Materials and selections
Finishes chosen together and specified before the first wall comes down.
Areas we serve
Auburn
Placeholder description — ADU design, permitting and construction in Auburn.
Building in Auburn
Placeholder copy. Most of what decides an ADU in Auburn is invisible from the street: where the sewer lateral runs, how the ground falls, what the coverage limit leaves once the main house is counted. We measure it before anyone draws.
Reading a Auburn lot
Placeholder copy. Grade, access and the distance to existing services set the cost floor on most Auburn lots. Knowing them early is the difference between a budget and a guess.
Through plan review
Placeholder copy. Permitting is the longest phase and the least visible. You get an update whether or not there is news, which is the only way it stays tolerable.
What we do here
Services we offer in Auburn.
Also serving nearby: Rocklin, Roseville, Granite Bay and El Dorado Hills.
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.
Questions
Building an ADU in Auburn.
Can I build an ADU on my lot in Auburn?
Placeholder copy. Most Auburn lots can take something; what varies is how much. Before anyone draws, we read the parcel against what the city will accept and tell you what is actually available to build into.
What does an ADU cost in Auburn?
Placeholder figure for the demo. Two Auburn projects of the same size can differ substantially once access and services are priced in. We put a number on yours after the feasibility study, and the selections are written down before construction so it holds.
How long does permitting take in Auburn?
Placeholder figure for the demo. Expect months rather than weeks, and expect it to depend on which counter you are at. You will hear from us about the Auburn submission on a schedule, not only when something changes.
Do you handle the Auburn permit application?
Yes — design, permitting and construction are all in-house, so the Auburn submission is handled by the same team that drew it and will build it.
Can I rent out an ADU in Auburn?
Generally yes, though the conditions differ by jurisdiction. You will know what applies in Auburn early enough for it to inform the design rather than disrupt it.
Do you build outside Auburn?
Yes — we work across the Sacramento area, including Rocklin, Roseville, Granite Bay and El Dorado Hills. Same team, same process, whichever side of the line your lot falls on.
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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Thinking about an ADU in Auburn?
Send us the address and a rough idea of what you need. We will come back with what the lot allows, a budget range and a timeline.