-Day Done Right Promise isn’t marketing language - we used it. Six months after move-in, we noticed a crack in the stucco where the new ADU met the existing garage wall. Nadia came out herself, pulled the photo record from construction, and showed us the expansion joint was spec’d correctly but the subcontractor had skimped on sealant. Fixed it in two days, no charge, no debate. She’d already put it in writing before we signed.”
- Diego H., Seven Hills, Hemet
“I’m a retired electrician, so I know enough to be dangerous - and to spot when someone’s cutting corners. The crew that did our site prep and utilities in the Gibbel Park area ran the trench for the new electrical service at 24 inches, not 18, because Hemet’s clay soil shifts in the heat. They didn’t have to. Code allowed 18. But they showed me the photo from the trench, explained the reasoning, and documented it. That’s the kind of thing you don’t get from a guy with a truck and a business card.”
- Alejandro M., Gibbel Park area, Hemet
Why Customers Trust Us
These aren’t cherry-picked stories. They’re the predictable result of five rules we apply to every project in Hemet.
Written price before work starts. Haven Standard Clause 1 means you’ll never hear “call for a quote” from us - because we don’t do quotes that evaporate once you’re committed. The price you sign is the price you pay.
Documented photo record on every visit. Not a summary of how it felt. Actual photos of what we found, what we did, and what it looked like before we left. You get the folder. You own the documentation.
One contract, design through final inspection. No designer blaming the builder, no builder blaming the designer. Nadia Ellery’s team handles ADU Design & Permitting, Garage Conversion ADU, New Detached ADU, Junior ADU & Interior Conversion, and ADU Site Prep & Utilities under a single agreement with a single point of accountability.
365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing. If the finished ADU doesn’t match the permitted drawings, we make it right. Period. The promise is in your contract, not a footnote on a brochure.
Live person answers calls 24/7. Not a voicemail queue, not a “we’ll call you back tomorrow” that never comes. Someone who can access your project file and give you a real answer.
We’ve designed, permitted, and built over 900 ADUs since 2015. Every one started with a written price. Every one ended with a documented photo record. If you’re considering an ADU in Hemet - or if you already have a written estimate from another firm and want our Free Second Opinion - call (951) 430-0167. Nadia or a team member will pick up, review your situation, and give you straight answers about what comes next.
Written by Nadia Ellery, Owner at Ellery ADU Studio Hemet, serving Hemet since 2015.