Want to add an ADU but don’t know where to start?

What is inside?

Section 1 – Project Vision & Intended Use

Section 2 – Site & Size Assessment

Section 3 – Zoning & Permit checklist

Section 4 – Cost Estimation Worksheet

Section 5 – Financing Options Planner

Section 6 – Project Timeline & Delay Guide

Section 7 – How to Vet & Hire Your Builder

Section 8 – Final Pre-Construction Checklist

Why You Should Trust to Me and Buy my ADU Planning Workbook PDF

I'm not a blogger who got curious about ADUs. I'm a credentialed urban planner with a degree from Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment, one of the top sustainability and land use programs in the Pacific Northwest. Before I started consulting independently, I worked as an Associate Planner at a county planning department, where I processed land use entitlements, conducted environmental review under SEPA, and staffed public hearings.

That means I've sat on the other side of the counter from the homeowners submitting ADU applications. I know what makes a permit sail through and what makes it bounce back for corrections twice. I know which questions to ask at a pre-application conference, what contractors get wrong about the inspection process, and where projects quietly hemorrhage money before a single wall goes up.

I've seen well-intentioned homeowners lose $10,000 or more to entirely preventable mistakes bad contractor contracts, missed permit requirements, and timelines that nobody told them to plan for.

The ADU Planning Workbook is what I wish every one of those homeowners had read first.

Start your ADU Project off on the right foot!