Thinking About an ADU? Start by Getting the Right Answers - Before You Spend on Design
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) can be one of the most innovative ways to expand how your property works—adding space for family, a dedicated office, a guesthouse, or long-term rental income without giving up your neighborhood.
But here is the reality most homeowners discover too late:
An ADU isn't primarily a design problem. It's a feasibility problem first.
Before anyone should be sketching floor plans or shopping with builders, you need clear answers to the questions that decide whether your project is straightforward—or quietly expensive.
That's precisely why we built our ADU Analysis page: to help you get clarity fast, in plain English, using real-world architectural and construction judgment (not generic online advice).
Don't Start With Drawings. Start With Clarity.
A well-designed ADU can change how your property supports your life—family, income, work, and peace of mind. Nobody likes a road trip with flat tires, detours, and unplanned stops. Developing an ADU is the same. The smoothest way to protect your time and budget is to begin with the right feasibility and zoning answers, tailored to your lot.
If you're serious about an ADU, the next step is simple:
Explore our ADU Analysis page to pressure-test your ideas, understand your constraints, and map the most realistic path forward.
When you're ready, you'll be able to move from "I think we can" to "Here's what we can build—and here's how we'll do it."
What You'll Get From Exploring Our ADU Analysis
Our ADU Analysis is designed to help you answer the questions that matter most—early—so you don't burn time (or money) pursuing an option that isn't feasible on your specific property.
In our Tiers of Service Reports, you find:
We'll confirm what's allowed in your neighborhood (Zoning), on your lot, and what types are easy to develop and which ones are the hardest to get approved (detached, attached, garage conversion, basement conversion, over-garage, etc.).
We can filter out the noise to the facts that shape feasibility (setbacks, height, parking, access, privacy).
We draw you a map through the process that spotlights hidden cost drivers that separate "reasonable" from "surprising costs."
Clarify your best path forward through that map—whether it is a quick test-fit, a feasibility package, or moving directly into design.
The goal is simple: turn uncertainty into informed decisions—before the project takes on momentum.
Most ADU and lot decisions go sideways for one reason: people start with generic information. Google results, social posts, and even "ready-made" plan sets that do not account for the variables that actually determine whether your project is permitted, buildable, and priceable on your specific property—zoning overlays, setbacks, access and parking triggers, utilities, easements, slope, and local building codes and review practices.
Our ADU and Lot Analysis turns that uncertainty into clarity. We build tailored answers based on your goals (No cheap AI output) so you can avoid those road-trip delays of redesign cycles, permitting delays, and contractor guesswork that drives up bids. In short: you are not paying for drawings alone—you are paying for experience, clarity, and a custom-fit roadmap that helps your builder price the work accurately and helps you make confident decisions before you commit real money.
