Custom ADU design and construction in Carmichael
Carmichael is one of the easier places in the region to build a detached ADU — the lots are big and leafy, with quarter-acre and half-acre-plus parcels all over. But that same setting is why a stock plan rarely fits: mature oaks the county protects, the odd slope on a river-adjacent lot, a few homes still on septic, and families who need a unit drawn around aging parents. That's when you build custom. We're a Sacramento design-build crew 15 minutes west (CA license #1119373) that draws a bespoke ADU for your exact Carmichael lot and builds it — design through final inspection, one team the whole way. Call (916) 677-9774.
What actually makes an ADU custom
People throw "custom" around loosely, so let me draw the line. A stock or model ADU is a plan we've already drawn and built before — pick a size, maybe swap a finish, and it drops onto a flat pad. Quickest route, cheapest route, and for a clean rectangular Carmichael backyard with no protected trees in the way, it's often the right one. We build those gladly. But it isn't custom.
Custom means the design starts at zero, on your parcel, for your situation. Our designer takes the survey, the Sacramento County setbacks, the oaks and elms and their drip lines, any grade rolling toward the river, the sight line from the main house, and how your family actually plans to live. Then a unit gets drawn that didn't exist until your lot called for it. The footprint bends to the constraints. The roofline answers your house. Nobody else has this plan.