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 ...

This is in accordance with Assembly Bill No. 1332 which requires each local agency to develop a program for the pre-approval of ADU plans by Jan. 1. An ADU is an attached or a detached residential ...

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

Anyone who has obsessively scrolled through Zillow and Padmapper looking for rentals in Los Angeles knows how difficult it is to find housing in a city where most are renters. Add popular ...

Christine Wilder-Abrams began to struggle with the stairs of her two-story house in California. She didn't want to leave her home of 35 years, so she built an ADU, or "granny pod," in the yard. Her 34 ...

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 ...

Prices start at $13,800 for pre-designed or custom ADU plans ... and instead of a dining table, there's a built-in bench in the ADU where she eats. "I think having less stuff is freeing.

An overview of the Benjamins' ADU in the Bay Area, where the couple lives full time.Courtesy of Villa Indeed, more ADUs are being built throughout the US. In 2018, ADUs accounted for just 8% of ...

Through ADU builder Abodu, I had a 500-square foot one-bedroom ADU built in my backyard ... But all of the pre-approved plans that I had looked at were kind of boring. They looked like boxes.

This factory built ADU in Los Altos was built in 2023 ... the city has been offering what Dotson calls “pre-reviewed” ADU designs to interested residents. Additional design options could ...