Terms & Conditions

1. Agreement to these terms

By using our website, submitting a form, using our ADU cost calculator or other online tools, or communicating with us through the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

These terms are between you and Better Place Remodeling Inc, doing business as Better Place Design & Build, a licensed California design-build contractor, CSLB License #1031735. In these terms, "we," "us," and "our" mean that company. "You" means the person using the site.

How we handle the information you give us is explained in our Privacy Policy, which is part of these terms.

You must be at least 18 years old to use this site.

2. About our services

Everything on this website is general information. It is not a quote, a proposal, or a promise about your specific property.

Cost estimates are not quotes

Any cost range shown by our online calculator, in a guide, in an article, or in an early conversation is an estimate. It is not a quote and it is not a binding offer. It is based on general assumptions and on the limited information available at that moment.

The real cost of an ADU depends on things we cannot know from a web form: your lot, your soil, your setbacks, your utility connections, your city's requirements, your finish selections, and current market pricing. Those factors can move a number significantly in either direction.

Where a real price comes from

A binding scope of work and a binding price come only from a signed written agreement between you and Better Place Remodeling Inc. Nothing on this website, in an email, in a text message, or in a conversation creates a contract or a fixed price until that agreement is signed by both parties.

Plans, designs, and timelines

Floor plans, renderings, photographs, and sample designs on this site are illustrations. They show work we have done or concepts we can build. They do not represent what will be approved, permitted, or built on your property. Any timeline we describe is a general expectation, not a guarantee, and it depends on permitting agencies, utilities, inspections, and conditions outside our control.

We build detached ADUs in San Diego County. Availability, service area, and the projects we take on can change at any time.

4. Email communications and how to unsubscribe

When you contact us, we may email you. Some of those emails are about your inquiry or your project. Others are marketing emails about our ADU services, offers, and events.

Every marketing email we send has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Click it and we will stop sending you marketing email. You can also reply to any email and ask us to remove you, or email [email protected].

Unsubscribing from marketing email does not stop emails we need to send you about an active project, an appointment, or an agreement. If you want those to stop, tell us and we will discuss it.

5. Intellectual property

Everything on this website belongs to us. That includes the text, images, photographs, graphics, logos, videos, layouts, designs, and floor plans, along with the way it is all arranged and presented.

This material is our exclusive property and is protected by United States copyright law, trademark law, and other intellectual property laws. "Better Place Design & Build," our logos, and our taglines are our trademarks.

You may view this website, and you may print or download a copy of a page for your own personal, non-commercial use while you are considering an ADU. That is the only permission we give. Everything else requires our written consent.

6. Prohibited uses

You agree not to do any of the following:

• Copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, sell, or license any part of this website or its content.
• Use our text, photographs, renderings, or floor plans in your own marketing, website, listing, or portfolio.
• Create derivative works from our designs or plans.
• Scrape, harvest, crawl, index, or extract data from the site by automated means, including bots, spiders, and scripts, except for a search engine following our published rules.
• Use the site or our forms to train an artificial intelligence or machine learning model.
• Send automated, fake, duplicate, or spam submissions through our forms or tools.
• Circumvent, disable, or interfere with any security feature or technical protection on the site.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, our servers, or any connected system.
• Introduce viruses, malware, or any other harmful code.
• Overload, disrupt, or impair the site or anyone else's use of it.
• Use our name, logos, or trademarks without our written permission, including in a way that suggests we endorse or are affiliated with you.
• Use the site for any unlawful purpose, or in a way that violates these terms.

We may block access, remove content, or take legal action if you do any of these things.

7. Content you submit to us

You keep ownership of what you send us, such as photos, property documents, plans, measurements, reviews, and messages.

By sending it to us, you give us permission to use it for the purpose you sent it, including evaluating your property, preparing a design or a proposal, and running your project. If you send us a review, a testimonial, or a photo and tell us we may publish it, you also give us permission to use it in our marketing.

You confirm that you have the right to send us what you send, that it does not infringe anyone else's rights, and that it is not unlawful, misleading, or offensive. We may remove or refuse any submission for any reason.

8. Links to third-party websites

Our site may link to websites we do not control, such as city and county permitting pages, lenders, product manufacturers, review platforms, and social media.

We provide those links because they may be useful. We do not control those sites, we do not endorse everything on them, and we are not responsible for their content, their accuracy, or their privacy practices. When you leave our site, the other site's terms and privacy policy apply.

9. Disclaimers

This website is provided as is. We do our best to keep it accurate and available, but we do not promise that it will be.

In plain terms, that means we do not guarantee that the site will be uninterrupted or error free, that the information on it is complete or current, that our cost calculator will match what your project actually costs, or that any regulation, permitting rule, or program we describe still applies when you read it. ADU rules in California and in the City and County of San Diego change often. Confirm anything important with the agency that governs your property, and confirm your own numbers with us in writing.

This section does not limit any warranty we give you in a signed construction agreement, and it does not affect any right you have under the California license law that governs our work.

10. Limitation of liability

This section limits what we owe you if something goes wrong with the website. It does not apply to our construction work, which is covered by your signed agreement and by California law.

Some states do not allow these limits. If you live somewhere that does not allow them, this section applies to you only as far as the law allows. Nothing here limits liability for fraud, or for anything that cannot be limited by law.

11. Indemnification

If your use of this website causes a claim against us, you agree to cover it.

Specifically, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Better Place Remodeling Inc and its owners, employees, and contractors from any claim, loss, liability, or expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that arises from your use of the website, your breach of these terms, your violation of any law, or your violation of anyone else's rights.

12. Governing law and where disputes are heard

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.

Any dispute arising out of these terms or your use of this website will be brought in the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California. You and we both agree to that venue and to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Before filing anything, please contact us. Most issues are faster to solve with a phone call.

If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. When we do, we will change the effective date at the top of the page and post the new version here. Continuing to use the site after we post a change means you accept it.

The version posted on this page is the version that applies.

14. How to contact us

If you have a question about these terms, about our text messages, or about anything on this site, contact us. A real person will answer.