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Building ADU's in Encinitas has never been easier! Read below to find out why

An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), also known as a granny flat or guest house, are attached or detached residential dwelling units, on the same lot as an existing single -family dwelling unit. An ADU must include complete independent living facilities for one or more people. A sleeping area, kitchen for cooking, and sanitation must all be present in an ADU. They generate great rental income, increase property value, and can enhance your family’s overall lifestyle.

A Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) is a residential dwelling unit that is no more than 500 square feet in area, contained entirely within an existing single-family residence, and can have separate sanitation facilities from, or shared sanitation facilities with, the existing residence.

Property Dean can help with all phases of building your ADU:

Financing
Design
Civil Engineering / Site Plan & Surveys
Soils Testing
Permitting & Fees / Utility Connections
Building Costs / Schedules / Construction
Landscaping

ENCINITAS HAS CREATED THE PERMIT-READY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PROGRAM (PRADU), WHICH ENCOURAGES THE BUILDING OF ADU's:

Offering selection of pre-approved ADU building plans
Reduce pre-construction costs
Expedited building permits

The city has contracted two architects to provide eight Permit-Ready Plans. Yvonne St. Pierre, AIA, Design Path Studio, and Bart Smith, AIA, DZN Partners.

The city of Encinitas passed a new ordinance that waives all city development fees and has provided pre-approved ADU building plans.

EASIER – Multiple pre -approved building plans to select from
CHEAPER – City Development Fees waived, Reduced pre-construction costs
FASTER – Expedited building permits, Saved time on planning and design

Design Path Studio:

DZN Partners:

Potential Program Savings:

3 – 6 Months of planning and design
Average total savings:
- $10,000 - $18,000

ADU Development Standards:

Click HERE for a full list of the Standards for building your ADU. Provided by the city of Encinitas

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October 28, 2019

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January 03, 2018

The house is a 1,650 square foot newly renovated 50's style home within a beautiful 3 acre rustic gated estate on Crest Drive (Cardiff/Encinitas). This home has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, office room, basement for storage and/or laundry hook ups, large front and back porch, large living room with built in cabinets, plenty of closets and built in storage space, all new appliances, large windows with fabulous views of five different mountain ranges ...

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December 24, 2017

For a few years, in my twenties a worked for Fisher development in San Francisco. They had contracted out the remolding of many mainline stores in the malls across the US including the Gap and Banana Republic. I traveled with a traveling contractor across the western states remolding these stores. Here I am many year later biding on a cashwrap extension at the the Lululemon in Carlsbad CA. Never a dull moment!

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