In California, it is easier than ever before to add an accessory dwelling to your property. Whether you want to add an in-law unit in your basement, convert a free standing garage into a small cottage, or build a new backyard cottage from the ground up, the state has loosened […]
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The studio is intended for the elderly parents of the owners. They will get their own space that opens out onto a shade dappled back yard, that is only feet away from the main family home. The parents will be able to participate in family life, or retreat to the cottage as they see fit, but benefit from the proximity of the family and the grandchild.
There are so many questions my clients have about Accessory Dwelling Units. If you are like my clients, you probably have questions, too. In order to answer these questions, I started my sister website, MyAccessoryDwelling.com. I have also been developing an online course, ADUs and You. The video based course […]
Have you been thinking about adding an accessory dwelling unit to your house? Have you been thinking about building an in law unit, or a backyard cottage? You have several options: you can do tons of research yourself, or you can plunge headlong into designing it yourself, or you can […]
The sister website to DSLociceroArchitect.com is MyAccessoryDwelling.com. At MyAccessoryDwelling.com you will find all kinds of information about accessory dwellings, and how to go about building one on your property. For those of you with existing un-permitted in-law units, there is also information about legalizing existing in-law units. It’s a pretty […]
Currently, there is a lot of interest in building accessory dwellings. Accessory dwellings are smaller cottages or apartments built on a property that already has one dwelling. They are also known as back yard cottages, in-law units, granny flats, and a host of other names. In the last few years […]
Are you considering building a granny flat, in-law unit, or backyard cottage? These are all names for what governmental jurisdictions are calling Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs. There is so much interest in these small, secondary dwellings, that I am launching a new website: MyAccessoryDwelling.com to provide information about the […]