Independent guidance for every stage of your ADU project.

ADU projects involve a series of decisions. Some happen before you know whether to build. Others arise during design, contractor selection, and construction. Bay State ADU Advisors can help you understand those decisions and make informed choices throughout the process.

ADU Feasibility Review

Is an ADU practical for your property?

Before spending significant money on design or construction, understand what's possible, what obstacles may exist, and what the project could cost.

The review considers zoning, site conditions, existing structures, utilities, potential ADU configurations, preliminary costs, and recommended next steps.

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Project Planning &
Design Guidance

How should your ADU project take shape?

Once an ADU appears feasible, there are still important decisions to make. Size, location, construction method, accessibility, energy efficiency, utilities, and design choices can all affect cost and practicality.

Get independent help evaluating the options before those decisions become expensive to change.

Learn About Planning Guidance

Contractor & Bid
Evaluation

How do you effectively compare proposals?

ADU proposals can be difficult to compare. One may include work that another excludes. Allowances, utilities, site work, finishes, and other assumptions can make seemingly similar prices very different.

We can help you compare scope as well as price, identify important exclusions, and develop the questions to ask before signing a contract.

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Owner's Representation

How do you manage the process?

During construction, homeowners must navigate contractors, designers, engineers, inspectors, utilities, changes, schedules, and unexpected problems.

Bay State ADU Advisors can provide experienced, independent guidance on the homeowner's side throughout the project.

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Independent Means Independent

Bay State ADU Advisors does not build or sell ADUs. We do not manufacture prefabricated ADUs or represent a particular builder, manufacturer, or construction system.

We may recommend contractors, designers, manufacturers, or other professionals whose work deserves consideration. We do not accept commissions, referral fees, or other compensation from the companies or professionals we recommend.

We are paid by the homeowners we advise  —  not by the companies we recommend.

Wherever You Are in the Process

You don't need to start with Bay State ADU Advisors at the beginning. Independent advice can be useful at different points in an ADU project.

Thinking
about
an ADU

Planning
the
project

Choosing
who will
build it

Building
the
ADU

Feasibility
Review

Can I do this?

Planning & Design Guidance

What should I build?

Contractor & Bid Evaluation

What am I actually buying?

Owner's
Representation

Is the project going as it should?

Wherever You Are in the Process

You don't need to start with Bay State ADU Advisors at the beginning. Independent advice can be useful at different points in an ADU project.

Thinking
about
an ADU

Planning
the
project

Choosing
who will
build it

Building
the
ADU

Feasibility
Review

Can I do this?

Planning & Design Guidance

What should I build?

Contractor & Bid Evaluation

What am I actually buying?

Owner's
Representation

Is the project going as it should?

A Whole Project Perspective

ADU projects cross traditional professional boundaries. Zoning affects design. Design affects cost. Site conditions affect utilities. Utility decisions affect construction. Accessibility and energy choices can affect the building layout.

Bay State ADU Advisors brings together more than 25 years of residential construction and renovation experience with a background in business and technology consulting. That combination provides a practical, whole-project perspective when evaluating options and helping homeowners make decisions.

Specialists remain essential. Part of good project guidance is recognizing when an architect, engineer, attorney, licensed trade, municipal official, or other specialist needs to provide the answer.

Meet Your Advisor

Not Sure Which Service You Need?

That's normal. You don't need to diagnose your own project before contacting us.

Tell us where you are in the process, what you're trying to accomplish, and what's giving you concern. We can talk through the situation and determine whether Bay State ADU Advisors can help.

Let's talk about your adu