Detached ADUs to 1,200 sf, attached ADUs, and junior ADUs (JADUs) to 500 sf. We handle California ADU code, setbacks, parking exemptions, and utility connections in-house.
We start with a feasibility memo (lot, zoning, setbacks, easements, utilities). Then schematic design, construction documents, structural engineering, plan check, and construction. ADUs typically run 6–10 months from groundbreak under California's streamlined ADU process.
We pull lot data, check zoning and HOA, and confirm what your lot allows under state and local ADU code. One-page memo with a preliminary unit size and budget range.
Schematic through CDs, structural engineering, Title 24 energy, and plan check. California's mandated 60-day ADU review keeps this predictable.
Foundation, framing, MEP, finish. Typical detached ADU is 6–10 months on site. Two-year warranty plus ten-year follow-up check-in.
Detached ADUs: up to 1,200 sf statewide. JADUs (junior ADUs, within the existing home footprint): up to 500 sf with a separate entrance and an efficiency kitchen. Local cities can allow more. San Diego allows two ADUs on most single-family lots.
Feasibility and design: 2–4 months. Permit: 60 days statewide max for ADU plan check. Construction: 6–10 months for a detached ADU on a typical lot. Total from kickoff: roughly 11–17 months.
Detached new-construction ADUs land between $350,000 and $650,000 turnkey, depending on size, finish level, lot conditions (slope, soil, utility distance), and whether you're hooking into existing utilities or pulling new service. JADU conversions are dramatically less.
Often no. California exempts ADUs from on-site parking requirements if the lot is within half a mile of public transit, in a historic district, or part of an existing structure conversion. We check this in feasibility.
Depends on the city. San Diego currently restricts short-term rentals on ADUs in most zones. Long-term rental (30+ days) is allowed everywhere ADUs are. We'll flag the local rule during feasibility.
San Diego County, Orange County, and Los Angeles County. Recent ADU work in Del Mar, Costa Mesa, and across San Diego.