Title 24 reports for West Covina and Covina permits.
Two adjacent cities, two different plan-check processes — West Covina now requires its goPost portal, Covina still runs plan check at the counter. Both still need the same CF1R.
Same valley, opposite submittal processes
West Covina’s Building Division takes plan submittals through goPost, an ePlanSoft-based portal shared with several other cities, or in person at the Building counter (Monday–Thursday) — the division states it no longer accepts email submittals. One number worth knowing: a plan check is valid for 180 days from the date of submittal, per the city’s permit application form. ADU applications get a 30-day Planning review commitment before Building plan check even begins; ADUs/JADUs there are barred from separate addresses or utility meters.
Covina, four miles away, is the opposite: its Building & Safety Division states directly that it does not currently offer electronic plan check or online permit issuance — submittal is in person or by mail, with a preliminary email review recommended first. Covina publishes real turnaround tiers: 4–6 weeks for a first residential plan-check submittal, 10 working days for minor projects, 1–6 business days for solar. Covina’s own ADU handout is explicit that “the Title 24 Energy package is always required” as a submittal item, and that a new/separate address is needed before plan check for utility metering — a step easy to miss if you’re used to another city’s process.
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.
Nearby, same flat rate: Arcadia, Whittier, Pomona and Pasadena.
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.
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.
West Covina & Covina plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Do West Covina and Covina use the same plan-check portal?
How long does Covina's plan check take?
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 West Covina or Covina plans.
Say which city in the notes — the CF1R comes back formatted for whichever submittal process applies.