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 ...

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 ...

The ADU will allow Steve and Katrine Dettle’s family to continue to use the property, which was owned by Steve’s grandmother Sophia Uriofte. Uriofte’s original 700-square-foot home stood ...

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

The key provisions of the Affordable Homes Act: • Cities and towns must permit ADUs by right in residential districts zoned for single family housing. • ADUs can be stand-alone structures, or they may ...