Why Nova ADUs
One team from the first sketch to the final walkthrough.
Most ADU projects fail on the handoffs — a designer who does not price, a permit expediter who does not build, a contractor who inherits drawings nobody can construct. We do all four, so there is nothing to hand off.
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Design, permits and build in-house
Four disciplines, one contract, one point of contact. Nothing is handed between firms, so nothing is lost between them.
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Feasibility before floor plans
We tell you what your lot allows before anyone draws anything — including when the answer is that it does not work.
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A scope you can actually price
Selections decided and written down before construction, so the number you agreed to is the number you pay.
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Built for the Sacramento Valley
Slope, trees, rain and nine different jurisdictions reading the same code differently. We build here, and only here.
Detached units, conversions and two-unit lots across the foothill cities and Sacramento.
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The backyard is the last piece of land you will ever need to buy.
Our Services
From a converted garage to two units on one lot.
Detached ADUs
A separate, self-contained home in your backyard — its own entrance, its own kitchen, its own front door.
Garage Conversions
The fastest, least expensive route to a legal second unit — the structure, slab and utilities are already there.
Attached ADUs
A self-contained unit built onto the existing house, sharing a wall and keeping the yard free.
Pool Houses
Shade, a bathroom and somewhere to cook beside the water — built to the same standard as the house, and an ADU where the code allows it.
ADU Design
Drawings, selections and a defined scope — so the build starts from a clear picture instead of a guess.
Permitting & Approvals
We handle plan review, corrections and inspections — the part of an ADU that takes the longest and stalls the most.
Testimonials
Hear from homeowners.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sample testimonial text. We came in expecting to project-manage the whole thing ourselves and did almost none of it. The feasibility review told us what our lot could take before we had spent anything, the permit came back faster than neighbours warned us it would, and the unit was finished within a fortnight of the date we were given at contract.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sample testimonial text. What we valued most was being told no. Our first idea did not fit the setbacks and they said so on the first visit instead of drawing it and letting us find out at review. The version we ended up building is better than the one we asked for.
Rated 5 out of 5
Sample testimonial text. The garage had been storage for eleven years. It is now a proper one-bedroom with a tenant in it. Everything we chose was decided before the work started, which meant no rushed decisions and no change orders we had not agreed to.
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Areas we serve
Building backyard homes across Sacramento and the cities around it.
Thirteen jurisdictions, each reading the code a little differently. Knowing which one you are in — and what it will ask for — is half of getting an ADU approved.
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Let’s build an ADU.
Send us your address and a rough idea of the ADU you want. We’ll come back with what your lot allows, what it is likely to cost, and how long it takes.