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Solid Construction & Design handles multifamily construction for property owners across the Sacramento region, starting with what your lot can hold. One contractor carries the work through every stage until the first household moves in.
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Solid Construction & Design works with property owners and smaller developers on small-lot multifamily projects. At this scale, one wrong assumption about the site can erase the margin in a pro forma, so every multifamily construction build we take on begins with the land.
Parking and access on the lot are settled first, and the elevations follow from them.
Each layout is tested against your parcel and the renter you expect to attract.
Solid hires and schedules the licensed trades for your building, which takes that coordination off your plate.
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the Sacramento region
Our multi family construction work draws on the same ground-up experience as our custom and spec homes. Each of the recent projects below went through the same permitting and inspection process your building will face, only at the scale of a single home.
Each video comes from a Northern California homeowner who hired us for a remodel or a new build. The people these clients describe are part of the same team as our multi family home builders, so you may meet some of them on your own build.
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Once two households share a building, privacy stops being automatic and has to be designed. In multi family home construction, we settle these details at the design stage, because they shape how long tenants will be happy to stay.
Party walls and floor assemblies are designed to limit the sound that travels between homes. Noise is the hardest complaint to fix once households have moved in.
Each household gets its own front door and its own address. A private approach suits a building of this size better than a shared lobby.
Walkways and stair treads get finishes selected for heavy daily traffic and easy cleaning.
Meters and water heaters sit where a technician can reach them without entering anyone’s home.
Every household gets a patio or yard screened from its neighbor. That private space is what makes a small building feel residential.
Each unit gets dedicated storage, so bikes and boxes stay out of the shared areas.
The size and zoning of your lot determine which building types are possible. We check what your parcel allows with the local jurisdiction first, so the multifamily construction plan we draw already meets local requirements.
Duplex construction is often the most natural first step into multifamily on an established single-family street. California’s SB 9 has allowed a second home on many single-family lots since January 2022. As duplex builders, we treat the shared wall and the two entries as the core of the design.
An owner who lives in one unit and rents the other, or an investor starting a first development.
The lot needs room for a shared driveway and a private yard for each household.
Sound control at the shared wall comes first, followed by entries that read as two separate addresses.
We check allowed use and density for your parcel with the jurisdiction.
A fourplex holds four separate homes in one building, which spreads land and foundation costs across more units that earn rent. As fourplex builders, we give parking and the fire separation between units extra attention at this size.
An investor or developer who wants more rental income from a single lot.
The parcel needs parking and trash access that work for four households.
Stairs and utility runs are organized so four homes can share one building comfortably.
We verify density and parking requirements with the jurisdiction during feasibility.
Infill construction places new homes on vacant or underused parcels inside established neighborhoods, where streets and utilities are already in place. With neighbors close on every side, the site plan becomes the first design decision.
An owner holding a leftover or oddly shaped city lot.
The design has to work within tight setbacks and close neighbors.
Window placement and building height are planned with the homes next door in mind.
We confirm what the zoning allows on your lot with the jurisdiction.
Massing diagrams are schematic. The planning department confirms what each parcel can hold.
See why owners across Northern California have trusted us through every stage of construction, year after year.
If something needs attention, you make only one call.
We build under CSLB Class B license #975441, and every specialty trade on your site holds its own state license.
Our team manages permit applications and city inspections on your behalf.
You approve a written price, and construction starts only after that.
Each unit gets storage and daylight suited to the household that will live there.
Solid backs its installation work with a 1-year warranty, and California’s 10-year standard for construction defects also applies.
On a small parcel, a few feet of setback can decide how many homes the lot will hold. We work out where everything sits on the lot as one plan, and the floor plans follow from it.
This diagram illustrates site-planning principles only and does not reflect any specific parcel.
The position of each building on the lot sets how much daylight it receives and how much open ground remains next to it.
Each yard is drawn in the same pass as the buildings, which gives every household an outdoor space with a usable shape.
The dashed line marks the area left for building once setbacks are applied to the lot.
A single driveway and a clear walk from the street keep every address easy to find. Fire access and trash pickup are planned into the layout at the same stage.
Where cars go shapes the rest of the site plan. Leaving parking until late in design is the quickest way to lose a unit or a yard.
Every front door is visible from the shared walk, so guests and deliveries find the right home at a glance.
Small projects often stall in the gaps between consultants. The chart below shows who carries out each task in every phase, so the work keeps moving toward your scheduled finish date.
The big questions are answered first, so no design money goes into a lot that cannot work.
We sketch what the parcel can realistically hold.
We identify the reviewing department and the approval path your project will follow.
Our estimators price site access and utility work early.
Your site plan and unit plans develop as one system.
Both plans are drawn together, so neither one waits on the other.
Structural and civil engineers weigh in while changes are still inexpensive.
We meet with the jurisdiction early wherever it offers that step.
Our builders price the design while the drawings can still change.
Every submission is filed and followed to a decision.
The team that drew the plans writes the responses.
Engineers supply calculations and revisions whenever reviewers request them.
We file the package and track it until the jurisdiction issues a decision.
Long-lead materials are ordered early.
Orders go out against the approved drawings, so materials are on site when the crew needs them.
You follow a single schedule from the first trade.
Every trade is sequenced on a single schedule.
The person who drew each detail answers questions about it on site.
Structural sign-offs are planned as scheduled events.
City inspections are booked as milestones the crew can plan for.
The building is closed out and ready for its first households.
We schedule the final inspections that close out the permit and clear the building for occupancy.
We walk every unit with you and close every open item at handover.
Warranty questions come to our team, which already knows how the building was put together.
The chart shows the order of phases, and durations vary by project. Every item sits inside one multifamily construction contract, and the jurisdiction sets approval timelines.
Owners weighing multifamily construction often compare it with the three services below. Solid Construction & Design handles each one.
The single-home version
A spec build puts one new home on your lot, with every finish chosen for resale.
When the ground floor is commercial
Tenant improvements are scheduled backward from your opening date, since that date sets the pace for everything else.
When one household is the answer
Solid designs and builds a single home on your parcel and stays with it through move-in day.
In multifamily construction, one finish choice repeats in every unit, so it is worth seeing each material in person. As a multifamily builder, Solid keeps the cabinetry and surfaces it installs on display at our 28,000-square-foot showroom inside the Filco Superstore on Fulton Avenue. Bring a floor plan or your unit count, and a designer will pull samples that fit your budget per unit.
As a multifamily construction company, we price every project individually, starting with the site plan and the unit count. The estimator gives you an early planning range for new construction in the Sacramento region.
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Owners comparing multifamily construction companies tend to start with cost and timing, so the answers below begin there. If your question is missing, send it to us, and we will reply within one business day.
Every multifamily construction budget starts with the lot. The estimator on this page uses planning ranges of $220 to $260 per square foot at the Essential finish level, $260 to $320 at Signature and $320 to $550 at Luxury for new construction in the Sacramento region, and your final figure depends on the size of the building and its finish level. Site work and utility connections vary by parcel, so we give you a firm number after we study your lot.
According to HomeAdvisor’s national cost data, building a fourplex typically costs between $400,000 and $1,000,000, with an average of about $750,000. The cost per unit often drops because four homes share one foundation and one roof. Parking, fire separation, and local labor and permit fees all move the final number, so we price each fourplex from its own site plan and unit count.
According to NAHB’s analysis of Census Bureau data, buildings with two to four units took an average of 14.9 months from permit to completion in 2025. Plan review adds time on top of that, and its length depends on your city or county. We map both phases of your schedule during feasibility, so you can line up financing with real dates.
It can be, depending on your lot and your plans for the property. A common approach is to live in one unit and rent the other, so rental income helps carry the mortgage. Trulia listed the average rent for a two-bedroom home in Sacramento at $1,900 a month in June 2026. We run a site study and a cost range at the start, so you can review the numbers with your lender or financial advisor.
Infill development is the building of new homes on vacant or underused lots inside neighborhoods that already have streets and utilities. Because that infrastructure is in place, these projects add housing close to jobs and services. The lots are usually tight, so the plan has to account for close neighbors from the first drawing.
A fourplex is a single building with four separate homes on one parcel. Each unit is a complete home with its own entry, and an owner can rent all four or live in one and rent the other three. Local zoning decides whether your lot can hold a fourplex, and we confirm that with the jurisdiction during feasibility.
Areas We Serve
We build in 66 communities across Northern California, and local planning rules for multi-unit housing differ by city. If your search for “duplex builders near me” brought you here, the list below shows every town we serve. If yours is not listed, send us the parcel address, and we will check whether the project falls within our reach.
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We order from the same manufacturers on every job, so windows and cabinets arrive when the schedule says they will. Years later, a replacement part still exists and still matches what is installed. In multifamily construction, that match keeps every unit in the building looking the same after a repair.
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