Title 24 reports for Corona permits.
Corona reviews first submittals in 10 business days and says outright that it already operates on an accelerated review — the trade is an intake that refuses incomplete sets rather than correcting them.
Fast on purpose, and strict at the door
Corona publishes a number and defends it: 10 business days for a first submittal, 5 for a resubmittal. Asked whether a plan check can be expedited, the city answers that “the city already operates on an accelerated review.” Electronically, through eTrakit and ProjectDox, that clock doesn’t start until prescreen clears, and prescreen “can take up to 5 days.” The trade is a strict door. The single-family handout opens with “omission of any required items listed below will result in refusal of plans for plan check,” and the FAQ names three places an incomplete set gets turned away.
That makes the energy set worth getting right the first time. The handout asks for two sets of Title 24 energy calculations at 8½ × 11 and that “compliance forms shall appear on the plans” — a loose report alone fails that wording. Corona publishes Climate Zone 10 in its own design-parameters block. An ADU goes in as five parallel submittals, grading first, and the flow chart puts PV inside the model: solar sizing has to be included in the design plans and energy calculations (more on ADU solar). No local energy reach code beyond the state code was found on the city’s pages. An energy comment here costs the intake, not a quiet correction.
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.
Corona plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
When does Corona’s 10-day review clock actually start?
Does Corona have pre-approved ADU plans I can use?
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.
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.
Send your Corona plans.
The CF1R comes back as two 8½ × 11 sets plus compliance forms formatted to print on the plan sheets — both halves of what the handout asks for.