Title 24 reports for Bakersfield permits.
Bakersfield publishes no plan-check turnaround at all — its own submittal guide says twice that timelines vary — so the only lever left is arriving complete, and the guide names Energy Calcs as one of the documents that has to be in the box.
No published clock, so arrive complete
Submittal runs through ProjectDox, and the city’s own guide is candid about timing: “Timelines will vary for this process depending on current workload of staff assigned.” There is no turnaround table on any city page I could reach. Instead there is a gate: plan review starts not at submittal but after a Prescreen Review where staff check the package for completeness and set the fees — and one checklist item always directs you to pay the fees. Those fees are paid on a separate legacy portal before anything moves. The guide’s Step 6 is where the CF1R goes: “Upload project documents to the files folder. (Structural Calcs, Energy Calcs, Soils reports, etc.)” — filed apart from the drawings.
Bakersfield’s public documentation has also gone quiet, so what a homeowner finds by searching is often wrong. The city’s ADU page returns a title and an empty content region, and the Building Codes Adoption page still ships a meta description announcing codes that “will take effect on January 1, 2020.” The one ADU code document it still serves is a November 2012 “Second Dwelling Unit” ordinance whose owner-occupancy requirement and 1,200-square-foot cap state ADU law swept away. On local energy rules, no local energy standard appears on the CEC’s approved list for either the 2022 or 2025 code: Bakersfield is absent from both, as is every Kern County jurisdiction. Every Bakersfield ZIP in the CEC workbook is Climate Zone 13, the same zone as Fresno — so an approach that works on one addition transfers; the plan-check process does not.
One thing that doesn’t change by city: my price and turnaround are flat statewide — $99 first report, $150 flat after, 24–48 hours on your first job. What differs city to city is what happens on the plan-check side before and after the CF1R lands in your permit set, which is what this page covers.
Prices
Flat fees, in writing before I start. No hourly, no bid package, no change-order games — the number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
Your first report with me
One per client, homes under 3,000 square feet. Full energy model, CF1R and CHEERS registration. It’s a test run — send one job and see how it goes.
Every model after the first
The standard rate once you’re a client — the second building, ADU plus main house, the next project that walks in. Back in 3 business days.
Over 3,000 square feet
Quoted from the plans before any work starts, same day.
24×36 plan-sheet set
Your CF1R laid out full size, matched to your drawing set. Comes back as a PDF you drop straight in.
Revisions
Two revisions included, plus questions any time. Past two I quote first, before I touch it.
Commercial / tenant improvement
Send the plans and you’ll have a flat quote back the same day. No deposit, no minimum.
One honest note
I’m not a licensed engineer or architect, and I don’t stamp drawings. On the CF1R I’m the documentation author — you stay the responsible designer. Nothing about your role on the job changes.
That’s on purpose. I’m not after your scope or your clients. I do one piece of the permit set — the piece that usually holds it up — and I do it fast.
Bakersfield plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Where do the energy calculations go in Bakersfield’s ProjectDox submittal?
Is the ADU ordinance on Bakersfield’s website current?
What do you need from me to start?
A PDF of the architecturals and the project address. Floor plans, elevations and a window schedule is plenty.
You don’t need the HVAC or water heater picked. If the plans don’t call them out, I model what I’d normally specify for that job — and I list every assumption in the email so nothing is buried. Swap any of it and I rerun; that doesn’t count against your free revisions.
The design doesn’t have to be finished either. Early is often better, because that’s when a compliance problem is still cheap to fix.
Does my ADU or addition actually need one?
Almost certainly. New conditioned floor area — ADUs, JADUs, garage conversions, additions — triggers Title 24. So do alterations that touch the envelope, the ductwork, or the HVAC equipment, including a straight change-out. A remodel that only moves non-structural interior partitions usually doesn’t.
Send it either way. If it doesn’t need a report I’ll say so and there’s no charge for the look.
Send your Bakersfield plans.
The CF1R comes back as its own labeled document, ready to upload to the ProjectDox files folder so prescreen has nothing to send back.