West Sacramento ADU Builders

West Sacramento ADU construction company

The sphere of remodeling and creation of ADU is very popular among many business companies because it has great demand in the city among customers (three-generation or single-family) and brings big profits. A large market borns fraud cases, so always check compliance with all work requirements for single unit dwelling: on your part from the roof color to the square foot of the bathroom, as well as compliance with all official requirements. You can learn more about them in the next section of this article.

Building ADU in West Sacramento

As for territorial features, the state of California is statistically famous for its difficulties in repairing or rebuilding houses. In addition to the material issue and the choice of the type of ADU, you may face the question of compliance of the conceived plans with the necessary requirements for building accessory dwelling units from the authorities of Sacramento. In this section, we will dive into a detailed study of them. You can get more specific and personalized information about each of these items and others by visiting the Symbium Build website.

• The upper boundary of the square footage

This parameter is calculated based on the size of your construction area and the type of ADU that you will build: attached or detached. More detailed: for detached ADUs no bigger than 1,200 square feet, for attached ADUs, the total size of the structure (with the ADU included) is no more than 3,6 square feet.

• The lower boundary of the height

Your ADU must be at least one floor with a height of 16 feet or more. There are no maximum height requirements.

• Rear yard setback requirements

This item is about bringing the ADU in a smaller distance to your front property line. Here it is necessary to consider the aspect from two angles. For detached and attached ADU format, a certain distance of no less than 4 feet from your property’s side yard is required, but the location of conversion and junior ADUs directly depends on the possibility of high-quality placement of fire safety devices, such as fire alarms.

• Number of allowed ADUs

It depends again on the type of ADU, but also on how much area of your side yard accessory dwelling units already has.

• Place for vehicles

The first step is to check whether your side yard is suitable for special exemption from the parking requirements. If you don’t get into it, then for attached and detached ADUs, there is only 1 parking space required. For the other two types, similar requirements are not provided at all.

Prefab ADU Construction

At the stage when you realize that your plan to create an accessory dwelling unit meets all the fixed official setback requirements, you need to think about several more aspects that will be important from the time and financial management point of view.

• Preparatory period

For those who are faced with ADU construction for the first time, it is worth saying that the process of building accessory dwelling units can occur in two ways: in advance according to a given template at the factory, then to transport and fix it on your side yard, or we simply bring all the necessary materials and start the ADU construction procedure right on the spot. Also, it may be that special items will need to be ordered from another country, and it will take several additional weeks.

In addition, you as a property owner need to keep in mind the complexity of the design of your ADU, starting from the development process and discussion, ending with the implementation. All these steps should be taken into account when planning the time that you will be willing to spend on the whole procedure in order to set competent deadlines.

• Influence on property tax size

Naturally, with the increase in square meters, the amount of taxes paid for living space will increase too. The added value of the accessory dwelling unit plays a role here. Otherwise, simple arithmetic: we take the cost of your ADU, multiply it by your property tax rate, and get the same increase in tax payment that will come to you with the advent of the accessory housing unit.

• Fluctuation of the property value

As in any other monetary aspect concerning ADU, we cannot talk about specific figures here because the cost depends on a huge number of individual factors. Nevertheless, we have the opportunity to rely on averaged data. Statistics, in this case, tell us that your property value will increase by 100 times the ADU’s price for one month’s rent.

ADU Housing

Depending on the characteristics and methods of building units, it is customary to divide them into three groups:

• Detached  ADU – separate from the main single-family or multi-family building, one of the most suitable options if the main purpose of this ADU for you is to enclose yourself from something or someone. Detached ADU is when an exact scaled-down copy of the main building is being built on the square feet of your site in the distance (another part of the territory).
• Attached is ADU- drawing a parallel with the previous one; obviously, this is just an additional living area that is simply attached as a substitute or accessory to the main house.
• Junior ADU – sometimes known as JADE. This is the same building, but with slightly less functionality, specifically, without a private bathroom. That is, if you choose the junior ADU option, then after construction work and moving into a new room of your house, and you will still use the previous bathroom. An important feature of this type is that the area of a new residential unit should not exceed 500 square feet.
• Conversion ADU – in this case, it is not the construction of a new structure for its subsequent operation as a dwelling unit, but the reclassification of an existing building on your side yard (garage, shed, technical room, gazebo, etc.) so that it becomes an additional dwelling unit.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to build an ADU in California?

It will be difficult to name a specific number because it directly depends on many factors. For example, the area of the planned ADU project, the type (different prices for attached ADUs, detached ADUs, garage conversions, and junior ADUs), ADU design and decoration of the premises, the cost of materials, and the price for the work of a specific construction team. By the way, our company A+ Construction & Remodeling in West Sacramento, offers our clients some of the lowest prices in this niche of the services market, despite the fact that our team employs exceptionally highly qualified specialists who will cope with any task.

Can I build an ADU on my property?

Of course, yes, our services are available to any client, and we will try to realize any, even the most incredible, ideas of our clients. However, regarding this issue, it is worth remembering several important aspects concerning the building permits established for the specific region – West Sacramento. These requirements and their cost can be found in more detail in our article above.

What are the requirements for an ADU in West Sacramento?

There are not so many requirements for the ADU in this particular region, but it is extremely important to comply with them as state law. These include the maximum size, which should be within 3,6 square feet; rear yard setback requirements (the distance of the new ADU from the rear property line); fire safety and the number of parking spaces that homeowners have near their front property line and others. There are no special requirements regarding minimum lot size and maximum height in West Sacramento.