PROJECTS

Every backyard has a story. Here's how we built theirs.

Haven designs and builds ADUs across the Northeast. These are the backyards, the homeowners, and the projects that got us here.

FEATURED PROJECT

REGION

NEW JERSEY

SIZE

750 SF

BUDGET

$325,000

South Orange’s first ADU. A split-level reinterpreted for a family’s next chapter.

Sarah has lived in her South Orange split-level since the 1960s. When apartment prices made downsizing impossible, she and her family found another way: an attached ADU that lets Sarah age in place while her daughter and son-in-law take over the main house. Haven designed the Swoop ADU, a 750-square-foot, two-bedroom home connected through the existing garage. Its curved facade takes a cue from the split-levels on the block, making the addition feel both familiar and new. It was the first ADU permitted and built in South Orange.

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FEATURED PROJECT

REGION

NEW JERSEY

SIZE

750 SF

BUDGET

$325,000

South Orange’s first ADU. A split-level reinterpreted for a family’s next chapter.

Sarah has lived in her South Orange split-level since the 1960s. When apartment prices made downsizing impossible, she and her family found another way: an attached ADU that lets Sarah age in place while her daughter and son-in-law take over the main house. Haven designed the Swoop ADU, a 750-square-foot, two-bedroom home connected through the existing garage. Its curved facade takes a cue from the split-levels on the block, making the addition feel both familiar and new. It was the first ADU permitted and built in South Orange.

Read the full story