Process
From an address to a file a person can actually review
The free screen sorts the conversation. The paid review is where documents, title, and local standards get checked. Filing, if it ever happens, is a later written agreement.
1. Preliminary screen
You enter a California street address and answer who owns it, who lives there, and what you want to do. If we do not have a parcel feed, we say the data is missing. We do not invent an APN, a zone, or a lot size. The result is one of a short list of statuses: a potential pathway to review, review required, an alternative pathway, further review, manual review, or outside the service area. None of those words means the city has approved anything.
The free screen is useful when you are choosing whether to spend money. It is not useful as a number for a listing, a loan, or a partner. If the address is one of the labeled demos, the page says so. Those profiles exist so you can see the language before you type a real street.
2. Verified feasibility — $950
A reviewer opens a project, asks for the tax bill and any title or survey you already have, and writes which pathway is worth pricing next: urban lot split, two-unit, ADU/JADU, conventional subdivision, or stop. You get a project number, a timeline, a place to upload documents, and a message thread. The fee is for that work. It is not a deposit on construction and it is not a city filing fee.
Checkout in this product asks for two acknowledgements: that the fee is for preliminary feasibility and setup, and that you have read the terms, privacy policy, and disclosure. Marketing email is optional. If card processing is not configured, the page says the $950 is not charged and still opens the file so you can see the portal. A simulated payment is labeled as such.
3. Survey, title, and city filing
Those costs are quoted and passed through. SB9Split does not mark them up in this product description, and we do not start that work inside the $950. A surveyor measures. A title company reports exceptions. The city or county accepts or rejects a complete application under its objective checklist. We do not stand in for any of those parties.
4. Project delivery
Consultant coordination and filing support, if you want them, are scoped in writing after you have the feasibility note. Nothing is filed because a webpage said the city must decide in 60 days. For eligible SB 9 projects, California law generally requires local agencies to approve or deny a complete application within 60 days. Final eligibility and approval remain subject to statutory requirements, complete application materials, and applicable local objective standards.
What you should have nearby
A recent tax bill, the names on title, any lease, and a rough sense of whether the lot is flat. You do not need architectural drawings to start. If you are buying, the purchase contract’s address is enough to open the screen; the contingency dates are yours to manage. We will not tell you to waive one.