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Homes with an ADU or casita in South Jordan.
South Jordan 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 South Jordan listings appear here as they list, and sold homes drop off. The read on what makes one legal is just below.
No ADU or casita listings to show right now. In South Jordan an accessory dwelling most often takes the shape of a basement apartment on the larger, older lots on the east and central side, Old South Jordan and the Welby core along Redwood Road and the Jordan River, plus the established subdivisions near The District, where the extra square footage and the lot room make a separate entrance and a second kitchen possible, though a detached casita or an attached suite can turn up on those same larger lots too. Open the map search to run this filter live, or browse every South Jordan listing. Prefer a shortlist? Tell me what you are after.
Buying here
Confirm permitted before you count on it.
A second kitchen and an outside door do not make an accessory unit legal on their own, and permit history varies from home to home. Tell me what setup you need, basement apartment, detached casita, or attached suite, and I will have the South Jordan-area partner agent I work with pull the permit and zoning history on any home you flag.
Selling here
Own a South Jordan home with a documented ADU or casita?
Buyers on this page want a legal accessory unit with the paperwork behind it, whether that is a basement apartment, a detached casita, or an attached suite. List it with the South Jordan-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 ADU or casita really means in South Jordan.
An accessory dwelling is a property feature, not a promise. On a South Jordan listing it can mean a few different things: a basement apartment where the lower level has been built out as a self-contained living space, a detached casita set apart from the main house, or an attached mother-in-law suite on the main or upper floor. Each version usually carries a second kitchen, its own bathroom, a separate exterior entrance, and sometimes a separate utility meter. The search shows up for two honest reasons, multigenerational 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.
South Jordan is a particular case because the city splits so cleanly into two halves, and the accessory-dwelling search leans hard toward one of them. The older east side, Old South Jordan and the Welby core along Redwood Road and the Jordan River, carries the larger and lower-density lots and the bigger detached homes where a built-out lower level, a detached casita, or an attached suite is most realistic. The 1990s and 2000s subdivisions through the central part of town, around The District and Bangerter, add more of that larger detached stock. Basements are the valley norm citywide, so the raw finished space is everywhere, but the room to set up a true separate suite, in any of its three forms, concentrates on that east and central side.
The dense, master-planned west side is the other story. Daybreak's compact, walkable lots and its own design standards generally point away from a separate accessory unit, so if a true ADU is the goal the older detached stock is the natural hunting ground rather than the newest west-side product. That is a planning fact about the housing, not a knock on either side of the city, and it is exactly the kind of thing the single-story page and the no-HOA page help you sort, with the bigger floor plans on the two-story page sometimes carrying the deepest lower levels.
Here is the part that matters more than the photos. A finished space is not the same as a legal unit. A second kitchen and an outside door do not make any of the three forms conforming on their own, and a great many existing basement apartments 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. Treat any income angle with the same caution, because I will not quote you a rent number or a payment number on a page like this; 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. If you only want the extra finished square footage and not a second kitchen or a separate structure, the homes with a basement page is the wider search, a different intent than this one. Earlier in the process than show me listings? Start with the South Jordan 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 South Jordan most of these are basement apartments, since the older east-side and central stock make that conversion the most common option. A detached casita or an attached suite is rarer, more workable on the larger legacy lots, 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, whether it sits in a basement apartment, a casita, or an attached suite. A finished basement with no kitchen is just finished space, not a separate unit, so read the listing for the actual layout.
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Separate entrance: the second front door of the page title. A private exterior entry, a walk-down, a side door, or a stand-alone casita 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 ADUs and casitas actually are.
An accessory dwelling can turn up anywhere in South Jordan, but a true separate suite concentrates in a few patterns, and they lean to the larger-lot east and central side. Here is where to look, and the due-diligence note attached to each.
Old South Jordan and the Welby core
The historic east side along Redwood Road and the Jordan River carries the city's larger and lower-density lots, some of them equestrian-style. The bigger detached homes here are the most realistic place to find a real separate suite, whether that is a basement apartment or a detached casita, and also the most likely to hold an older basement that was finished without a permit, so this is the area where verification matters most. This is also the city's lowest ground, close to the river, so where a basement does exist, note the water table and drainage the way you would on any river-bottom parcel.
The central subdivisions around The District
The established 2000s subdivisions near 11400 South and Bangerter, built around the Costco-and-Harmons retail core, sit on lots that are generally larger than Daybreak's compact ones. Full basements are standard and some are finished as separate living space. A newer build is more likely to have been permitted, but you still verify it.
The 1990s and 2000s middle
Between Redwood Road and Bangerter, the conventional single-family that filled in during the population surge has younger systems and plenty of full basements. These larger detached plans are good ground for a lower level with the height and the egress to live as a real second space.
Larger two-story plans
The bigger two-story floor plans across the east and central side often have the deepest and tallest basements, which makes a comfortable basement apartment, with a real second kitchen and a real bedroom downstairs, more workable than in a low older basement. Confirm the egress windows on the rooms below grade.
Walkout and daylight lots
South Jordan's ground is mostly flat valley floor, with only a gentle rise from the Jordan River on the east toward the Daybreak side and the Oquirrh foothills. Where a lot does step enough, a lower level can open to grade with full windows and a real door, the ideal setup for a suite that lives like its own floor rather than a dark basement, but treat a walkout here as a genuine find rather than something to expect.
The Daybreak exception
The west-side master-planned villages are built on compact lots with their own design standards, which generally point away from a separate accessory unit. Attached and small-lot product in Daybreak does not always carry a basement at all, so confirm plan by plan rather than assume. If you love that side of the city, a flexible large floor plan is a more realistic target than a true ADU, and that is a planning fact to know going in.
Before you tour: what to actually check
Zoning and permits: ask the listing agent for the permit history, confirm the unit's status with South Jordan City, and check what the parcel's zoning allows. In a master-planned area the community's own rules matter too.
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.
Ceiling height and light: an older basement can be low. Stand in it. Tall, daylight, or walkout lower levels live very differently from a short, fully below-grade basement.
West-side disclosures and the rest: on reclaimed west-side land, review the standard residential disclosures along with the EPA and Utah DEQ site records for the parcel's Kennecott history, check whether the home is on city secondary irrigation, and on an older east-core home date the roof, furnace, electrical panel, and sewer lateral.
Want a real ADU or casita without the guesswork?
Tell me your budget, the part of South Jordan you like, whether you want a basement apartment, a detached casita, or an attached suite, 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 South Jordan-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 suites and which are just finished space with a door.
Selling a South Jordan home with a basement apartment, a casita, or a finished lower level? The buyers reading this page want exactly that. List it with the South Jordan-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 search covers a few forms. A basement apartment is a lower level built out with a second kitchen, its own bathroom, and a separate exterior entrance. A casita usually means a small detached structure set apart from the main house, and a mother-in-law suite usually means an attached apartment on the main or upper floor. All three are property features describing the space, nothing more. The big thing to know here is that a second kitchen and an outside door do not make any of them legal on their own, so the real work is confirming whether the unit is permitted and conforming with South Jordan City for that specific parcel.
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 South Jordan City and match the parcel's zoning to be treated as a separate dwelling, and Daybreak carries its own design standards on top of that. 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. 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 on the larger-lot east and central side, Old South Jordan and the Welby core along Redwood Road and the Jordan River, plus the established subdivisions through the middle near The District. Those bigger detached homes have the room and the basement height for a basement apartment, and the lot size to add a detached casita or an attached suite. The dense, master-planned west side generally points away from a separate accessory unit, so the older detached stock is the natural place to look. 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 unit is a different thing from a non-conforming space that happens to have a kitchen, and the rules around accessory and rental units can change, so this is a question to confirm with South Jordan 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 for a basement apartment specifically, 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 South Jordan-area partner agent and flag matching listings as they go live. Because a true separate suite is a narrow slice here, these do not sit long, so it helps to have your financing lined up so you can move when the right one lists. Reach out and we will set it up.