Lu Kapreliants

Leveraging our high-end homes expertise to pioneer design-centric infill housing in LA.

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Working on the ADU design for the LA City pre-approved standard plan program.

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@LA_Multi_Fam Wonder how they justified separating Zoning review? 😀

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@JMGregorchuk Wasted almost 2 months of back and forth, only to confirm we were right:

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City of Burbank just denied our ADU application 🧵

Here’s the setup:
Lot with 2 single-family homes and detached garage.
We proposed to:
– convert the garage into an ADU
– build another ADU on top

City: Nope. You only get one ADU. Because 2 homes ≠ duplex.

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@bcurranjr Exactly! 🙌

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Did you know? #SB1123 doesn’t require the entire lot to be vacant or abandoned.

You can keep the existing house on a remainder lot and split the rest of the property.

The diagram attached is from our current project—it shows how SB1123 can work on larger single-family lots with lived-in homes, not just empty parcels.

This opens the door to far more viable sites than many developers realize.

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@ianbtudor Not yet. Which county are you in — LA? Curious what kind of comments you get back!

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@ianbtudor @JMGregorchuk See AB130

[Devon ☀️ @devonzuegel]

Couldn't have said it better myself

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@DevaniAlkarim Happy to share—want to do a quick google meet this week?

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See attached one of the HCD letters re Remainder lots.

Seems like the cities cannot deny your subdivision by saying the remainder lot is ‘too small,’ ‘too narrow,’ etc, if that would prevent you from meeting the necessary density.

As I understand it, there are no zoning-based requirements for the remainder lot—only building and safety.

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I use Omnilux — it’s FDA-cleared and all that. I found a big Reddit thread a while back comparing the best masks, and this was one of the top picks. It depends on a few factors like the number and strength of the LEDs, etc.

And yes, they do have a sale right now. I ordered the hand mask too 🙌🏼

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@benjamintink It is. And here is the coolest thing:

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@DevaniAlkarim Yeah, plenty. The only real space-eater is Fire turnaround — that’s usually what limits the count on deeper lots.

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@mattbaran @nikitabier @antonia_mdprjct @leecalisti @ChasenGreg @markasaurus @AdamNMayer @mwmoedinger @tovihomie I feel special!

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@JulieChangRE Would’ve added so much character and charm ✨

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@caiguy Townhouses 🏠🏠

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@LA_Multi_Fam 👀 Looks like the townhouses are winning…

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE DID IT!!!!!!

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@CohenSite @GDCAndrew @chrisssheredia @LA_Multi_Fam @maxdubler There’s already a second single-family on the lot, so two houses total. We can’t add a third.

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@chrisssheredia @GDCAndrew @LA_Multi_Fam @maxdubler Hahah, all good, keep going 😀

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@GDCAndrew @chrisssheredia @LA_Multi_Fam @maxdubler SB9 doesn’t work for this property, it’s in multifamily zone.