ADUs

Though you may know it better by its many other names, the compact accessory dwelling unit can provide homeowners with extra space for family, additional income as a rental, or a simple guesthouse.

Budget Breakdown: A $262K Pool House Puts the Finishing Touch on a Revived 1953 Portland Property

Budget Breakdown: A $262K Pool House Puts the Finishing Touch on a Revived 1953 Portland Property

Construction Diary: How a Tucson Couple Built a $100K ADU—and How You Can, Too

Construction Diary: How a Tucson Couple Built a $100K ADU—and How You Can, Too

You’d Never Guess This Concrete ADU Is Part of a Phoenix Golf Community

You’d Never Guess This Concrete ADU Is Part of a Phoenix Golf Community

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Do-It-All Backyard Shed for $281K

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Do-It-All Backyard Shed for $281K

It Doesn’t Look Like an Average Garage—and It Helps Power Their Home

It Doesn’t Look Like an Average Garage—and It Helps Power Their Home

Why a Prefab Builder Is Making Houses With “Original Tradwife” Martha Stewart

Why a Prefab Builder Is Making Houses With “Original Tradwife” Martha Stewart

Jens Risom’s Style Lives On at His Son’s Multigenerational Midwest Midcentury

Jens Risom’s Style Lives On at His Son’s Multigenerational Midwest Midcentury

Budget Breakdown: An L.A. Garage Is Transformed Into a Vaulted ADU for $230K

Budget Breakdown: An L.A. Garage Is Transformed Into a Vaulted ADU for $230K

Budget Breakdown: In the Netherlands, a Historic Thatched Cottage Meets a $97K Prefab

Budget Breakdown: In the Netherlands, a Historic Thatched Cottage Meets a $97K Prefab

ADUs Were Banned in Chicago for Almost 70 Years. This Woman Just Built One of the First

ADUs Were Banned in Chicago for Almost 70 Years. This Woman Just Built One of the First

Buying a Prefab ADU Was Supposed to Be Easier Than This

Buying a Prefab ADU Was Supposed to Be Easier Than This

Budget Breakdown: An L.A. Artist Gives His Home a Colorful Overhaul—and a New ADU—for $320K

Budget Breakdown: An L.A. Artist Gives His Home a Colorful Overhaul—and a New ADU—for $320K

Whimsical Trim Gives This Los Angeles ADU a Fairytale Flair

Whimsical Trim Gives This Los Angeles ADU a Fairytale Flair

This Couple’s L.A. Starter Home? A 1,200-Square-Foot ADU in Their Parents’ Backyard

This Couple’s L.A. Starter Home? A 1,200-Square-Foot ADU in Their Parents’ Backyard

In Norway, a Celebrated Artist Adds a Creative Space to the Backyard of Her Childhood Home

In Norway, a Celebrated Artist Adds a Creative Space to the Backyard of Her Childhood Home

Budget Breakdown: After a $322K Revamp, an Australian Beach House Fends Off Flooding

Budget Breakdown: After a $322K Revamp, an Australian Beach House Fends Off Flooding

Budget Breakdown: They Built an $830K ADU With Attitude on a Steep Silver Lake Hillside

Budget Breakdown: They Built an $830K ADU With Attitude on a Steep Silver Lake Hillside

West African Textiles Inspired This Los Angeles ADU’s Rhythmic Cladding

West African Textiles Inspired This Los Angeles ADU’s Rhythmic Cladding

A Bunker-Like Typography Studio Springs Up Beside a New Zealand Home

A Bunker-Like Typography Studio Springs Up Beside a New Zealand Home

The ADU Boom Has Begun. Is It Adding the Housing We Need?

The ADU Boom Has Begun. Is It Adding the Housing We Need?

My House: They Said Farewell to London and Moved Into a 17th-Century Water Mill

My House: They Said Farewell to London and Moved Into a 17th-Century Water Mill

An Underutilized Garage in the Bay Area Is Transformed Into a Net-Zero ADU

An Underutilized Garage in the Bay Area Is Transformed Into a Net-Zero ADU

Budget Breakdown: This $334K Tiny House Popped Up in an L.A. Backyard in Just Two Days

Budget Breakdown: This $334K Tiny House Popped Up in an L.A. Backyard in Just Two Days

Budget Breakdown: Here’s What It Cost to Build Two ADUs on the Same Bay Area Block

Budget Breakdown: Here’s What It Cost to Build Two ADUs on the Same Bay Area Block

This Little, Blue Silver Lake ADU Hides a Surprisingly Airy Interior

This Little, Blue Silver Lake ADU Hides a Surprisingly Airy Interior

Before & After: An Uninspired L.A. Garage Gets Turned Into a Surrealist ADU

Before & After: An Uninspired L.A. Garage Gets Turned Into a Surrealist ADU

This Backyard House in Austin Maxes Out the City’s ADU Size Limit

This Backyard House in Austin Maxes Out the City’s ADU Size Limit

A Fox-Shaped Tree House Came to Her in a Dream. So, She and Her Husband Spent Years Building It

A Fox-Shaped Tree House Came to Her in a Dream. So, She and Her Husband Spent Years Building It

Budget Breakdown: An $80K ADU Gives a Growing Austin Family Space for Work—and Working Out

Budget Breakdown: An $80K ADU Gives a Growing Austin Family Space for Work—and Working Out

Budget Breakdown: He Remixed His Janky Shed Into a Design Studio for $6K

Budget Breakdown: He Remixed His Janky Shed Into a Design Studio for $6K

Is Your Tiny House Really a Tiny House?

Is Your Tiny House Really a Tiny House?

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Minimalist $437K ADU—to Live and Work Out of Themselves

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Minimalist $437K ADU—to Live and Work Out of Themselves

These $85K Tiny Homes Come Turnkey—But You Can Still Choose Your Own Look and Layout

These $85K Tiny Homes Come Turnkey—But You Can Still Choose Your Own Look and Layout

The Living Is (Mostly) Easy for the Residents of Three California ADUs

The Living Is (Mostly) Easy for the Residents of Three California ADUs

Kicked Out of a Rental, This L.A. Couple Bought, and Then Built the Best ADU They Could

Kicked Out of a Rental, This L.A. Couple Bought, and Then Built the Best ADU They Could

The Green Roof ‘Planter’ Softens This Cor-Ten Steel Backyard House in Seattle

The Green Roof ‘Planter’ Softens This Cor-Ten Steel Backyard House in Seattle

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