Detached ADUs & Backyard Cottages in Cedar Hills, UT

Why Cedar Hills homes are good candidates for detached ADUs

Cedar Hills sits on a slope, and that slope is an asset. A large share of homes here have daylight or full walkout basements — meaning real windows, natural light, and often a grade-level door already in place. Finishing a walkout basement produces space that doesn't feel like a basement at all, and it's the single best return on square footage in this city.

The housing stock here is a tightly clustered build-out, most of it between roughly 1995 and 2010, producing larger two-story homes with full walkout or daylight basements on sloped bench lots. That shapes what a project actually involves — which is why we scope work in Cedar Hills differently than we would two cities over.

Neighborhoods we work in

We take detached ADUs projects throughout Cedar Hills, including Cedar Hills Golf Club area, Bridgestone, Juniper Heights, Morgan Boulevard corridor, and Cedar Hills Bench. Landmarks nearby include Cedar Hills Golf Club, Mount Timpanogos overlook, Heritage Park.

What Cedar Hills allows

Cedar Hills permits accessory dwelling units in all residential zones unless the code prohibits them somewhere specific, but we could not confirm an ordinance addressing detached units under SB 284. Worth asking the city directly, because the general permission and the detached question are not the same question.

Checked against Cedar Hills City Code 10-5-32 — Accessory Dwelling Unit and Cedar Hills — Zoning on 2026-08-31. Rules differ city by city and the detached ones are being rewritten ahead of an October 1, 2026 deadline — see where all nine cities stand, or let us confirm your specific parcel.

What's included

• Lot, zoning, and setback feasibility check before any design work
• Site plan and unit design, with our designer
• Foundation, framing, roofing, siding, and windows
• Complete kitchen and bathroom
• Utility connections — water, sewer, power, and gas where applicable
• Separate electrical service or subpanel, with submetering where you want it
• Full permitted construction through certificate of occupancy
• Site restoration, grading, and drainage away from both structures

Permits and inspections in Cedar Hills

Walkout and daylight basements change the egress and waterproofing conversation considerably — often for the better, since an existing exterior door can satisfy egress. Sloped lots do make drainage and grading worth inspecting before finish work begins.

We handle this part; it isn't something you deal with.

For the full walkthrough of how a project runs stage by stage, what drives the price, and what to watch out for, see our detached ADUs page.