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Cost to Build an ADU in Anaheim, CA: what the permits say

How much does it cost to build an ADU in Anaheim? The usual ADU job filed with Anaheim is $100,000, from 296 priced permits (October 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $60,000 and $150,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$100,000usual filed value
$60,000–$150,000middle half of firms' usual jobs
296priced permits (90% of 330)
202firms on file
307days, permit issue to final
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to build an ADU in Anaheim?

The usual ADU job filed with Anaheim is $100,000, from 296 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $60,000 and $150,000. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. An ADU permit here usually takes 307 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 296 priced permits across 189 firms, pooled into one. Half of Anaheim ADU permits were filed between $50,000 and $150,000.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$21,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$50,0001 in 4 filed below
50th$100,000the middle permit
75th$150,0001 in 4 filed above
90th$199,0001 in 10 filed above

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle halfFinished
FG Real Estate Development LLC148$190,000$120,000–$200,0006 of 6
Modern Muse Construction Inc195$130,000$111,375–$157,50091.9%
Mohanad Alkhreisha115$55,000$25,000–$100,0006 of 6
DV Construction Inc115$132,500$90,000–$165,0006 of 6
Next Construction Inc63$150,000$150,000–$160,000—
RQS Construction Inc53$170,000$90,000–$200,000—
Vision ADU LLC53$70,000$30,000–$80,000—
T J Construction53$60,000$38,000–$78,800—
Longview Construction & Engineering62$40,000$30,000–$70,000—
THP Construction Inc42———

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $130,000; the 185 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $95,000.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 ADU permits is filed under $21,000 and 1 in 10 over $199,000, 9 times as much.
  • 89.7% of the 330 permits carry a value; the 34 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 296 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Anaheim, 1 in 10 ADU filed values sit under $21,000, the middle half between $50,000 and $150,000, and 1 in 10 over $199,000.

  • $258,000Above $199,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Anaheim.
  • $100,000Right at the usual $100,000: in the middle of the file.
  • $14,700Below $21,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule ADU construction in Anaheim

Anaheim files the fewest ADU permits in August (58 against an average month of 100) and the most in April (167). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Anaheim →

How these numbers are made

Source: City of Anaheim Accela building permits on single-family homes and ADUs. The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Anaheim →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for an ADU job in Anaheim?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Anaheim ADU firms usually file between $60,000 and $150,000 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 2.5 times apart and both be normal for Anaheim. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for ADU jobs in Anaheim?Half of permits were filed between $50,000 and $150,000; 8 in 10 between $21,000 and $199,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do ADU builders charge in Anaheim?The usual ADU job is filed at $100,000; the middle half of firms usually file between $60,000 and $150,000. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $130,000, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $100,000?$100,000 is the construction value contractors wrote on Anaheim permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • How many ADU firms work in Anaheim?202 firms appear on the file; 94 pulled at least one permit in the last 12 months.
  • Where does this data come from?City of Anaheim Accela building permits on single-family homes and ADUs, read October 2026. How the records work in Anaheim →

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