Yes. A draftsman / designer can draw your ADU plans for permitting. No, you don't need to spend the money for an Architect. Architects are needed for high end homes and commercial buildings. You do need a designer that know what they're doing. Many designers, and Architects, for that mater, have never built a house. They've not had the experience of bidding jobs, controlling a budget and actually making the house that the plans call for. They may have done it on paper and 3d cad, but they've never cut wood and poured concrete.
At Binder Building, we design your ADU at a very reasonable cost with over 30 years designing homes and actually building them. https://binderbuilding.com/adu-design-and-construction-advice-copy/
We also offer Construction consulting service to help Owner / Builders.
The building code tells us:
- Any person can prepare plans for a single-family dwelling that's no more than two stories and has a basement
- Any person can prepare plans for up to four dwelling units that's no more than two stories and has a basement
- Any person can prepare plans for garages or other structures that are part of a single-family dwelling or multiple dwellings
Common sense tells us, you need to find someone that's built too.
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