Great to see the process of this conversion. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Nice video!!! I am glad to hear this unit is doing well. I also like the world map above the table. It ties in really well.
I will get photos for next time. The condenser outside is pretty compact (not like the big ones that you would have for a house), and the water tank is just a tankless one that is attached to the outside of the house.
At the very end, the city inspector will come to sign off on the inspection card for final inspection. Once that is done, the Certificate of Occupancy is mailed within a couple weeks.
@@Anita-tf4ww first step is to hire a designer/architect. They should be the ones going to the city. Or, you could try to navigate the city yourself. Look online, or go into your city to ask about an application. You could get some general information from them. But they will tell you to come back with a design and plans.....so might as well let your designer/architect handle it.
I’m at 11 minutes in and am gobsmacked at the terrible job they did on the floor. You seem so calm. I’d be beside myself! Take 2 - It’s not normal to have imperfections in the epoxy. 🫤 Looks great at the end though
There is nothing that sticks out on the other side (on the bathroom wall). The condenser is on the outside of the house (if you're looking at the ADU from the street, on the right side). Thanks!
Yes, the garage door needs to be removed. I have built an ADU onto an attached garage before as well. Works great if there's room and you want to keep the garage as a garage! Usually works best to keep a garage a garage in a parking impacted area (i.e. limited street parking). You may not be living there to care about off street parking, but tenants do and if you want to keep the good ones around a long time it's best if you consider these amenities. I make sure there is lots of driveway and street parking available before I convert a garage.
@@kristicirtwill hi Kristi. Do you work with contractors I’d like for an estimate and would like to work with your contractors. Can You please provide their contact information? Thank You
Was it expensive to do the footings? I think it’s great. Only change I would do is get actually range Steve since I like cooking in my oven. But it’s a great place for professional looking for a clean well furnished studio.
Everything seems to be expensive these days. I am putting air fryers in the units now (the ones that fold up after they cool). They work great as a small oven!
you may have paid $100 k for this rental but I could tell right off of the bat you cheat out on the epoxy flooring. ever hear of the term get what you pay for ? those are bubbles underneath the epoxy that will eventually crack. this happens when you pour too much epoxy too fast .
How did you get all the water appliances to work with your water line. Did you have to get a bigger water line installed or add separate water meters. I’m Also adding the same to my home converting the garage to ADU, and adding an attached ADU to the back of the house. But I have a 3/4” water line and it isn’t sufficient to run the 3 showers washing machines, sinks. Toilets etc. Does your water pressure drop when showering?
Omg around min 10! The floor!!! If they knew they couldn’t achieve that why even say yes!???😮 I hope once I press play, the lady says they fixed it because omg nooooo
Noooo!! Please no tell me you didn’t pay for that? What is wrong with them?? Are their egos so huge they simply can’t say “no I’m sorry we can’t do that” Solid gray floors would of been just fine Omg 😭
Who draws up the plans that you talk about? What did you pay for the plans? When you want to renovate a house or building, who do you contact to do the work? Is there some work you do yourself? What do you do? Do you pay the workers to buy the materials needed for the job? Who picks out the material you need for the construction?
Hi, that’s a lot of detailed questions, I’ll answer a bit here but feel free to call me directly if you are trying to figure things out for a specific project you have and need some guidance. I have worked with this particular GC for many years doing other projects so we kinda have a team of guys we use for these. Generally I pick out the materials. Mostly they are included in the cost of the job so the GC will pay for them. I project manage. I know what I need and when I need it to keep the job moving along and make sure I have the materials there on time. In the beginning I hire a designer to make the plans for the unit but basically I know the layout I want so I tell them the rough outline of it and they put it together so I can take it to the city in the format they want it. The cost varies depending on the project and size of the unit and how fast I want it. You could estimate something like $5000-8000 for these garages which includes the design, structural, Title 24, city plan check fees and permits. I’ve paid $18,000-22,000 for one bedroom detached ADU’s. So just depends. Hope some of that helps!
@@kristicirtwill No project at this time, but what you gave me is a good start to research more about a project managers responsibilities! It m7st be very difficult for a GC to select material for a job, when there are so many places that sell the same material! I worked for the Plant manager calling all over the country for machine parts! That's a job unto itself! Then you have to be the interior designer. Maintain costs and record it, make sure costs stay within budget! That job is no joke! I applaud you for taking on such a difficult responsibility!
No prob. I ordered from Bredabed. Make sure you add on the part where they set it up for you. I had my own guys set up the first one I ordered and it's a bit complicated. The company installers are much better.
I'm in Orange County, California, too! Thanks for sharing your adu process. My hope is to convert our 1 car garage in the future. It's tiny though, about 240 sq ft. Do you mind sharing how large your garage / adu is? Thanks!
In your experience what’s the drop off in rental price for the main house after you add the ADU with the house tenant not having a garage anymore? For example, with the main house and garage price was 3000 a month and then after losing the garage the price went down to…??? 2500 or what? Thanks, kevin
Another good question. For me, the price hasn't dropped. Usually if I can I try to do these garage conversions without having a tenant in the main house (just easier with the construction mess, having to turn off utilities occasionally etc). But still, there have been a few I did where the main house tenant was already in place. In that case, I gave a few incentives during the construction period. I also always bought and installed a large shed for the backyard so they could still have storage. Ultimately, you have a duplex at the end of the day, so yes in theory there may be a small adjustment for that. But housing is still in short supply in LA/OC and when you have a nice product like I do (remodeled/well maintained main house and new ADU) it is not hard to get market rent.
Looks great. Who wouldn’t want to live there. Do you usually install dishwashers in your ADU’s or do you find that people really don’t need or want them? How many square feet is the ADU here? Out of your 135,000 how much disappeared before construction even started? Thanks, kevin
Hi Kevin, great questions. Sometimes I put dishwashers in the one bedrooms. Always in the 2 bedrooms. But usually never in the studio sized ones. There's just not enough space for them. The studio sized ADU's are usually the garage conversions and they work out to be around 360sqft. Plans/permits vary for each project, it's usually $7-10K or so for the garage conversions (that includes architect/structural/Title24/plan check/permits). The 135K is just for the construction. Maybe I could get it cheaper but I've worked with my guys forever and they get it done with no issues.
@@kristicirtwill im in Lakewood as well and plan to start my ADU first of the year, please share your experiance dealing with City of Lakewood planning and city inspectors ?
Kristi, I would be so angry about the first contractor who did that , I'm so sorry, hack job on your floor!! I pray you got your money back on that part!!
Yes I got a refund :-) I don't get too mad about anything these days....life is too short....I just try to solve the problem and move on (and never use that vendor again)! 🙂
