Materials and selections
Finishes chosen together and specified before the first wall comes down.
The model
Cedar + Garage at a glance.
- Size840 sq ft
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
- GarageYes
Placeholder copy — the Cedar is a 1-bedroom plan sized for a typical Sacramento backyard lot, with an attached single garage. Final renderings, floor plan and specifications arrive with the client assets.
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.
How we work
Four phases, in order, with the same team throughout.
Nothing is subcontracted to another firm and nothing is handed off. The people who checked your lot are the people who hand you the keys.
See the four phases
On-site execution
One team on site from demolition to punch list, carrying the drawings through.
Custom finishes
Tile, stone and millwork detailed so the joints still line up years later.
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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More models
The rest of the range.
400 sq ft · 1 bed · 1 bath
AspenWithout garage
With garage640 sq ft · 1 bed · 1 bath
Aspen + GarageWith garage
600 sq ft · 1 bed · 1 bath
CedarWithout garage
800 sq ft · 2 beds · 1 bath
JuniperWithout garage
With garage1,040 sq ft · 2 beds · 1 bath
Juniper + GarageWith garage
1,000 sq ft · 2 beds · 2 baths
SierraWithout garage
With garage1,240 sq ft · 2 beds · 2 baths
Sierra + GarageWith garage
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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.