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Courtney M.
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Experience building an ADU?

Courtney M.
  • Investor
  • Las Vegas, NV
Posted Dec 10 2022, 09:25

Does anyone have any experience building an accessory dwelling unit in or around Saint Petersburg or the surrounding area? 

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Zach Kidd
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Saint Petersburg, FL
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Zach Kidd
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Saint Petersburg, FL
Replied Dec 18 2022, 17:01

The city of St Pete just opened up the ability to build new ADUs. See: 

Unincorporated Pinellas County would be your next best bet. It's difficult to target "unincorporated" areas via searches.

My next two target areas would be Largo, then Pinellas Park, although I have no idea if they allow ADUs. Just an educated guess that they are more likely to allow it versus other municipalities.

If you come up with better information, please reply so I can learn about it too! 

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Replied Jan 31 2023, 05:53

Any luck here with a GC that specializes in ADUs in the Pinellas county region? 

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Dan Maciejewski
  • Realtor
  • PInellas County Largo, FL
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Dan Maciejewski
  • Realtor
  • PInellas County Largo, FL
Replied Jan 31 2023, 06:55

I have a client that's going through it in St Pete right now.  I think he's GCing it himself but he definitely needed plans drawn up by someone.  

I know Dan Lee of KW takes all kinds of jobs with his construction group.  They might be able to do it.

St Pete definitely wants more housing so the approval process isn't too bad as long as you follow codes.  I'll attach the new adopted ordinance below:

Link to St Pete Ordinance on ADUs

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Courtney M.
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Courtney M.
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Replied Jan 31 2023, 08:20

@Bryan Senk I spoke with https://www.caskconstruction.c... Who I spoke with was very knowledgeable, and if I were to go through with it, I would use them. I did find out that the adu has to be less than 40% of the total square footage of the main house. So for me, I don't think it is worth it for the project I was looking at.