N.E.O. Builders

Four new California ADU laws take effect in 2027. Here’s what the 2027 ADU regulations mean for homeowners and investors: two detached ADUs under AB 956, lower impact fees on larger ADUs under SB 1117, tighter plan checks under AB 1621, and smoother SB 9 projects under AB 2601. Plus two honorable mentions.

Most investors look at a single-family lot and see one house. We saw four rentals. In this Encino project, we used SB9 to convert the primary home into a duplex, which unlocked two detached 1,400 sq ft, 3-bedroom ADUs in the back. Here's why we built bigger instead of building more, how stacked floor plans cut costs, and why we walked away from a fifth unit.

A small bathroom has to handle daily routines, storage, water, and privacy inside a tight footprint. This guide covers 11 practical ideas for a tiny house, ADU, or garage conversion: the path through the room, door choice, fixtures, vertical storage, shower storage, lighting, palette, maintenance, and privacy, so the room works as hard as the rest of the home.

A floor plan looks simple until you picture cooking dinner, taking a work call, or doing laundry inside it. This step-by-step guide walks through planning a tiny house or compact ADU around real routines: priorities, kitchen and bathroom layout, furniture, and storage, with three layout directions to compare and common mistakes to avoid before construction.

A small house can have plenty of cabinets and still feel hard to live in; mail piles on the counter, shoes crowd the door, laundry waits on a chair. The fix isn't more storage, it's the right storage in the right place. These 13 ideas show how to plan cabinets, shelves, and built-ins around your daily routine, from one well-planned storage wall to a laundry nook that finally wor...