Voting Open for People’s Choice Nominees in Accessory Dwelling Unit Design Competition SAN ANTONIO (November 7, 2023) – Grand prize winners have been selected for the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Design Competition, and now it’s the public’s turn to vote for their favorite of five entries competing for two $250 People’s Choice Awards. Votes for the […]
After Laura Craig’s father unexpectedly died in 2020, she and her family began looking at new housing options for her mother. Craig, who lives in Snohomish County, wanted to build an apartment above her family’s garage, but the county at the time did not allow for “accessory dwelling units” of that kind. The regulations were […]
SAN DIEGO — Previously the site of a single-story, single-family home, the lot on Manchester Road in College Area has been converted by local real estate developer Atlas West Group into an apartment complex with seven distinct units, each ranging in size from 512 square feet to 1,100 square feet. The College Area complex is, at […]
ADVERTISEMENT The 33-year-old residential complex at 1121 N. La Cienega Blvd. in West Hollywood recently unveiled a few new studio apartments. Technically, they’re ADUs — accessory dwelling units, like the room you’d rent in someone’s guest house. These units — 695 square feet each, cozy to say the least — were repurposed from parking spaces, laundry […]
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The term accessory dwelling unit might evoke images of granny shacks inhabited by aging parents, sleek prefab backyard units that keep family close or converted garage rentals that offer supplemental income. For commercial actors Alex Mason and Nicole Lemoine, it’s the latter image that tells their ADU story. In L.A.’s expensive housing market, rental income […]
There could be gold in your backyard, but real estate professionals have a lot of questions about how to access it — and how it could change the housing market. AB 1033, a new state law, allows the sale of accessory dwelling units, the “granny flats” built behind or next to single-family homes. The law, […]
Villa delivers backyard homes starting at $225K, and you can be involved with every step from design to configuration. Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people transforming how we build houses. From prefab tiny houses and modular cabin kits to entire homes ready to ship, their projects represent some of the […]