Casitas in Austin
Around here, casita and ADU mean the same thing — a small second dwelling on your lot. Browse plans below, or tell us about your lot and we'll narrow it down.
Four steps from first conversation to keys.
Tell us about your lot.
Pick a plan or customize.
We handle the city paperwork.
Construction and inspections.
Serving Austin and the surrounding metro: Downtown Austin, South Austin, East Austin, North Austin, West Austin, Bouldin Creek, Hyde Park, Tarrytown, Clarksville, Mueller, Crestview, Allandale, Travis Heights, Zilker, Barton Hills, Cherrywood, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Bee Cave, Lakeway, West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Sunset Valley, Manor, Buda, Kyle, and Dripping Springs. Travis, Williamson, and Hays counties.
A few of our completed projects, paired with the plan they were built from.
The questions we hear most. The full FAQ is more detailed.
In Austin, adus are limited to 0.15 FAR (ratio of the floor area of your structure as compared to the size of your lot) or 1100 square feet, whichever is smaller. For instance, if you had a 5000sf lot, your adu would be limited to 750 square feet or smaller.
In Austin, all residential structures are limited to 32' in height, as measured from the grade to the midpoint of the roof. In practice, though, they are typically limited to two stories.
The adu will need to be a minimum of 10'-0" from the main structure.
A representative slice of the catalog — the dedicated one-bedroom page has the full range.
