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, ...

Thinking about adding a granny flat, in-law suite or tiny home to your property? Here are 7 questions to ask before you build ...

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 ...

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 ...

The city of Bellingham just approved its first registered Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) plan as a way to encourage this type of housing by streamlining the process for homeowners. The city’s first pre ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In 2019, Alexis Navarro set out to fix a problem that had plagued his rental property for years: inefficient and ill-considered design. Navarro grew up in East Los Angeles, and when he became a ...