Turn Your Backyard Into a
$2,000/Month Asset
We turn your backyard into a rental unit. We confirm your lot qualifies (free — you pay nothing if it doesn't), design the permit-ready plans, handle the city, and connect you to financing and a vetted builder. $6,000 flat — about what an architect charges just to start.
Free — No payment unless your lot qualifies
Check Your Property Eligibility
Enter your address. Our AI checks your zoning, lot size, buildable envelope, and estimated rent — then tells you exactly what your backyard can do.
From Backyard to Income Asset — Five Steps, Done For You
You fill one intake form, make style decisions, and pay the city's permit fee directly. We handle the rest.
Free AI Feasibility — We confirm your lot qualifies
Enter your address. Our AI checks your parcel against our database of every city's ADU rules — zoning, lot size, setback requirements, buildable envelope. You get a GO/VERIFY/NOT-VIABLE verdict in 48 hours, with estimated rent, value added, and financing fit. Free. No payment until you're a confirmed GO.
Custom Design — Photorealistic render in 10 business days
We design an ADU sized for your lot. Custom floor plans, property-specific photorealistic render (you see it on your actual backyard before it's built), and full construction documents — structural, MEP, foundation, framing, elevations. Everything your permit office and builder need.
Permit Application — We handle the city, every round
We prepare the complete application package per your city's playbook and submit as your authorized agent. When the building department comes back with comments, we revise the drawings and resubmit — free, every time, until your plans are accepted. You never chase paperwork.
Financing Connection — Vetted ADU lender, no wrong loan
We introduce you to a lending partner who specializes in ADU financing. Getting the wrong loan structure can cost you five figures over its term. We make sure you're talking to the right lender, at no extra cost to you.
Builder Match — Vetted local contractor, project ready to break ground
We match you with a pre-vetted local ADU builder. A bad builder is the single most expensive mistake in construction — overruns routinely exceed $20,000. We've done the vetting. The construction contract is between you and the builder directly, so you maintain full control.
Why We Can Tell You Your Numbers Before You Pay a Cent
A big promise needs a reason-why. Here's what's behind ours.
The Compliance Database
We maintain a database of every California city's ADU rules — and expanding to TX, FL, AZ, CO, WA, OR. Sq-ft limits, stamp requirements, service compliance flags, building-department URLs. Your parcel's lot size and zoning clear your city's requirements before we ever contact you.
AI Feasibility Engine — GO / VERIFY / NOT-VIABLE
Inputs: your address. Outputs: your lot's buildable envelope, whether a stamp is required, estimated rent from current comps, value added to your specific home, financing fit (HELOC/reno capacity), payback period. NOT-VIABLE means we don't pitch. We tell you honestly. That honesty is the whole edge.
AI Render — Your Backyard, Before It's Built
Property-specific photorealistic render of the ADU on your lot. We use your street view as the source. Delivered before the sales call — so the decision is visual, not theoretical. The imagination gap is the biggest objection in construction. We collapse it.
City variables are pulled from current NEON data. Numbers are estimates — your property report will have your specific parcel's figures.
The Backyard Wealth Package — What's Included
Every item is priced by the disaster it prevents — so each one independently exceeds the $6,000 price.
Total perceived value
Your flat fee
One payment. No hourly billing. No hidden costs. You pay city permit fees directly to the city — we never touch that money.
Start With Free Feasibility →You don't pay $6,000 until we confirm your property qualifies.
Optional milestone split (rep's discretion):
$3,000 at start · $3,000 at permit submission — you never pay ahead of the work
The Guarantee
"We guarantee your construction documents will be permit-ready and accepted for submission by your city — or we revise them free until they are. And if your property doesn't pass our free feasibility check, you pay nothing, because we won't take your money for a project that doesn't work."
We do not and cannot guarantee permit approval timelines (those are set by your city), financing approval, construction completion, or specific rent — those are controlled by third parties. We guarantee our deliverables. And we guarantee we won't start until your lot qualifies.
The strongest line: "We won't even take your money unless your property qualifies."
50+ Projects. 98% First-Submission Approval.
Real projects. Real permit outcomes. Real rental income.
"The feasibility report showed us our backyard could generate $2,100/month. Build With A Plan handled everything — design, permits, builder matching. Our ADU was permitted in 3 weeks."
"We were overwhelmed trying to figure out ADU rules in our city. The free feasibility study laid it all out, and the team took it from there. Permit approved first submission. Couldn't be happier."
"Best $6,000 we ever spent. Design, permits, financing connection, builder — all handled. Our ADU appraised at $237K added value. Paying for itself in under 3 years of rent."
Run Your Numbers
Estimate your ADU's monthly rental income against build cost and financing. All figures are projections based on market averages — your feasibility report will have your specific parcel's numbers.
Build cost, rent, and financing are estimates. All income figures are projections based on current market comps, not guarantees. Your actual numbers depend on your property, your city, and market conditions at the time.
What People Ask Before They Start
What exactly is the free feasibility study?
Our AI-powered feasibility study analyzes your property's zoning, lot size, setback requirements, and buildable envelope. You receive a personalized report: whether your lot qualifies, estimated rental income based on current comps, projected property value increase, and available financing options. It's completely free. If your lot doesn't qualify, you pay nothing — we won't take your money for a project that doesn't work.
What's included in the $6,000 Backyard Wealth Package?
Everything from feasibility to builder handoff: free AI feasibility report, custom ADU floor plan and design, photorealistic render on your specific property, full construction documents (structural, MEP, foundation, framing, elevations), permit application management (we handle all plan-check corrections free until accepted), financing partner introduction, vetted local builder match, ROI and rental income blueprint, and access to our private ADU owner community.
Do you actually build the ADU?
We don't build — and that's by design. We handle the design, construction documents, permit submission and management, financing connection, and match you with a vetted local builder. The construction contract is between you and the builder directly, so you maintain full control and transparency over pricing and the build.
Do I need a licensed architect?
In most US jurisdictions, ADUs don't require a licensed architect stamp — only permit-ready construction drawings. Our drawings are produced by experienced architectural designers and accepted by building departments across California, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and more. In jurisdictions that require a stamp or structural engineering, we subcontract a licensed US professional from our architect bench and price it accordingly.
What if my permit gets rejected?
Our 98% first-submission approval rate is our track record. In the rare event your city issues a correction notice, we review the comments and revise the drawings at no additional charge — as many rounds as needed until they're accepted for review. That's what the guarantee means: permit-ready or we revise free.
What do you NOT guarantee?
We don't guarantee permit approval timelines (those are set by your city — municipal review speed is outside our control), financing approval, construction completion, or specific rent. We guarantee our deliverables: permit-ready construction documents, accepted for submission by your city, and all plan-check corrections revised free until accepted. If your property doesn't qualify on feasibility, you pay nothing.
What does the process cost the homeowner beyond the $6,000?
City permit fees — paid directly by you to the city. We never touch that money. Construction costs are a separate contract between you and your builder. The $6,000 covers everything on our side: design, construction documents, permit management, financing connection, and builder matching.
How fast is the whole process?
Feasibility report: 48 hours. Custom ADU design: 10 business days. Permit submission: within 2 weeks of design approval. Plan-check timelines are set by your city; we manage all responses and revisions but cannot control municipal review speed.
You Already Own the Asset. The Only Thing Left Is to Use It.
Get a free AI feasibility study. Find out exactly what your property can support, what it could earn, and what it adds to your net worth. No commitment. No cost unless you qualify.
Architects charge $8,000–$15,000 to start. We deliver permit-ready documents in 10 business days for $6,000 flat.
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