Adu home ideas

Featured, recently built ADUs including flex space, in-law unit, detached, rental income generating, office and hobby spaces.

Backyard ADUs shares what trends they think homeowners will see when building their small home or accessory dwelling unit in the new year, examining everything from planning to design, construction and more.

BOXI partnered with Los Angeles-based Otto ADU to help transform a two-car garage in Silverlake for the homeowner’s evolving needs. With a small footprint and placement near a pool, it was a design challenge to create a flexible, light-filled guest suite. They also hoped to preserve its charming original terracotta roof. BOXI’s Salt Slab cabinets fit a compact, clean layout that doesn’t compromise on storage, while floating shelves and an undercounter refrigerator were helpful space-savers.

An ADU is called an Accessory Dwelling Unit. Other names include backyard cottage, in-law unit, or granny flat. This is essentially a tiny home. Here are ten tips to help you with your ADU project.

The renovation turned a run-down backyard structure into a wonderfully funky celebration of mundane building vernacular

Name: Diana Pasquali, my husband, two kids, and golden retriever MiaLocation: Rockridge — Oakland, CaliforniaType of home: ADU / Tiny HouseSize: 280 square feetYears lived in: 8 years, owned Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: Our family of four lives in a small, Craftsman house and wanted a little more space so that we could have guests and storage. We had a falling down, cinder block garage that was home to rats and spiders. We knocked it down!

Featured, recently built ADUs including flex space, in-law unit, detached, rental income generating, office and hobby spaces.

Name: Cindy Brahs, husband, and our adult kids have moved in during COVID-19.Location: Costa Mesa, CaliforniaType of home: ADU CottageSize: 399 square feetYears lived in: We have renovated the main house ourselves over the past 4 years and just completed the ADU cottage. Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: Welcome to our “Corona” Cottage. After completing the renovation of our main house, we decided to add an ADU cottage over our garage.

Accessory dwelling units (ADU) are having a moment of popularity in some areas of the U.S., but is adding one to your home right for you?