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ADU feasibility check

Fourteen quick questions about your property. You'll get an honest read — what looks straightforward, what deserves a closer look, and your realistic next step. No percentages we can't stand behind, no answers stored or sent anywhere.

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This screen is based only on your fourteen answers — it isn't a parcel review, and it can't tell you what your specific lot qualifies for. Zoning, easements, utilities and overlays are confirmed at the property-review stage and, finally, by your city. Nothing here is legal advice.

How this works: each answer either clears a common ADU consideration or flags it for a closer look, drawing on the same researched guides linked in your results. The tiers are qualitative on purpose — any "percent approval likelihood" from fourteen questions would be made up, and we don't do that.

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What the feasibility check is weighing

The questions cover the four things that decide most ADU projects: your lot (space, access, existing structures), your goal (rental income, family, home office, added value), your budget and timeline, and your appetite for the process. Together they point you toward a realistic path — or an honest "not yet" — the same first-pass an experienced advisor runs before anyone talks money.

It's a starting read, not a permit determination or a guarantee. The only way to know what your specific parcel supports is to check it against your city's rules — which is exactly what a free property review does. If you're still choosing between unit types, the Which ADU quiz compares them in about a minute, and the cost estimator gives you a budget range to plan around.

This check is educational and general — not legal, financial, or construction advice, and not a substitute for confirming the rules and numbers for your property.

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