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Homes with an ADU or casita in Centerville.
Centerville 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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The newest ADU and casita listings.
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 Centerville 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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Browse every Centerville listing, or slide sideways: homes with a basement, single story, two story.
If the grid looks thin today, that is the real Centerville market, not a glitch: a full basement is the norm in this older bench-and-valley stock, but one built out and listed as a separate unit with its own entrance is a narrower slice, 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 Centerville-area agent I work with flag the next match the morning it lists.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The local read
What an accessory dwelling really means in Centerville.
An accessory dwelling is a property feature, not a promise. On a Centerville 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. The search shows up across the Wasatch Front for two honest reasons, flexible living under one roof and a rentable suite where the unit is legal, and both turn on the same homework, which is whether the space is actually permitted.
Centerville is good ground for this search, and the form it takes here is mostly the basement apartment. This is an established, essentially built-out south Davis County city, and full basements are the norm in its dominant fabric of midcentury-through-1990s single-family homes, the mid-century ramblers and the 1960s-80s split-levels that fill the bench and the central blocks. Adding a second kitchen and a private entrance to that kind of full basement is exactly the conversion most of these listings describe. On the steeper east-bench lots toward the canyon mouths, the grade often lets that lower level open to grade as a daylight or walkout level with full windows and a real door. A fully detached casita is the rarest shape in a city this built out, 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 a great many existing accessory units in older Centerville homes were finished over the years without permits or were built before today's rules. That is not a reason to walk away, but it is the reason to verify rather than assume. Two questions decide everything: whether the unit is permitted with Centerville City and whether it has its own legal egress, meaning a code-sized window well or door out of every sleeping room below grade. What an accessory dwelling is allowed to be on a given property depends on that parcel's zoning, so the answer is property-specific, not citywide.
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 earn depends on its legal status, the specific space, and rules that change, and a non-conforming unit cannot be counted on at all. What I can do is point you at the right stock. If a true separate suite is the goal, the older basement-standard homes are the natural hunting ground, so the single-story page is a useful next stop, and the larger two-story plans sometimes carry the deepest lower levels. If you only want the extra square footage and not a second kitchen, the homes with a basement page is the wider search. A separate entrance is also easier on a bigger lot, so read the parcel size as closely as the floor plan. Earlier in the process than show me listings? Start with the Centerville guide, and when a home below reads right, that is the moment to reach out.
What counts as an accessory dwelling
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The form it takes: in Centerville most of these are basement apartments, since full basements are the norm in this stock. Attached mother-in-law suites turn up too, and a detached casita is rare in a built-out city, so read the listing for where the space actually sits.
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Second kitchen: a full or kitchenette setup is the core marker. A finished basement or a spare suite with no kitchen is just extra space, not a separate unit, so read the listing for the actual layout.
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Separate entrance: the second front door this search is really about. A private exterior entry, often a walk-down on a flat lot or a side door, is what makes the space usable on its own rather than a through-the-house extension. On a sloped east-bench lot it is often a true grade-level walkout.
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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.
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Separate utilities: some units 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.
The local map
Where the accessory units actually are.
Homes with a second living space turn up across Centerville, but the forms concentrate in a few patterns tied to the city's older basement-standard stock, and the basement apartment is by far the dominant one. Here is where to look, and the due-diligence note attached to each.
The midcentury bench and central blocks
The dominant fabric of midcentury-through-1990s single-family homes across the bench and the central blocks sits over full basements, which is the most likely place to find a real separate suite. It is also the most likely place to find one that was finished without a permit, so this is the area where verification matters most.
The 1960s-80s split-levels
Split-entry and tri-level homes of this era are common in Centerville's central stock, and the layout lends itself to a lower level with its own grade-level door a half-flight down. That design is why so many conversions started here. Confirm the egress windows on every below-grade bedroom.
The east-bench walkout and daylight lots
On the steeper foothill streets toward Centerville Canyon, Parrish Canyon, and Deuel Creek, the slope often lets the lower level open to grade with full windows and a real door. That walkout or daylight setup is the ideal for a separate suite that lives like its own floor. The bench carries its own east-wind and steep-terrain homework, covered below.
The old town Main Street grid
The pioneer-to-early-1900s and midcentury-infill homes on the historic Main Street grid have the oldest bones in the city. Some carry finished or converted lower levels, but on this stock you verify the basement work, the egress, and the permits even more carefully, because the construction predates current rules.
Larger two-story plans
The two-story homes across the bench and central single-family fabric, and the newer infill, often have the deepest and tallest basements. That extra ceiling height makes a comfortable second kitchen and a real bedroom downstairs more workable than in a low older basement. Bigger lots here are also the only place a detached casita has room to sit in a city this built out, so if a separate structure is the goal, that is the lot to look for.
West of Legacy, with a water caveat
Beyond Legacy Parkway the land runs toward the Legacy Nature Preserve and Farmington Bay, and the city's own planning record flags high water tables out here. Any lower-level living space on the west side gets the drainage and water-table homework on top of the legality questions, so read the basement carefully.
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 what the parcel's zoning allows with Centerville City. A second kitchen and a side door do not make a unit legal on their own.
Egress on every bedroom: each below-grade sleeping room needs a code-sized egress window and well, or a door to the outside. Look at the actual window wells in person, not just the listing photos.
Conforming vs. existing: many older basement units here 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, the heating and cooling, and any meter are genuinely separate, and whether the wiring and gas work for the second kitchen were done to code and inspected.
Ceiling height and light: an older basement can be low and dark. Stand in it. A tall, daylight, or east-bench walkout lower level lives very differently from a short, fully below-grade basement.
Bench wind and west-side water: on an east-bench home, date the roof and check the fence and tree health for the canyon east winds; on a west-of-Legacy home, do the drainage and water-table homework, since the city's own record flags high water tables there.
Want a real accessory dwelling without the guesswork?
Tell me your budget, the part of Centerville you like, whether you want a basement apartment, an attached suite, or a detached casita, and whether you need a fully permitted, conforming unit or are open to an existing space you would verify and possibly bring up to code. I will connect you with a trusted Centerville-area partner agent for the on-the-ground work and stay on the file for the homework and the financing, with straight answers about which spaces are legal units and which are just finished basements with a door.
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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. In Centerville the most common form by far 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. The big thing to know is that a second kitchen and an outside door do not make a unit legal on their own, so the real work is confirming whether it is permitted and conforming with Centerville 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 accessory dwelling has to be permitted with Centerville City to be treated as a separate dwelling, what is allowed depends on the parcel's zoning, and many existing basement apartments and converted suites 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. Confirm the zoning, the permit history, the unit's status, and the egress independently before you rely on it, and I will help line up those checks.
Most often in the older basement-standard stock, the midcentury-through-1990s single-family homes and the 1960s-80s split-levels across the bench and the central blocks, which sit over full basements and carry most of the basement apartments. Attached suites turn up in the larger two-story plans and the old town Main Street grid, and on the steeper east-bench lots toward the canyon mouths a daylight or walkout lower level can make the space live like its own floor. A fully detached casita is the rarest form here, because this is a built-out city and it takes a lot with room for a second structure. The live listings above are the honest count on any given week.
Only where the unit is legal, and that is the whole point of the verification. A permitted, conforming accessory dwelling is a different thing from a non-conforming space that happens to have a kitchen, the rules around accessory dwellings and rentals can change, and what is allowed depends on the parcel's zoning, so this is a question to confirm with Centerville City for the specific property, not to assume from the listing. I will not put a rent figure on a page like this, because it depends entirely on the unit's legal status and the specifics, but I can connect you with a local agent who will get you straight answers on what the city allows.
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 a piece of what makes a basement bedroom or apartment count as legal living space. It matters most on the basement units that make up most of this search, and it is the first thing to confirm in person, because a room marketed as a bedroom downstairs is not really one without it. We check the actual window wells, 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 Centerville-area partner agent and flag matching listings as they go live. Pair that with a pre-approval so you can move when the right separate-suite home lists, since these are a narrow slice and they do not sit long.