How a Vivienda home comes together
Vivienda finds Los Angeles properties where the city already allows several homes, gets approval from city staff, and builds four homes along a shared driveway. Buyers reserve a home, choose its floor plan and finishes, follow construction step by step, and move into a house they own outright, on its own parcel.
Seven steps, and who does each one
You come in at step four. Everything before that is our work and the city's, so by the time you reserve a home, theBy then the property is bought and the plans are approved.
Step 1: We find the land
Find the land
Atlas, our own software, checks properties across Los Angeles for zoning, fire zones and tenant history. Our team visits the shortlist and confirms the details with the city before we buy.
Step 2: We plan four homes
Plan four homes
Four houses one behind another along a shared driveway, each with its own parcel, front door, yard and garage.
Step 3: The city approves
Approve the plans
City staff approve the property plan: four homes, their size and where they sit. Under California's starter home law, they review it against written rules, without a public hearing, on a 60-day clock once the application is complete.
Step 4: You reserve a home
Reserve a home
People on the interest list see plans and prices first. A refundable deposit holds the home you pick.
Step 5: You choose your layout and finishes
Choose layout and finishes
Three bedrooms or two and a studio; guest room, office or studio downstairs; then kitchen, floors, bathrooms, lighting and paint, each priced line by line. See it furnished in Vivienda Atelier. Every layout option is drawn and approved with the building permit, so the one you choose is already approved. Choose before framing starts.
Step 6: We build
Build
Every part is planned and cut to your plan, then delivered as each stage begins. The house is framed on site and inspected by the city at every stage. You get updates week by week.
Step 7: You get the keys
Keys
Final walkthrough, then closing. The house and its parcel are yours, with a builder warranty.
Each block shows who does that step. Times: approval about 60 days once the application is complete; other times are typical for similar Los Angeles projects, from city records.
Step by step
Step 1: We find the land
Atlas, our own software, checks properties across Los Angeles for zoning, fire zones and tenant history. Our team visits the shortlist and confirms the details with the city before we buy.
Step 2: We plan four homes
Four houses one behind another along a shared driveway, each with its own parcel, front door, yard and garage.
Step 3: The city approves
City staff approve the property plan: four homes, their size and where they sit. Under California's starter home law, they review it against written rules, without a public hearing, on a 60-day clock once the application is complete.
Step 4: You reserve a home
People on the interest list see plans and prices first. A refundable deposit holds the home you pick.
Step 5: You choose your layout and finishes
Three bedrooms or two and a studio; guest room, office or studio downstairs; then kitchen, floors, bathrooms, lighting and paint, each priced line by line. See it furnished in Vivienda Atelier. Every layout option is drawn and approved with the building permit, so the one you choose is already approved. Choose before framing starts.
Step 6: We build
Every part is planned and cut to your plan, then delivered as each stage begins. The house is framed on site and inspected by the city at every stage. You get updates week by week.
Step 7: You get the keys
Final walkthrough, then closing. The house and its parcel are yours, with a builder warranty.