These backyard homes, called accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are small housing units ranging from 150 square feet to 1,200 square feet, depending on where you live. The average cost of a unit ...
Nolan Gray, the research director at California YIMBY, called ADU legalization "the beachhead for broader reform" of housing policy because backyard homes tend to be popular with homeowners who've ...
The company handles the permitting, building, and installation of the ADUs for its customers. In California, where most backyard homes are built, permits can cost anywhere from $450 to $15,000 ...
For such a small home, there is a deceptive amount of storage ... which provides extended living space for her backyard ADU. Photo by Magali Gauthier. A surge in backyard cottages Ousterhout ...