New England’s rules for backyard homes.

The first step in building a small/tiny home in your backyard is knowing the rules. Backyard ADUs maintains a wealth of research into the rules for Accessory Dwelling Units (aka backyard homes) across New England.

See Backyard Home (ADU) Rules in:

Full list of cities Backyard ADUs has evaluated:

Greater Portland, Maine

*within 30min drive

• Brunswick

• Falmouth

• Scarborough

• South Portland
  

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