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The 470 sq ft studio ADU offers an efficient open layout, seamlessly combining living, sleeping, and dining spaces. With a full bathroom and energy-efficient design, it's ideal for a minimalist lifestyle or an excellent rental opportunity.
The 550 sq ft 1-bedroom ADU provides versatile living solutions. Ideal for long-term rentals, it offers a self-contained space for tenants or serves as a comfortable in-law suite, ensuring independence for extended family.
This 690 sq ft ADU combines smart design with functionality, featuring a full-size kitchen, two bathrooms, and two bedrooms. Perfect for small families, it optimizes every square foot to enhance living comfort and ensure privacy.
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Despite accessory dwelling units (ADU) being a type of affordable housing, building them is not easy. To do it, you’ll need to fulfill a lot of tasks — make a plan, prepare your territory for building, order good materials, and make sure that your project suits all the regulations. All of it can be much easier if you find a reliable general contractor such as A+ Construction & Remodeling. In our article, we’ll talk about how such a company can help you with your ADU construction.
What is the initial stage of an ADU project? First of all, you’ll need to choose its type. There are different types of accessory dwelling units that have their own distinctive characteristics. Let’s look at them more closely.
A detached ADU is a backyard cottage that stands separately from the primary residence. Usually, detached ADUs are bigger, and provide a more private living space than other types. People often select this type of ADUs when they need a house for their elderly relatives. Typically, all the amenities (electricity, plumbing, water supply, etc) in a detached ADU are also independent of the main home.
In most cases, attached ADUs are smaller than detached ones. Such accessory dwelling units have one or more common walls with the primary house. Sometimes, they also share utilities and/or a door. In some cases, an attached granny flat and the main residence even have one roof. Often, people select this ADU type for relatives who need intensive care. Another common purpose of attached ADUs is entertainment — for example, people use them as mini-cinemas or art studios.
An internal ADU is a room in the main house that serves the purpose of an ADU. For example, it may be an attic or a basement. If you’ve got unused free space in your house, this variant might be for you.
This ADU option is suitable for those who have an unused structure, such as a garage. Its main advantage is that it’s faster and cheaper to create because you don’t need to build it from scratch. As with the previous type, you convert an already existing space into an ADU. Because of this, a garage conversion is also a very popular secondary dwelling unit.
A junior ADU (JADU) is a smaller ADU, whose maximum size can be 500 sq.ft. It’s much easier to get permission for a JADU than for a classic ADU. Also, if you already have an ADU on your property, you can also build a JADU.
Constructing an ADU is almost similar to constructing a regular house. It’s a long and complicated process with thorough preliminary planning. For it, you’ll need to learn many different things and strictly follow safety rules, quality norms, and legal regulations. Also, you’ll need to avoid expanding the building process for many years.
If you hire professional ADU contractors, the entire process will be much shorter, and the quality of the results will be way higher. The best variant is if you trust the company and know it’s reliable. Then, the risk of any mistakes will be minimal — and so you’ll avoid unnecessary expenses and safety concerns. Only an ADU built by skilled professionals can be durable and long-lasting.
An ADU in Sacramento can significantly increase your property value and provide many other benefits.
The main ones are the following:
If you’ve firmly decided that you need an accessory dwelling unit, the next step is to start searching for a reliable contractor. One of the best general contractors in Sacramento, CA, is A+ Construction & Remodeling. It’s a company with huge experience in building and remodeling ADUs of all types.
ADU Builders Sacramento is a contractor with numerous benefits, including:
In our portfolio, we’ve got plenty of full-house remodel and construction projects in many popular locations of California. We have a special gallery on our website, where you can see their photos and customer reviews. We construct detached ADUs, attached ADUs, garage conversion ADUs and many others. With such vast experience, we’d definitely be the right choice to build your dream ADU in the Sacramento region!
The process of ADU building includes several different tasks. To create a successful project and bring it into reality, various specialists are necessary: an architect, a designer, an electrician, a plumber, a team of professional ADU builders, a lawyer, a project manager, and so on. In the A+ Construction & Remodeling company, all of these are highly-skilled and competent professionals. Thanks to this, we can do every part of the work, from getting permits and making a plan to designing the house interior.
We do our best to combine functionality with aesthetics. And, of course, we take into account all of our clients’ requests. Our consultants will gladly answer all of your questions — including the ones about local regulations.
What are the main parts of an ADU building process? It begins with the estimation procedure. Our company offers all clients a free property analysis. Then, we discuss the design, floor plans, and other important aspects of your dream home with you. After that, we will help you obtain the necessary permits.
Then, the ADU construction starts. It includes preparation of the place, making a foundation, building a frame and a roof, installing the HVAC, plumbing and electric systems, etc. The specialists of A+ Construction & Remodeling will not only do all of the aforementioned tasks – they’ll also answer your questions and give you valuable recommendations.
In case you wish to work with our team of professional Sacramento ADU builders, contact us to get a free consultation regarding your ADU construction project!
Yes, but only if it’s a detached ADU. An attached or internal accessory dwelling unit is not a separate structure, so it will have the address of the primary residence.
For a single-family household, it’s legal to have a regular and/or a junior ADU. If the household is multifamily, its owners can construct one accessory dwelling unit per 4 pre-existing residential ones. However, the ADU building rules constantly change, so you’ll need to check them before planning the construction.
Every state, county, and even city in the US has its own ADU regulations. First of all, these rules restrict the size of the building. In Sacramento, CA, the limits of ADU square footage are 500-1200 sq. ft, depending on its type and the local laws of different cities. During the free consultation with our specialists, you can ask them about the exact rules of your region — and they’ll answer you in full detail.