Hi — I'm Julieann.
For years I was the business administrator for a Central Massachusetts building department and its Zoning Board of Appeals. I sat on the other side of the counter — processing the permit applications, preparing the board's hearings, tracking the variances and special permits, and answering the same question from property owners every single day: "Can I build this?"
What I saw, over and over: the answer almost always existed, in plain sight, in bylaws nobody had time to read. People spent thousands on plans their lot never allowed — or walked away from projects it absolutely did — because no one had ever walked them through the rules for their property.
And I saw something worse: land advertised for sale that could never be built on — too little frontage, wetlands, soil that would never pass a perc test — bought by families who only found out after closing. I don't want anyone's dream of building a home to end at the permit counter. Knowing before you buy is the best protection there is.
Homeowners and property owners deserve a better way to get that information — not just the facts about their parcel, but a clear picture of what they can do with it and what they can't. Bircch is the company I built to give them that. The free ADU check reads the state law against your house in sixty seconds. The feasibility reports read your town's own bylaw against your lot. Everything comes back in plain English — a number, a map, and a plan — before you spend real money.
If you're staring at your yard wondering, start with the free check. That's what it's there for.
WHERE I COME FROM
Years inside a municipal building department and Zoning Board of Appeals — I know how the rules are read, and how the board thinks.
WHO I WORK WITH
Homeowners planning one project — and builders, developers, and real-estate teams who need feasibility answers on contract, again and again.
HOW I WORK
Plain English, flat fees quoted up front, and no payment until you say go. No cookies, no trackers, no mailing list — ever.
Why "Bircch," with two c's
The name starts with the birch tree — white bark, standing in half the yards in New England. Then one letter doubles. The second c is the second structure: the ADU, the addition, the cottage that wasn't there before.
The mark is those two c's facing each other. The dark one is what's on your lot today. The blue one is what could be. And the dashed lines between them are property lines, drawn the way a surveyor draws them — because every one of these projects comes down to the same question: what does the line allow?
That's the whole business, in one picture: the thing you have, the thing you want, and the rules in between — read carefully, so you can cross them with confidence.
Wondering about your own property?
Sixty seconds, free, nothing stored. Let's find out what your lot allows.