Custom ADU Studio
Your backyard has room for a bigger idea. We design the ADU that fits it.
brADU Design is a design studio devoted entirely to accessory dwelling units — from feasibility and design to stamped, permit-ready drawings.
No-risk site review. We'll tell you honestly what your lot can support.
The Process
From first sketch to stamped permit set.
Four clear phases. You always know where your project stands and what happens next.
Site & zoning review
We study your lot, setbacks, utilities, and local ADU ordinances to confirm what you can build — before you spend on design.
Concept & refinement
Floor plans and 3D studies tailored to how you'll actually use the space: rental income, family, office, or all three.
Permit-ready drawings
Complete construction documents — design drawings, structural coordination, and Title 24 energy — ready for city submittal.
City approval
We submit, track, and respond to plan-check comments until your permit is issued and you're cleared to build.
What We Design
Every kind of ADU. Only ADUs.
Specializing means we know the codes, the pitfalls, and the possibilities better than a generalist ever could.
Detached New-Build
Ground-up backyard homes designed around your lot's light, privacy, and access — from compact studios to two-bedroom units.
Garage Conversion
Turn an underused garage into a legal, comfortable dwelling — including existing-structure permitting and code upgrades.
Attached & JADU
Additions, above-garage units, and junior ADUs carved from existing floor area — designed to complement your main home.
Why brADU
Design-first. Detail-obsessed. ADU-only.
An ADU is a small building with big consequences — for your property value, your family, and your neighborhood. We treat it that way.
Work directly with your designer
No hand-offs, no account managers. The person who sketches your concept is the person who answers your calls.
Custom, never cookie-cutter
Every plan starts from your site and your goals — not a catalog. The result is a unit that looks like it was always meant to be there.
Fluent in city plan-check
We speak the language of planning departments and keep up with fast-changing state and local ADU law, so approvals move faster.
Transparent, flat-fee phases
Clear scope and pricing for each phase before it begins. You approve every step; there are no surprise invoices.
Free feasibility consultation
A no-cost, no-pressure conversation about your lot. If an ADU isn't viable, we'll tell you — and tell you why.
Built for return
Whether it's rental income or multigenerational living, we design for long-term value, durability, and low operating cost.
The Studio
Small buildings deserve serious design.
brADU Design was founded on a simple observation: most ADUs are built from generic plans that ignore the lot they sit on. We started this studio to do the opposite — to bring real design thinking to the smallest, most personal buildings people ever commission.
The name says it all. The ADU is right at the center of everything we do.
Start a ConversationGet Started
Let's talk about your lot.
Tell us a little about your property and what you're hoping to build. We'll follow up to schedule your free feasibility consultation.
Email — hello@bradu.design
Web — bradu.design