What Hesperia Homeowners Say About Ellery ADU Studio Hesperia
Reviews in the ADU business only matter if they’re tied to something you can verify. A homeowner in Hesperia can drive past a finished unit, check the permit record at City Hall, or ask the neighbor two doors down what the crew was actually like. We’ve earned our reputation by documenting every visit with photos, putting every price in writing before we start, and standing behind the finished work with a 365-Day Done Right Promise. Here’s what that looks like from the other side of the contract.
Recent Reviews
“We’d gotten a verbal estimate from another builder for our garage conversion on C Avenue that jumped 40% once they saw the slab. Nadia walked it with us, measured the existing 4-inch concrete, noted the electrical panel was 100 amps and would need a service upgrade, and gave us a written price that didn’t change. The photo record from every visit meant my husband, who’s on the road for work, could see exactly what happened each day.”
- Sarah M., Oak Hills, Hesperia
“Our Junior ADU off Main Street had a setback issue - the city wanted 4 feet more clearance than we thought from the alley. Ellery’s team had already flagged it in the design phase, so we weren’t scrambling at permit. They revised the footprint, resubmitted, and the price in the contract held. Under Clause 5, no surprises meant no surprises.”
- Grace P., Downtown Hesperia
“I manage properties in Victorville and Hesperia, and I’ve worked with contractors who subcontract everything twice over. Ellery’s crew was the same team from site prep through final inspection. They pulled the permits, coordinated the utility tie-in with Southern California Edison, and when the inspector asked for a minor grading correction, they handled it same week and sent me photos. One contract, one phone number, one person who knew the job.”
- Allen K., Spring Valley Lake area, Hesperia
“We were comparing a site-built detached ADU against a prefab unit from Abodu. Nadia ran both scenarios with real numbers - the prefab savings on labor, the crane access issue on our sloped lot in the Mesa, the longer lead time for the modular. We went site-built, but she never pushed one over the other. The written price before work started was $187,400, and our final invoice was $187,400.”
- Sanjay S., The Mesa, Hesperia
“The 365-Day Done Right Promise sounded like marketing until we needed it. Six months after move-in, a window weep system wasn’t draining right during Hesperia’s rare but heavy winter rain. Ellery came out, identified the install issue, fixed it, and sent us the photo documentation. No charge, no argument, no ‘that’s not covered.’ In writing means in writing.”
- Sarah M., Oak Hills, Hesperia
“I had a written estimate from a San Bernardino contractor for my garage conversion and wanted a second opinion - Ellery’s free review caught that they hadn’t included fire separation between the ADU and the main house, which Hesperia requires under California Building Code. That would have been a $4,200 change order mid-project. Nadia’s quote included it upfront, permitted, inspected, done.”
- Grace P., Downtown Hesperia
Why Customers Trust Us
These aren’t cherry-picked stories. They’re the predictable result of how Ellery ADU Studio operates in Hesperia: one contract covering design, permitting, and build; a written price locked before any work starts under Haven Standard Clause 1; a documented photo record from every site visit; and the 365-Day Done Right Promise backing the finished unit. When Sarah mentions the slab measurement or Sanjay notes the crane access issue on a Mesa lot, that’s the specificity that comes from 900+ ADUs since 2015 - we’ve seen the soil, the slopes, the Edison transformer locations, and the way Hesperia’s planning desk interprets state ADU law differently than Victorville’s.
Nadia Ellery runs every project with the same standard: name the thing, give the number, document what was found. No voicemail queues. No callback promises that evaporate. A live person answers at (760) 493-7752 - call to schedule your free estimate, or bring us any written estimate for a free second opinion.
Written by Nadia Ellery, Owner at Ellery ADU Studio Hesperia, serving Hesperia since 2015.