Mullen ConstructionCSLB Lic. #421785 · Since 1977Call (760) 214-9903
Looking for an ADU builder you can actually reach?
ADU builder in Carlsbad
Mullen Construction designs, permits and builds your ADU under one fixed-price contract, backed by a 10-year warranty.
- 10-year warranty, ADUs included
- Building in North County since 1977
- 10+ ADUs built in Oceanside, Carlsbad and Encinitas

On the public record
CSLB #421785 · activeBonded contractorWorkers' comp on fileLicensed since 1982
Selected work
Built by Mullen, since 1977
Custom homes and outdoor living by Mullen Construction.




The record
Since 1977200+ homes built and remodeled10+ ADUs built

How it works
Four steps, and the first costs nothing
- 1Custom design meeting with EdEd walks your lot, hears who the ADU is for and gives you a free estimate.
- 2Design, about 30 daysPlans drawn to your lot and to your city's ADU rules, with one fixed price.
- 3City permits, about 60 daysWe handle the permit submittals and the city back-and-forth.
- 4The build, about 90 daysEd is on the project, and it is backed by a 10-year warranty.

What you get
One builder, design to final inspection
Nothing is handed off between a designer, an expediter and a contractor. It is one contract with one price.
Design to your lot and your city's rulesSetbacks, height, utilities and the most square footage your lot allows.
Permits and inspections handledWe do the submittals and coordinate every inspection stage.
The full build, every typeDetached, attached, garage conversion or junior ADU.
Free custom design meeting
Book your custom design meeting with Ed
Send this and Ed calls you to set up a time to walk your lot. You leave the meeting with a free estimate.
Fixed-price contractDesign, permits and build in one10-year warranty, ADUs included
Prefer to talk now? Call (760) 214-9903
Questions
Before you call
Anything not covered here, ask Ed at the design meeting. You get a straight answer from the owner.
About 30 days of design, about 60 days with the city for permits, then the build, usually 90 days at most.
Pricing starts at $400 a square foot, on a fixed-price contract. Ed gives you a free estimate at the custom design meeting.
Yes, across Coastal North San Diego County: Oceanside, Carlsbad, Vista, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe, La Jolla and Carmel Valley. We do not take work in Temecula or Escondido.
Ed Mullen, the owner. He runs the design meeting and stays involved on your project from start to finish.
Yes. Every ADU we build carries our 10-year craftsmanship warranty.