Journal
Straight answers,
before you spend.
Notes on remodeling, ADUs, and property value in Santa Cruz County. Written to be useful whether or not you ever hire us.
Where we give numbers, we give ranges and tell you to verify them. Building costs and county requirements change, and a confident number in a blog post is worth less than a phone call to the planning department.
What an ADU really costs in Santa Cruz County
The number you found online is probably wrong. Here is what actually moves the price of an ADU here, and why.
Design-build vs. hiring a designer and a contractor separately
We run a design-build practice. Here is an honest look at both models, including the cases where hiring separately is the better call.
Which remodels actually add value in Santa Cruz County
A real estate view of which projects return here, which ones are lifestyle purchases, and why those are two different questions.
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