Materials and selections
Finishes chosen together and specified before the first wall comes down.
Areas we serve
Placeholder description — ADU design, permitting and construction in Rosemont.
Placeholder copy. An ADU in Rosemont starts with the ground rather than the floor plan. We read the parcel against what the city will accept, then design the unit into what is genuinely left over.
Placeholder copy. Coverage, setbacks and tree retention are usually the binding constraints. We map all three first and size the unit to what remains, rather than designing something that has to shrink later.
Placeholder copy. We submit, track corrections and manage inspections ourselves, and we tell you where the application stands rather than waiting for you to ask.
What we do here
Also serving nearby: Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, Elk Grove and Fair Oaks.
Why Nova ADUs
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.
Four disciplines, one contract, one point of contact. Nothing is handed between firms, so nothing is lost between them.
We tell you what your lot allows before anyone draws anything — including when the answer is that it does not work.
Selections decided and written down before construction, so the number you agreed to is the number you pay.
Slope, trees, rain and nine different jurisdictions reading the same code differently. We build here, and only here.
How we work
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
Finishes chosen together and specified before the first wall comes down.
One team on site from demolition to punch list, carrying the drawings through.
Tile, stone and millwork detailed so the joints still line up years later.
Questions
Placeholder copy. Most Rosemont 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.
Placeholder figure for the demo. Cost in Rosemont is driven far more by site access, slope and utility runs than by square footage, so we do not quote a range until the feasibility study is done. What you get then is a real number, not a placeholder one.
Placeholder figure for the demo. Permitting is the longest phase and the least visible, and timelines vary by jurisdiction more than by project. We report on where your Rosemont application stands whether or not there is news.
Yes. We submit the Rosemont application, track it, and answer corrections ourselves. You are not the one interpreting a correction letter or chasing a plans examiner.
Usually, and the specifics depend on your city. We tell you what Rosemont allows during feasibility, before it can affect a decision you have already made.
Yes — we work across the Sacramento area, including Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, Elk Grove and Fair Oaks. Same team, same process, whichever side of the line your lot falls on.
Testimonials
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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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.