designs of small backyard dwelling units available to property owners in any given city. As part of the new law, cities also must then approve or deny applications for any of those designs within ...

Her design allows her and her labradoodle to use ... which provides extended living space for her backyard ADU. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A surge in backyard cottages Ousterhout isn’t alone ...

or ADU, in her backyard that she could live in and then ask her daughter to move into the main house. "I was ready to downsize and have a smaller place to live and take care of," Wilder-Abrams ...

She wasn't ready to give up the home or neighborhood she'd lived in for nearly 35 years, so she found a solution: build a one-story accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in her backyard that she could live ...

I have no desire or skillset to design a house ... hooked it up and then the ADU flew over my house into my backyard in about four minutes. Then once it landed it was connected to the utilities ...

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

Samara’s Backyard homes aim to cut out the turmoil. “We think that an ADU should be as easy to get as a Tesla,” says co-founder and CEO Mike McNamara. “Homeowners deserve flexible space ...

Aislyn and Ali Benjamin asked their wedding guests to gift money toward their first home. They used the money to build an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in the groom's parents' backyard. As buying a ...

In cities where ADUs have been allowed through zoning and policy changes, like Los Angeles and Seattle, thousands of tiny backyard homes have been proposed or built. Look more closely, though, and a ...

Pro: ADUs increase the value of your home Adding a tiny home to your backyard could increase your property's value by 35% depending on location, according to a 2021 study by the National ...