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Interactive design studio

Design your backyard or suite online

Check whether your property can support a detached suite, lay out the plan yourself, and see an investment range — from home, without an appointment. When you like what you built, we engineer it, permit it and build it.

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Best on desktop or tablet

How it works

Step 01

Enter your property

The studio pulls your parcel and checks whether a detached suite or backyard structure is plausible on your lot before you design anything.

Step 02

Lay out your space

Choose a plan footprint, adjust the layout, and see how it sits on your property — from your couch, at your own pace, with no appointment.

Step 03

See real pricing

The studio returns an investment range tied to the configuration you built, so you know whether the project fits your budget before you talk to anyone.

Step 04

Bring it to us to build

When you are ready, we take the configuration into a feasibility audit — zoning, utilities, site access — then stamped engineering, permits and construction under one contract.

From configuration to construction

The studio is a planning tool. Turning a configuration into a built suite still requires a zoning and setback read on your parcel, a utility capacity review, stamped structural engineering for Florida wind loads, and municipal permitting. That is the work we do under The Watermark Way™ — feasibility first, frozen selections, then a zero-defect handoff.

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Common questions

Can I design my backyard or ADU online before contacting a builder?
Yes. The Generational Suites property check and interactive design studio lets you check your parcel, lay out a suite or backyard structure, and see an investment range without speaking to a salesperson first.
Is the pricing from the studio a quote?
No. It is a planning range based on the configuration you built. A binding number requires a feasibility audit of your specific parcel — zoning, utility capacity, site access — followed by written trade pricing.
Who actually builds what I design?
Watermark Design Build, a licensed Tampa Bay design-build contractor holding CBC1261697 and CPC1457546. We handle engineering, permitting, construction and warranty under one contract.
Does the studio work on a phone?
It works best on a desktop or tablet where you can see the full layout. On a phone, start with the property check and finish the layout on a larger screen.