What Moreno Valley Homeowners Say About Ellery ADU Studio Moreno Valley
We don’t ask for reviews the day we finish. We wait until the owner has lived in the ADU, or collected rent, or had their adult child move in and actually use the kitchen. That’s when the real feedback comes. The comments below are from homeowners across Moreno Valley who went through design, permitting, and construction with Nadia Ellery and our crew. They’ve seen the finished product hold up.
Recent Reviews
“We bought our place in Sunnymead Ranch specifically for the three-car garage, but we needed income more than we needed parking. Nadia walked the slab on a Saturday, pointed out the existing 4-inch concrete was within spec for conversion, and gave us a written price that Friday: $142,000 all-in, drawings through final inspection. Sixteen months later we’re collecting $1,850 a month from a tenant who signed a two-year lease. The photo record from every visit meant we could show our lender exactly what happened and when.”
Whitney A., Sunnymead Ranch, Moreno Valley
“My mother was living in Hemet and the drive was getting dangerous. We looked at assisted living costs and they started at $4,500 a month. Nadia proposed a Junior ADU off our existing bedroom wing in Rancho Belago, tied into our sewer lateral with a pump system because of the grade. The written quote was $89,000. No change order, no surprise when the inspector flagged a window egress dimension. They’d already caught it in the plan check and revised before framing started. Mom moved in last March.”
Megan Q., Rancho Belago, Moreno Valley
“I’m a general contractor myself, or I was, before I retired. I called Ellery for a second opinion on a detached ADU bid I’d already gotten from a guy in Riverside. Nadia found three line items that were underspecified: the septic tie-in assumed gravity flow when my lot needs a grinder pump, the electrical service upgrade was quoted at 100 amp when Moreno Valley Fire requires 200 amp for a detached with gas, and the foundation didn’t account for the expansive clay we have north of the 60. Her revised scope came in higher upfront but lower total. Saved me what would have been a $23,000 change order, easy.”
Oscar V., North Moreno Valley, near Box Springs
“We went with a Cover prefab unit for the backyard. Nadia didn’t try to sell us her own stick-built design. She specified the Cover system, coordinated their factory delivery with our site prep timeline, and handled the Moreno Valley building department when the plans examiner had questions about the proprietary foundation detail. One contract, one written price, one person to call when the crane operator showed up two hours late. She answered. Live person, 7:15 on a Thursday morning.”
Gabriela M., Moreno Valley Ranch, Moreno Valley
“The 365-Day Done Right Promise sounded like marketing until we needed it. Our ADU passed final inspection in October. By February we had a hairline crack in the stucco where the new utility tie-in met the old house. I called, expecting a fight. Nadia sent her crew the following Tuesday. They opened the wall, found the expansion joint had been omitted at that transition, fixed it, re-stuccoed, and sent me new photos. No invoice. No ‘that’s normal settling.’ Just fixed. In writing, like she said.”
Whitney A., Sunnymead Ranch, Moreno Valley
“We started with an interior conversion, turning our existing bonus room into a JADU. Halfway through demolition Nadia found the original 1978 wiring was aluminum, not copper, and the panel was a Federal Pacific. She stopped work, sent me photos that same afternoon, and presented two options: upgrade the service now and add $4,200 to the scope, or stop and cap the project. The price was in writing before I decided. No pressure, no hidden discovery fee. We upgraded. The inspector complimented the panel work specifically.”
Megan Q., Rancho Belago, Moreno Valley
Why Customers Trust Us
Every review above touches the same three things we require of ourselves under The Haven Standard. Clause 1: a written price before any work starts, which means you know your garage conversion ADU will typically run $125,000-$175,000 all-in, or your new detached unit $220,000-$340,000 depending on finishes and utility distance, before you sign. Clause 3: a documented photo record on every visit, so you see the aluminum wiring, the slab thickness, the expansion joint omission, not a summary of how it felt. Clause 7: the 365-Day Done Right Promise, backed in writing, so if the finished ADU doesn’t match the permitted drawings, we make it right.
Nadia Ellery has operated this studio since 2015. We’ve designed, permitted, and built over 900 ADUs. We’re licensed and insured, background-checked and uniformed, and fluent in prefab and modular systems from Abodu, Cover, Dvele, Mighty Buildings, Boxabl, Plant Prefab, Tuff Shed, and James Hardie. One contract covers design, permitting, and build. One written price. One person who answers.
Already have a written estimate in hand? We’ll give you a free second opinion. Call (951) 379-3047 to schedule your free estimate or review.
Written by Nadia Ellery, Owner at Ellery ADU Studio Moreno Valley, serving Moreno Valley since 2015.