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Custom homes and ADUs
A custom home should fit the people who live in it. We don't start drawing until we understand how you live and what you need the house to do.
Modern houses on the Central Coast
S² Architecture designs contemporary custom homes on the Central Coast and throughout California. We care about what a house costs to build and to live in, and about how well it holds up.
No two clients want the same house, so no two of our houses are alike. Several sit on sites with a catch: a steep hillside, a narrow ridge, a lot the city had written off.
Houses we've built
A few of our finished homes in San Luis Obispo County.
How we work
Four steps, shaped by your site, your budget and the local code.
- Plan
We start by listening. Before any sketches, we sort out what you want, what you can't do without, and what the budget allows.
- Design
We show you concepts as drawings or models and walk through how each one answers your priorities. You're part of every decision.
- Approvals
We take the project through city or county review. Conditions of approval usually change a few things, and we handle those changes.
- Build
We draw construction documents your builder can price and build from without guessing, using details we know work in the field.
Adding a unit to the home you own
Adding a second unit is much easier than it was a few years ago.
- ADUs and junior ADUsTypically a detached ADU, a converted ADU and a JADU on one lot
- SB 9 lot splitsA second home, or split the lot for up to four
Send us an address
Tell us where the site is and what you are hoping to build. We will tell you which of these laws applies and roughly how many homes it can hold.