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Homes with an ADU or casita in Cedar Hills.

Cedar Hills listings with an accessory dwelling unit, whether that is a basement apartment, a detached casita, or an attached mother-in-law suite, fed straight from the MLS and sorted newest first, with a clear read on what makes one legal here and what to verify before you write an offer.

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Fed straight from the local MLS and filtered to homes that note an accessory dwelling unit, whether that is a basement apartment, a detached casita, or an attached mother-in-law suite: new Cedar Hills listings appear here as they list, and sold homes drop off. The read on what makes one legal is just below.

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If the grid looks thin today, that is the real Cedar Hills market, not a glitch. This is a small, almost fully built-out bench city with thin resale inventory to begin with, and a home set up and listed with a true separate suite, whether a basement apartment or an attached mother-in-law suite, is a narrow slice of that, a detached casita is narrower still, and the legal-versus-existing question below narrows it further. Tell me what you are after and I will have the Cedar Hills-area partner agent I work with flag the next match the morning it lists.

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The local read

What an accessory dwelling really means in Cedar Hills.

An accessory dwelling is a property feature, not a promise. On a Cedar Hills listing it means a secondary living space that can function on its own: a second kitchen, its own bathroom, a separate exterior entrance, and sometimes a separate utility meter. The words move around. A basement apartment is a lower level built out that way, a casita is usually a detached unit set apart from the house, and a mother-in-law suite is usually an attached apartment on the main or upper floor. Read it as a floor plan, nothing more. This is a roughly 89 percent owner-occupied city with a limited rental market, so the honest framing here is a layout question, the flexibility of a separate suite under one roof, not an income play, and the homework that decides everything is whether the space is actually permitted.

Cedar Hills is decent ground for this search for a structural reason that is specific to the place, and the form it takes here is mostly the basement apartment. The city is terraced up the Lake Bonneville bench at the mouth of American Fork Canyon, basements are the regional norm, and the sloped upper-bench lots near the canyon and the city golf course are where walkout and daylight basements turn up most. A lower level that opens to grade with full windows and its own door is exactly the kind of space these listings describe, and it lives like its own floor rather than a dark basement. The larger homes built over full basements, the later and bigger plans on the upper bench, are where a separate lower-level setup is most workable, because the ceiling height and the grade are already there. A fully detached casita is the rarest shape in a small, built-out city, since it takes a lot with room for a second structure, so treat one as a find rather than an expectation.

Here is the part that matters more than the photos. A finished basement is not the same as a legal apartment, and neither is a converted room over the garage or a guest building out back. A second kitchen and an outside door do not make a unit conforming on their own, and many existing accessory units in older Utah housing were finished over the years without permits or were built before today's rules, which makes them non-conforming. That is not a reason to walk away, but it is the reason to verify rather than assume. The two questions that decide it are whether the unit is permitted with Cedar Hills City and whether it has its own legal egress, meaning a code-sized window well or a door out of every sleeping room below grade. What an accessory dwelling is allowed to be comes down to the specific parcel and its zoning, so it is a per-address answer, not a citywide one.

Treat any income angle with the same caution. I will not quote you a rent number or a payment number on a page like this, because what a unit could do depends on its legal status, the specific space, and rules that change, and a non-conforming unit cannot be relied on at all. What I can do is point you at the right stock. If a true separate suite is the goal, the larger floor plans are the natural hunting ground, so the two-story page and the single-story page (a rambler over a full walkout basement is a strong fit) are useful next stops. If you only want the extra square footage and not a second kitchen, the homes with a basement page is the wider search. Earlier in the process than show me listings? Start with the Cedar Hills guide, and when a home below reads right, that is the moment to reach out.

What counts as an accessory dwelling

The form it takes: in Cedar Hills most of these are basement apartments, since full basements are the regional norm on the bench. Attached mother-in-law suites turn up too, and a detached casita is rare in a small, built-out city, so read the listing for where the space actually sits.
Second kitchen: a full or kitchenette setup downstairs is the core marker. A finished basement with no kitchen is just finished space, not a separate unit, so read the listing for the actual lower-level layout.
Separate entrance: the second front door this search is really about. A private exterior entry, often a walkout on a sloped bench lot or a side door, is what makes the space usable on its own rather than a through-the-house extension.
Separate egress: every sleeping room below grade needs a code-sized window well or a door to the outside. This is a safety item and a legality item at once, and it is the first thing to confirm in person.
Separate utilities: some setups have their own gas or electric meter, or at least split HVAC. It is a convenience, not proof of legality, so note it but do not read it as a permit.

Where the layout concentrates Larger upper-bench homes over walkout and daylight basements Sloped bench lots near the canyon and golf course, Cedar Hills hub

The detail that decides it Permitted and conforming, or existing and non-conforming Verify the parcel zoning with Cedar Hills City

Typical whole-home range An older ACS figure near $645,600 versus current portals into the $700,000s ACS 2024 5-yr vs listing portals, spring 2026, verify quarterly

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An ADU, casita, or basement apartment must be legal and permitted with Cedar Hills City to be treated as a separate dwelling, and what is allowed depends on the parcel's zoning, so confirm the unit's zoning, legality, separate egress, and permit history independently before you rely on it, because many existing units are non-conforming (start with how I work or reach out and we will line up the checks).

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Where the accessory units actually are.

Homes with a second living space turn up across Cedar Hills, but the forms concentrate in a few patterns on the bench, and the basement apartment is by far the dominant one. Here is where to look, and the due-diligence note attached to each.

The upper-bench streets near the canyon

The higher streets terraced toward the mouth of American Fork Canyon carry the most grade, which is exactly what makes a walkout or daylight lower level possible. A separate suite that opens to grade with full windows lives like its own floor here. It is also where snow and slope are part of life, so weigh the driveway grade and drainage with the layout.

Larger homes over full basements

The later, larger plans on the upper bench were built with the ceiling height and the full basement footprint that a comfortable second kitchen and a real bedroom downstairs need. A bigger floor plan is more likely to make a genuine separate space workable than a smaller home with a low basement, so read the lower-level square footage, not just the bedroom count. A detached casita needs a lot with room to spare, which is rare in a city this built out, so treat one as a find.

Around the golf course and canyon mouth

The northeast edge near the city-owned Cedar Hills Golf Club is where some of the city's larger, view-leaning homes sit on graded ground. A daylight lower level is plausible here, and the setting trades proximity to stores for immediate access to the course and the canyon's recreation just beyond the city line.

The lower-bench established streets

The earlier 1990s-to-2000s streets nearer the American Fork and Highland sides sit on more level, established lots with mature landscaping. A separate lower-level space is less driven by grade here and more about how the original basement was finished, so this is the area where a non-conforming, finished-after-the-fact unit is the thing to watch for and verify.

Walkout and daylight lots specifically

Wherever the bench grade lets a basement open directly to the backyard, you get the ideal setup for a separate suite: a real door, full-height windows, and natural light. These are the most desirable version of this search and they are not the majority of the stock, so they are worth watching for and moving on when one lists.

Infill and custom homes

New supply in Cedar Hills is minimal infill, the occasional remaining lot or a custom build, rather than new subdivisions. A custom home is the one place a lower-level suite is most likely to have been designed and permitted from the start, so if a separate space matters to you, a recent custom on a bench lot is worth a close look at the permit history.

Before you tour: what to actually check

Is it permitted: ask the listing agent for the permit history and confirm the unit's status and the parcel's zoning with Cedar Hills City. A second kitchen and a side door do not make a unit legal on their own.

Egress on every bedroom: each sleeping room below grade needs a code-sized egress window and well, or a door to the outside. Look at the actual window wells on a sloped bench lot, not just the listing photos.

Conforming vs. existing: many older accessory units are non-conforming, finished before today's rules or without permits. Understand exactly what you are buying and what can and cannot be relied on.

Separate systems: check whether the kitchen, HVAC, and any meter are genuinely separate, and whether the wiring and gas work for the second kitchen were done to code and inspected.

Grade, walkout, and snow: a walkout lower level on the upper bench lives far better than a short, fully below-grade basement, but the grade that makes it possible also means snow management and drainage. Stand in the space and walk the slope outside it.

Two water systems and the rest: most Cedar Hills homes carry both a city culinary connection and a separate pressurized secondary-irrigation connection, so check both bills, and on any home date the roof, furnace, electrical panel, and sewer lateral.

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Quick answers

ADU and casita shopping, answered.

It is a secondary living space that can function on its own, and the listings use several words for it. The most common form here is a basement apartment, a lower level built out with a second kitchen, its own bathroom, and a separate exterior entrance. A casita usually means a detached unit set apart from the main house, and a mother-in-law suite usually means an attached accessory apartment on the main or upper level. All of them are property features describing the space, nothing more. In a roughly 89 percent owner-occupied city like Cedar Hills, the honest way to read it is as a flexible floor plan rather than an income unit, and the real work is confirming whether the space is permitted and conforming with Cedar Hills City and what the specific parcel's zoning allows.

Some are and some are not, which is exactly why you verify rather than assume. An ADU, casita, or basement apartment has to be permitted with Cedar Hills City to be treated as a separate dwelling, and what is allowed depends on the specific parcel's zoning, so it is a per-address answer. Many existing units in older homes were finished over the years without permits or were built before today's rules, so they are non-conforming. That is not a dealbreaker by itself, but you need to know which one you are buying, so confirm the zoning, the permit history, and the egress independently, and I will help line up those checks.

Most often in the larger homes on the upper-bench streets near the mouth of American Fork Canyon and the city golf course, where the grade makes walkout and daylight basements possible and a lower level can open to its own door. The earlier lower-bench streets nearer American Fork and Highland sit on more level lots, where a separate space is more about how the original basement was finished. A detached casita is the rarest form in a small, built-out city, since it takes a lot with room for a second structure. The live listings above are the honest count on any given week.

Cedar Hills is roughly 89 percent owner-occupied with a limited rental market, so this is not a city to treat as a rental play. The honest framing for an accessory dwelling here is a flexible layout, a separate suite under one roof, rather than projected income. Even where a unit is legal, what it could do depends entirely on its permitted status, the specific space, and rules that can change, which is why I will not put a rent figure on a page like this. Confirm with Cedar Hills City what is allowed on the specific parcel before you count on the income.

Egress is a legal, code-sized way out of every below-grade sleeping room, usually an egress window with a window well sized for a person to climb out, or a door to the outside. It is both a safety requirement and part of what makes a basement bedroom or apartment count as legal living space. It is the first thing to confirm in person, because a room marketed as a bedroom downstairs is not really one without it. On a sloped bench lot a walkout door can serve as egress, so look at the actual setup, not just the photos.

Tell me the budget, the part of town, and whether you need a fully permitted suite or are open to an existing space to verify, and I will connect you with a Cedar Hills-area partner agent and flag matching listings as they go live. In a small, built-out, low-inventory city a true separate-suite home is a narrow slice, so the move is to be ready: pair the search with a conversation about your financing so you can act when the right home lists rather than after it sells.