ADU Jurisdiction Requirements

Creating an ADU is an important decision for any homeowner. ADUs have incredible utility for families and allow for unprecedented intergenerational wealth building.  While the state of California legislated the right for homeowners to build ADUs as well as the core guidelines, jurisdictions often have their own additional guidelines.

Your Site’s Opportunities and Constraints

Creating an ADU is an important decision for any homeowner. Before starting the design process, doing a deep dive into the unique aspects of your site and what size it  can support as well as the subsequent ADU size and program requirements, will ensure that you have an understanding of what is possible as well as allow for the next step which is budgeting.

Budgeting for Your ADU

As small homes, ADUs are a significant investment for the typical homeowner and must be designed to work within an owner’s ability to pay or finance the project. To get an ADU project to provide a maximum value to a family it must be the right size. Not too large or costly and not too small which would reduce its utility and value.

Designing Your ADU

To get an ADU project to provide a maximum value to a family it must be the right size. To get to “a right size” is one of the most important goals of the design phase for an ADU project.