An accessory dwelling unit is a secondary, self-contained living unit on the same lot as a primary home, a detached backyard cottage, a converted garage, a basement apartment, or an attached in-law suite.
Log in to followFirst rental is closing in a few weeks and it comes with a permitted basement apartment, separate entrance off the side yard, own kitchen, shared laundry in the mechanical room. I…
I have a paid-off three bedroom rental on a 7,200 square foot lot in a permissive jurisdiction, renting at $1,850. I also have about $190k of cash that has to go somewhere this ye…
Numbers on a build I've been scoping, and I want someone to tell me what's wrong with them. Lot is mine, primary residence, no mortgage constraint issue. Detached 640 sq ft one be…
First real project and I'm probably out of my depth, which is why I'm posting the actual contract terms. Detached 800 sq ft, two bedroom, site built not prefab. $212,000 fixed pri…
I own a three bedroom house on a lot that has an unusually deep backyard, and the whole reason I bought it four years ago was that someone told me I could put a small unit back th…
Reading through three different ordinances in my metro and the thing that keeps changing the math isn't setbacks or size caps, it's the owner-occupancy condition. Two of the three…
Detached 700 sq ft going behind the house, plans are close to done. The electrician priced a second electric service and meter at about $9,000 including the trench and a new subpa…
My crew does light framing and finish work and over the last two years we've been pulled into ADU work as a sub on detached builds. I've got two running right now for the same GC…
I read the county code three times because I assumed I'd misread it. The accessory dwelling standards say maximum floor area is the lesser of 800 square feet or 50 percent of the…
Bought a house with an existing permitted detached ADU, 560 sf, already leased at $1,725. Asking was $612k, closed at $571k, and the discount came out of a document the listing di…
The model I keep circling: a homeowner has the lot and the zoning but no capital and no appetite for permitting. I have the crew and can carry the build. I put up the ADU, I hold…
Under contract on a 1,900 sf single family with a detached garage I planned to convert. My underwriting had the converted garage at $1,650 a month based on three comps in the neig…
Detached 780 sq ft, permitted, separately metered, own address, currently leased at $1,850. All in around $190,000 including the site work. Went for a cash-out refinance and the a…
I've been sitting on this for four months and I want to hear how the room splits before I sign anything. My lot allows a detached unit up to 1,150 square feet. Two bids, same buil…
Got the plan set back from the designer for a 700 square foot cottage behind the main house and the electrical page has a note that says "owner to confirm metering approach prior…