Financing and building the ADU cost a total of $500,000 ... and installation of the ADUs for its customers. In California, where most backyard homes are built, permits can cost anywhere from ...

In California, where most backyard homes are built, permits can cost anywhere from $450 to $15,000, according to Backyard Unlimited, a company that builds ADUs. In October 2022, the Benjamins began ...

or ADU, in the groom's parents' backyard. As buying a traditional home remains expensive, some Americans are turning to ADUs. Newlyweds Aislyn and Ali Benjamin felt they couldn't afford to buy a ...

Thanks to California laws making accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, considerably more accessible to permit, Knobel decided to take cash out of her home while interest rates were low in 2021 and ...

That's when I decided to put an ADU in my backyard — back before ADUs were even remotely popular in California ... In my mind, prefab meant mobile home, and I did not want a mobile home in ...

Dozens of homeowners have shown NBC Bay Area how they have little or nothing to show, despite paying Anchored Tiny Homes tens of thousands of dollars each to build a backyard ADU. “They haven't ...

Experts say affordable housing must come in many forms. But early signs show backyard homes—a win for landowners and renters ...

Abrams, 72, spent $350,000 on an ADU in her yard so she could age in place, and her daughter moved into the property's main ...

Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, can be a source of extra income or extra space. Here's what they are and how to finance ...