Ellery ADU Studio in Virginia
Ellery ADU Studio brings Virginia homeowners a design-build ADU process that collapses the usual designer-versus-builder blame gap into one contract, one written price, and one accountable team. We don’t hand off drawings to a third-party contractor and wish you luck. From the first site measure through the permit set and final inspection, every Ellery ADU project across Virginia is delivered under a single agreement with a price in writing before anyone picks up a tool. That’s the entire point. You know what the ADU costs, what it includes, and who’s responsible, before you’re asked to trust anyone.
Why Virginia Homeowners Choose Ellery ADU Studio
The moment an ADU project stalls, it’s almost always the seam between the designer and the builder. The architect’s drawings don’t match what the contractor priced. The contractor says the design missed a structural issue. The designer says the contractor deviated from the plans. Ellery ADU Studio was built to remove that seam. Our design team and our construction crews work under the same roof, on the same schedule, toward the same permit set and the same written price. Since 2015, we’ve designed, permitted, and built more than 900 ADUs – garage conversions, detached new builds, Junior ADUs, and interior conversions – and every single one started with a written price before work began. No exceptions. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and it isn’t negotiable.
Virginia homeowners also get something most design-build firms won’t put in writing: our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If your finished ADU doesn’t match the permitted drawings, we make it right – and that promise is written into the contract before the project starts, not murmured after. Throughout the build, you receive a documented photo record on every visit. You’ll see what our crews found, what was opened, what was installed, and what the condition looked like when we left. Evidence, not a summary of how it felt. For anyone weighing a prefab or modular system – Abodu, Cover, Dvele, Mighty Buildings, Boxabl, Plant Prefab, Tuff Shed, or James Hardie – we specify and coordinate those products within the same single contract, so the parts arrive to our drawings, not the other way around.
Backed by the Haven Family
Ellery ADU Studio operates as part of the Haven family, which means every project in Virginia carries the Haven Standard: a written price before work starts, a real arrival window with a named technician, licensed and background-checked crews whose license number is published, photographic evidence on every visit, and no upsell at the door. For Ellery Adu Studio sales & service outside Virginia, we operate in other states under the same standard. If it’s not done right, Ellery makes it right. That’s the deal, in writing, on every project we take in Virginia.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Every Ellery ADU project in Virginia begins with a written price, agreed before any work begins, per Haven Standard Clause 1. You will never see the words “call for a quote” from us. If you already have a written estimate from another Virginia design-build firm or contractor, bring it to us – we’ll give you a free second opinion on what’s priced and what isn’t.
Your price depends on the scope: a garage conversion costs differently than a detached new build, and a Junior ADU differs from a full interior conversion. What doesn’t change is the structure of the deal. We scope the project, we price the permit set and the construction as one number, and we put that number in writing before anyone starts. No allowances that drift, no “we’ll see when we open the walls.” Call us for your exact number – estimates are free, and the price you sign is the price you pay.
That’s the model. We produce the drawings, the permit set, and the construction under one contract. Virginia’s permit landscape varies by county and municipality, and our design team works those specific requirements into the drawings from the start, not as a revision after the fact. You’ll never be stuck between an architect who won’t revise and a builder who won’t build.
If your finished ADU isn’t built to the permitted drawings, Ellery makes it right. That promise is in writing before the project starts, it’s backed by the Haven Standard, and it applies to every Ellery ADU project in Virginia. It’s the only way we’d want someone to sign a contract with us.
Every visit includes a documented photo record. You’ll receive photographic evidence of what our crews found, what was installed, and what condition things were in when we left. When the project closes, you’ll have a complete photo record of the work from first measure to final inspection – not a verbal summary, but the actual record.
Written by the team at Ellery ADU Studio, part of the Haven family, serving Virginia since 2015. Also find Ellery ADU Studio in Washington - ADU projects.
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