National REITs like Avalon Bay Communities and local investor-operators have completed many ADU projects, are pleased with the results, and plan to keep building more.

Assembly Bill 1332, Pre-Approved ADU Plans, requires all cities and municipalities in California to develop a program for the preapproval of ADU plans, by January 1, 2025. Additionally, the local ...

Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with ... Nestled into a hillside at the base of Tilden Regional Park in Orinda, California, the L-shaped ADU balances a small footprint with ...

They used the money to build an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in the groom's parents ... to buy a traditional property in their corner of California, in the small city of Danville, just ...

Legally, in California, they can’t stop you from ... vice president of construction at Samara, a prefabricated ADU manufacturer. Whether you choose a prefab option or not, he recommended asking ...

In 2017, after California began to relax some of its zoning mandates, we put in a request to our city's planning department to build an ADU, and they granted approval. We did months of research ...

"I just can't imagine what it's like for other folks." Ultimately, Higashi worked with Abodu, a prefab ADU company in California that handles most of the process for their clients. There are other ...

Impact Link Newlyweds Aislyn and Ali Benjamin felt they couldn't afford to buy a traditional property in their corner of California ... dwelling unit, or ADU. They now live in a 1,200-square ...

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 ...