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Dunedin, FL

In-Law Suites Arranged in Dunedin

Dunedin applies one ADU rule whether the unit is attached or detached, and the Dunedin cottage page explains it.

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62The age at least one parent or grandparent must have reached for the living quarters reduction in Florida Statute 193.703
50%Of a structure's market value, the cost at which 44 CFR 59.1 makes an addition a substantial improvement
16 townsCovered across Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties, each with its own local rules set out on its page
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Who the space is for, whether it needs a kitchen, and the address. With those three answers we can say which city or county rules govern the lot before a contractor draws anything.

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Five short questions about who the space is for and what it needs to hold, then where to reach you. Most people finish in about a minute.

Question 1What are you thinking of building?

Pick the closest. If you are not sure yet, that is exactly what we help sort out.

Question 2Who will live in it?

This matters more than it sounds. In Florida the answer can change the property tax on what you build.

Question 3Does the new space need its own kitchen?

In Florida law a space with its own kitchen, bathroom and bedroom is a second dwelling, and each city and county decides whether one is allowed on your lot.

Question 4Is the house in a flood zone?

In a flood zone, a large enough addition can mean the whole house has to meet today's flood rules. Your insurance declarations page or the county flood map will say.

Question 5When does the space need to be ready?
About you, and the house the space would join

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Where is the property?

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Local Context

Why Dunedin's in-law page points elsewhere

We have kept this page brief. Dunedin permits one ADU of up to 800 square feet on any single-family lot, attached or detached, under the same shared-meter, three-occupant and recorded-affidavit rules. An attached suite with its own kitchen is therefore covered by the Dunedin cottage page, and one without a kitchen is an ordinary addition to the house.

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What in-law suites involves in Dunedin

Floor plan drawings for a small home addition beside a tape measure
A wide doorway with no threshold and a lever door handle
Licensed and insured Florida contractorsVetted local contractors licensed by the State of Florida and insured for the work, who price and contract it themselves
The three rules checked for your addressThe kitchen, the flood line and the county tax rule looked at before any contractor is asked for a number
Told when an addition is not the answerIf a first-floor room or a bathroom change inside the house would do, you hear that before anyone draws a suite
Deciding

The Dunedin choice that decides which rules apply

Decide whether your parent will cook in the suite. That single choice tells you whether Dunedin's ADU code applies at all, and the cottage page sets out what it asks if it does.

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Local Detail

Dunedin's ADU code for attached units

Dunedin's ADU code (Sec. 107-21) states its purpose as small dwellings to meet the housing needs of elderly persons of modest income. It permits one ADU of up to 800 square feet on any single-family lot, attached or detached, prohibits a separate metered utility connection, limits occupants to three (two of immediate family relation), and requires the owner to occupy either unit as a homesteaded residence under a recorded notarized affidavit.

Source: City of Dunedin (Municode), accessed 2026-09-23

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Attached or detached in Dunedin?

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The Dunedin cottage and suite pages

Questions

A Dunedin attached suite question

Is an attached Dunedin suite treated differently from a cottage?

Not under the city's ADU code, which permits one ADU on any single-family lot, attached or detached, with the same size cap and conditions.

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