Title 24 reports for Morgan Hill and Gilroy permits.
Gilroy publishes a working-day number for almost every project type. Morgan Hill publishes the gate in front of one — a completeness check of up to 15 business days before the plan-review fee is even invoiced.
One city posts the clock, the other the gate
Gilroy posts the number. Its working-day turnaround matrix runs past 37 rows: a furnace or AC replacement with proper documentation is 9 working days first review and 4 subsequent; an SFR addition under 999 sf 19/14 and 1,000 sf or more 29/29. ADUs break at 750 sf — 19/14 below it, 29/29 at or above. The handout is dated 03/25/2022 and says the times exclude the submittal queue. Gilroy’s ADU guidelines carry the sharpest Title 24 language in either city: “the forms shall be incorporated into the plans,” with the same Report Generated date and time on every CF1R page.
Morgan Hill posts the gate. Plans go in by email, PDF only, and “this completeness check may take up to 15 business days” before an invoice for plan-review fees is even produced. Its checklists ask for a plan sheet number against every item, including a four-item Energy and Green Building block. Morgan Hill also stacks two local overlays to Gilroy’s one: MHMC 15.65 Sustainable Building Regulations, a Build It Green points ordinance, and MHMC 15.62’s EV chapter, whose ADU exemption flips off the moment a panel upgrade is proposed. Gilroy’s is a narrow CALGreen Level 2 EV Ready amendment. Neither has a Title 24 Part 6 reach code: there is no local amendment to the Energy Code — MHMC 15.08.040 and Gilroy Ordinance 2025-06 §(f) adopt it without amendment — and neither is on a CEC approved-ordinance list. Every ZIP in both is Climate Zone 4, so a correction resubmittal in one reads much like the other.
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.
Morgan Hill & Gilroy plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
What does Gilroy’s turnaround matrix say for my project?
Does Morgan Hill’s Sustainable Building ordinance apply to my addition?
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 Morgan Hill or Gilroy plans.
Say which city in the notes — Gilroy wants the CF1R incorporated into the plans with one Report Generated timestamp across every page, and Morgan Hill wants a plan sheet number written in next to it.