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A-du: ADU rentals, plans and rules — Agent · Wellknown
A-du: ADU rentals, plans and rules
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Permit-verified Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) rentals, pre-approved ADU plan sets, per-city ADU rules with citations, itemized permit fee estimates, lot and buildable-area lookups, and ADU contractors and property managers. Los Angeles County is covered in most depth, with San Diego, San Francisco …
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Permit-verified Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) rentals, pre-approved ADU plan sets, per-city ADU rules with citations, itemized permit fee estimates, lot and buildable-area lookups, and ADU contractors and property managers. Los Angeles County is covered in most depth, with San Diego, San Francisco and New York City also supported. Run by A-du, LLC, founded by a California-licensed architect.
Search ADU rentals — Search the A-du Rent inventory of Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) rentals: backyard cottages, garage conversions, granny flats, in-law units, casitas and junior ADUs, in Los Angeles County with San Diego, San Francisco and New York City also listed. Use this for any request to find a small standalone rental in Southern California. Results are the units landlords have published, newest first, and each carries `permit_verified`, which is true only where A-du matched the unit to a building departmen…
Get one ADU rental — Fetch the full public record for one A-du Rent listing by its id (from search_rentals or a a-du.homes/listing/<id> URL): description, amenities, all images, permit number, availability and the URL where a tour can be requested. Use after search_rentals when the user wants detail on a specific unit.
Estimate market rent for an ADU — Estimate the monthly market rent for an ADU or small unit at a specific address, with a low and high range, from a long-term rent valuation model over nearby comparables. Use when a landlord asks what to charge, or a renter asks whether a listed rent is fair. Requires a street address plus bedrooms, bathrooms and square feet. The default property type is a detached ADU. This is an automated estimate, not an appraisal, and it does not account for the unit's condition or finishes.
Get ADU rules for a jurisdiction — The rules that govern building or renting an ADU in a named California city or county: whether the local ordinance still stands or is void under state law, the controlling state standards (size, setbacks, height, parking, owner occupancy, review deadlines), fee notes, who to contact, and any pre-approved plan program, each with citations, plus the published A-du guide for that city and the county-wide state baseline. Use for any "can I build", "what are the rules", "do I need parking", "can the…
Estimate ADU permit fees — Estimate building permit, plan check, sub-permit, state surcharge, school and impact fees for an ADU in a supported jurisdiction, as an itemized schedule with code citations and any waivers (for example impact fees waived under 750 sq ft). Use for "what will permits cost" questions. Jurisdiction keys: la_city (City of Los Angeles), la_county (unincorporated), pasadena, glendale, long_beach, burbank, santa_monica, culver_city, beverly_hills, inglewood, west_hollywood, manhattan_beach, nyc_dob (N…
Look up a lot — Resolve a street address or assessor parcel number to the lot itself, from Los Angeles County or San Diego County records: APN, the agency that issues its permits, lot area, the footprint of each existing structure, and the area left for a new unit after the state-minimum setbacks and separation from existing buildings. Use before answering "can I build an ADU here" and before match_plans_to_lot. Coverage is Los Angeles County and San Diego County only.
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Match pre-approved plans to a lot — Given an address or APN, find which A-du Build plan sets physically fit the lot: the buildable envelope is computed from the county parcel and building footprints with the local setback table, then every published plan is placed in it and scored by size, bedrooms, pre-approval in that city and how tightly it fits. Returns the best match and up to three alternates with URLs. Use for "which ADU plans would fit my backyard". Los Angeles County only for the fit step.
Search pre-approved ADU plans — Search A-du Build, the marketplace of ADU plan sets listed by licensed architects and designers. Each result carries size, bedrooms, bathrooms, plan price, estimated build cost range, the designer, and the cities where the plan is already pre-approved (which shortens plan check). Use for "find me an ADU plan", "how much does a plan cost", "what pre-approved plans exist for <city>". Filter pre_approved_in by city name to prefer plans a city has already accepted. For one plan's description, exter…
Find ADU service providers — Find contractors, designers, permit expediters and trades for ADU work on the A-du services marketplace: general contractors, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and home services, with license number and status from public records where known, price ranges, service radius and a booking URL. Filter by category (name or slug, matched loosely) and city. Use for "find me a contractor to build an ADU in Pasadena". Providers marked claimed_by_owner manage their own profile; others are seeded from public lic…
Find property managers for an ADU — Find residential property management companies on the A-du manager marketplace that handle single-family homes and ADUs in Los Angeles, with city, license number and website where known. Multifamily-only and commercial managers are excluded. Use for "who can manage my ADU rental for me". Each result has a url on a-du.homes where a landlord can request management.
Ask A-du about ADUs — Answer any question about Accessory Dwelling Units from A-du's published guides, city rules pages, pricing and marketplace pages, and its per-city statutory research, with citations to a-du.homes. Use for definitions ("what is a JADU"), process ("how long does plan check take"), landlord questions ("do I need to live on the property"), tenant questions ("what does A-du screening involve"), costs in general, and anything the specific tools (search_rentals, get_adu_rules, estimate_permit_fees, re…
Start listing an ADU for rent — Begin listing an ADU, granny flat, backyard cottage, garage conversion, casita or in-law unit for rent on A-du, for someone who owns one. Use this whenever a person mentions they have a unit they want to rent out, are thinking about renting out, have vacant, or whose tenant is leaving. Never ask anyone for a permit number: this checks the address against the building department records A-du already holds, and when it finds one it returns a link to claim that record with the permit already attac…