
Step-by-step guides
County ADU Guidebooks
Your comprehensive, County-specific guide to planning, designing, permitting, building, and renting your new ADU. Choose your county below to access your Guidebook and materials.
Each county has a full-color digital guidebook including fillable exercise worksheets, a print-friendly version for home printing, and the exercises as a separate PDF.
Choose your county
Amador County ADU Guidebook
Your go-to guide for every step of the ADU process in Amador County.
This free resource is a step-by-step guide to building an ADU in Amador County along with helpful tips about finding design inspiration, financing, hiring professionals, monitoring construction, and more!
Exercises only
Just the worksheets as a fillable PDF (these are also in the full Guidebook).
print the guidebook at home
A print-friendly PDF – most images removed, minimal ink usage, full margin.
Calaveras County ADU Guidebook
Your go-to guide for every step of the ADU process in Calaveras County.
This free resource is a step-by-step guide to building an ADU in Calaveras County along with helpful tips about finding design inspiration, financing, hiring professionals, monitoring construction, and more!
Exercises only
Just the worksheets as a fillable PDF (these are also in the full Guidebook).
print the guidebook at home
A print-friendly PDF – most images removed, minimal ink usage, full margin.
Nevada County ADU Guidebook
Your go-to guide for every step of the ADU process in Nevada County.
This free resource is a step-by-step guide to building an ADU in Nevada County along with helpful tips about finding design inspiration, financing, hiring professionals, monitoring construction, and more!
Exercises only
Just the worksheets as a fillable PDF (these are also in the full Guidebook).
print the guidebook at home
A print-friendly PDF – most images removed, minimal ink usage, full margin.
Mariposa County ADU Guidebook
Your go-to guide for every step of the ADU process in Mariposa County.
This free resource is a step-by-step guide to building an ADU in Mariposa County along with helpful tips about finding design inspiration, financing, hiring professionals, monitoring construction, and more!
Exercises only
Just the worksheets as a fillable PDF (these are also in the full Guidebook).
print the guidebook at home
A print-friendly PDF – most images removed, minimal ink usage, full margin.