Additions trigger more review than new construction. Floor area thresholds, design review triggers, parking requirements, and non-conforming use issues all stack up. We make sure your project does not.
Schedule Your Free Site Visit →Second-story additions, first-floor expansions, whole-home remodels, kitchen & bath pulls, and architectural theme changes. Including the complicated ones: coastal-zone additions, hillside remodels, historic properties, and projects crossing FAR thresholds that trigger design review.
The secret to a fast remodel permit is knowing exactly which thresholds your scope crosses — and designing to stay on the ministerial side of them where possible.
A complete architectural transformation — new style, reworked massing — requiring Montecito Board of Architectural Review approval.
Preliminary and final MBAR approval on schedule. Construction permits pulled without redesign cycles.
Hillside design regulations, complex soils engineering, and neighbor view considerations. FAR increase pushed project into discretionary review.
Expanded livable area and improved ocean views. Clean approval through hillside design review.
Start with a free site visit. We will walk the property and map the path to permit.