Ariel Gomez-Hernandez in Casita L.A., the modern ADU — sometimes known as a "granny flat" — she rents with her boyfriend for $1,650 a month in East L.A. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) In 2019, ...

North Adams Partnership hosted an ADU design competition. The result are six ADU concepts that address not only the issues of ...

Levi Design Build expands its ADU services to more areas in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties, offering teams to streamline the permitting process. By expanding our ADU service areas and ...

In many ways, an accessory dwelling unit is as complex and demanding a construction project as a full-sized house. So even if you have a clear vision for what your ADU will look like, all the way down ...

Accessory dwelling units are one of the hottest items in California’s housing industry, inspiring a slew of companies to try their hand at designing and building them. So amid the hype, you may be ...

DAVIS -- The City of Davis is making it easier than ever before for people to build ADUs, or accessory dwelling units. The units are smaller homes built on existing properties and they are only ...

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)—like backyard cottages, coach homes, casitas, granny flats and other tiny homes—are no longer niche projects. A recent market analysis found U.S. homeowners spent over ...

There are as many reasons to build a second, smaller home near your house as there are styles in which to design the self-contained flat. In Kol Peterson's new book, "Backdoor Revolution-The ...

In the minds of most Californians, accessory dwelling units — ADUs, short — bring to mind words like “small,” “subtle” and “cute.” None of which describe the side-by-side ADU duplexes on E Street.

Quality First Builders, a well-known home remodeling firm based in Sherman Oaks, California, has become a major player in building Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). The company was founded in 2014 by ...

Embrace the idea -- or brace yourself -- because little houses are coming to your block. Longtime small housing advocate Kol Peterson calls the push to build a second, compact dwelling on a ...