In short, an ADU will likely increase your taxes. Adding an ADU will likely increase the fair cash value of your property resulting from the physical improvements to construct the ADU. An increase in the fair cash value of your property will increase the property's overall taxable assessment which is what taxes are calculated on. Please contact assessing@worcesterma.gov if you have a specific project/question you'd like to discuss.

Adding an ADU will likely result in two things: