Find a clearer starting point for your ADU. Explore your property, see how potential designs could fit, understand the important planning questions and choose the resources you need before committing to a project.
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The lot check reads public parcel, zoning and mapping data for the address and applies the local ADU rules to it.
Detailed checks are live in Mesa County, Colorado (including Grand Junction) and Olympia, Washington. Where the data comes from and how current it is.
Place an ADU, move and rotate it, and see the distance to each lot line and to the house. Every view is marked preliminary: it is a planning picture, not a survey.
Pinch to zoom, drag a plan into place and get your report by email. The site plan sheet is an 11×17 layout with a north arrow, setbacks and distances, stamped preliminary, not for permit, not a survey. Preview it free; download it with a $49 site plan project.
A designer or surveyor still confirms the details before permits. The lot check makes sure you walk in knowing what’s possible.
| Feature | City zoning map | Builder plan gallery | Paid feasibility study | ADU Insights lot check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your exact lot lines | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your zone’s ADU rules applied | You read the code | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Designs placed to scale on your lot | — | Not on your lot | ✓ | ✓ |
| Setbacks and distances checked | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Site plan with utilities and drainage | — | — | Often | Preliminary |
| Cost and financing estimate | — | Base price only | Sometimes | ✓ |
| Surveyed or engineer-verified | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Time to an answer | Hours | Minutes | Days to weeks | Under a minute |
| Cost | Free | Free | Paid | Free |
Local rules by district for Grand Junction and Mesa County, applied to your lot in the lot check.
The ADU return calculator, the ADU vs. assisted living calculator, and the financing paths in each guide.
Planning for aging parents, in-home care or a rental, room by room.
All fourteen stages from feasibility to move-in, with realistic timeframes, in every guide.
The questions to ask before you sign, and a one-page brief to hand any builder you choose.
Case studies from built ADUs: what the owners wanted, what was built and what it cost.
Every option is a one-time purchase or free. No subscription, no account to keep paying for.
| Option | Best for | What’s included | Access | Support | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lot check | Seeing what your lot could hold | Parcel, rules, buildable area, plan fits, live checks, a site plan preview, and the full report by email | Anytime, in covered areas | Free | |
| Site plan project | Taking a layout to a designer, builder or the planning counter | Your layout saved, utility runs, drainage and notes drawn on the plan, and the site plan as PDF, CAD (DXF) and SVG, as often as you like | Your private link, one property, no expiry | $49 per property, plus tax; final sale | |
| One guide | Planning one kind of ADU | Interactive guide, calculators, worksheets, checklists, printable brief, a free feasibility read | Your personal link, no expiry | Email, 30-day money-back guarantee | $129 once |
| All three guides | Families planning for more than one chapter | Age-in-Place, In-Home Care and Investor’s guides | Your personal link, no expiry | Email, 30-day money-back guarantee | $199 once (save $188) |
ADU built for aging parentsFor families building a home for a parent — or for themselves — to age in place.
ADU built for in-home careFor families caring for someone who needs help now — with mobility, daily living, or a caregiver.
ADU built for rental incomeUnderwrite the deal honestly, then build a unit tenants choose and stay in — for no more than an ordinary one costs.
$199$387
One-time purchase. Access arrives by email right after checkout.
$129 each, one-time.
The lot check is built for a confident first conversation, not a final answer.
Preliminary and illustrative. Parcel lines come from county maps, which can be off by a few feet. Placements are planning pictures, not surveys, engineering or permit approvals.
Verify with your city or county. Planning staff decide how the code applies to your lot. Each report lists what to confirm and who to ask.
Refunds and support. Guides carry a 30-day money-back guarantee (details). Questions go to hello@aduinsights.com, answered by a person.
Free in Mesa County, Colorado and Olympia, Washington. No account, no sales call.
Elsewhere? The planning guides apply anywhere. See coverage.
A printable planning workbook: why an ADU, how the two homes work together, what the site can hold and what to plan for later. Join the list and we’ll send it the day it’s ready.
Yes. Enter an address and you see the lot, the preliminary buildable area, which ADU designs fit, live checks and a preview of the site plan, with no account and no payment. Ask for the full report and we email you a private link to it, also free.
One property, kept on a private link: your layout saved, tools to draw sewer, water, electric and gas runs, drainage swales, sketch lines and notes, distances to the house, and the preliminary site plan as PDF, CAD (DXF) and SVG. Edit and download as often as you like. It is a planning document, not a survey or engineered plan. Site plan projects are final sale, with no refunds; sales tax is added at checkout where it applies.
Detailed lot checks are live in Mesa County, Colorado (including Grand Junction) and Olympia, Washington. Elsewhere the guides, calculators and builder questions still apply, and more areas are being added.
No. It is a preliminary, illustrative read of public map data and the published code. Easements, utilities, slope, trees, HOA rules and local interpretation are confirmed with your planning department and on site before anyone prices or permits a project.
An interactive guide you open in any browser, with calculators, worksheets and checklists that save as you go and a one-page brief to print. Your access link arrives by email right after checkout and keeps working. There is no subscription.
If you are building for a parent who is independent today, choose the Age-in-Place guide. If someone needs help now, choose the In-Home Care guide. If the ADU will be a rental, choose the Investor’s guide. Or get all three for $199.
Reply to your guide email within 30 days for a full refund. You keep everything.
