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Homes with an ADU or casita in Clinton.
Clinton 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 Clinton listings appear here as they list, and sold homes drop off. The read on what makes one legal is just below.
Buying here
Sort permitted from existing before you tour.
The word that matters on this search is permitted, since a second kitchen and a side door do not make a unit legal on their own, and what counts as an accessory dwelling depends on the parcel's zoning. Tell me what setup you need and I will have the Clinton-area partner agent I work with pull the permit history and confirm the zoning on any home you flag.
Selling here
Own a Clinton home with a documented accessory unit?
Buyers on this page are searching specifically for a basement apartment, an attached suite, or a casita with the permit history to back it up. List it with the Clinton-area partner agent I connect you with and it goes in front of exactly that search.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
The local read
What an accessory dwelling really means in Clinton.
An accessory dwelling is a property feature, not a promise. On a Clinton 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 turns up across north Davis County 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.
Clinton is reasonable ground for this search, and the form it takes here is mostly the basement apartment. The whole city sits on flat old Lake Bonneville lakebed, and full, finishable basements are the standard here across every era, so the raw lower-level space is common to begin with. The deepest stock of finished basements sits in the older southeast core, the mid-century to 1980s ramblers, split-levels, and brick ranches along 1300 North near Sunset and Clearfield, where the oldest homes are. Adding a second kitchen and a private entrance to that kind of full basement is exactly the conversion most of these listings describe. The two-story and rambler subdivisions through the 1990s and 2000s belt, and the bigger newer floor plans in the northwest corner, can carry built-out lower levels and attached mother-in-law suites too. A fully detached casita is the rarest shape on a grid 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 Utah housing 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 Clinton 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 put 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 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-core ramblers and split-levels are the natural hunting ground, so the single-story page is a useful next stop. If you only want the extra square footage and not a second kitchen, the homes with a basement page is the wider search, and an older established lot off an association is worth a look on the no-HOA page. Earlier in the process than show me listings? Start with the Clinton 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 Clinton most of these are basement apartments, since full basements are the norm across this lakebed stock. Attached mother-in-law suites turn up too, and a detached casita is rare on a built-out grid, 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 or a side door, is what makes the space usable on its own rather than a through-the-house extension.
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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 Clinton, but the forms concentrate in a few patterns, and the basement apartment is by far the dominant one. Here is where to look, and the due-diligence note attached to each.
The older southeast core
The mid-century to 1980s ramblers, split-levels, and brick ranches along 1300 North from roughly 800 West to 1500 West, nearest Sunset and Clearfield, sit over the deepest stock of finished basements in the city. This is the most likely place to find a real separate suite, and also the most likely place to find one that was finished without a permit, so it is the area where verification matters most.
Split-level floor plans
The older core carries a genuine layer of 1960s-to-1980s split-levels, and the design lends itself to a lower level with its own grade-level door. A split can put a private entrance just a half-flight down, which is part of why these conversions started here. Confirm the egress windows on the bedrooms below before you read it as an apartment.
The 1990s-2000s belt
The broad middle of the city, roughly 1500 West to 3000 West between 1300 North and 2300 North, holds the bulk of the rambler and two-story subdivisions over full basements, some finished as separate living space. Younger systems than the core and a newer build is more likely to have been finished with permits, but you still verify it.
The newer northwest corner
West of 3000 West toward West Point and the Weber County line, the 2010s-2020s homes around Clinton City Pond carry the largest, deepest basements in town, and the biggest floor plans are the only place a detached casita or an attached suite has room to sit. That makes a comfortable second kitchen and a real bedroom downstairs more workable than in a low older basement, though built-out separate suites are less common in the newest product. A newer build is more likely to have been finished with permits, but you still verify it.
Daylight and taller basements
Even on this flat grid, a taller or daylight lower level lives very differently from a short, fully below-grade basement. The bigger newer floor plans are where you are most likely to find the ceiling height and window light that let a lower unit feel like its own floor rather than a dark basement. Stand in the space before you judge it.
Along the SR-108 and 1800 North corridors
The entry-tier and small-lot pockets near 2000 West and 1800 North run smaller and newer, so a full separate basement apartment is less common here than in the older core. Judge each block on traffic exposure and check the lower-level layout against the listing rather than assuming the feature is present.
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 Clinton City. A second kitchen and a side door do not make a unit legal on their own, and what is allowed depends on the parcel.
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, not just the listing photos.
Conforming vs. existing: many older basement apartments 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.
Attached, detached, or below grade: note which form you are actually looking at, because they live very differently, and an older Clinton basement can be low. Stand in it. A tall or daylight lower level lives very differently from a short, fully below-grade basement.
Secondary water and the systems: most Clinton lawns run on a separate seasonal secondary irrigation line, so ask whether it is metered yet and what comes with the home, and on any older-core house, date the roof, furnace, electrical panel, and sewer lateral.
Want a real accessory dwelling without the guesswork?
Tell me your budget, the part of Clinton 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 Clinton-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.
Selling a Clinton home with a basement apartment, a casita, or an attached accessory suite? The buyers reading this page want exactly that. List it with the Clinton-area partner agent I connect you with, and your home gets featured across MovingUtah, on the pages they are already reading.
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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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 southeast core, the mid-century to 1980s ramblers, split-levels, and brick ranches along 1300 North near Sunset and Clearfield, which sit over the city's deepest stock of finished basements and carry most of the basement apartments. Attached suites turn up in the larger two-story homes through the 1990s-2000s belt, and the bigger newer floor plans in the northwest corner carry the tallest basements, where a lower unit can feel like its own floor. A fully detached casita is the rarest form here, because this is a built-out grid 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 Clinton 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 look at 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 Clinton-area partner agent and flag matching listings as they go live. Pair that with a conversation up front about your financing so you can move when the right separate-suite home lists, since these are a narrow slice and they do not sit long.