Your advice on using good-quality materials, like custom cabinets and strong countertops, is smart. Even though it might cost a bit more at the beginning, it's worth it because it makes tenants happy and means less work later. You also gave some useful tips for finding good tenants. Checking their income, credit score, and talking to their previous landlords and bosses are important to make sure they'll be good renters. Great video!
Architect (California) here, having the most glazing on the West wall is the best way to get massive solar heat gain in the late afternoon sun and drive up your energy bill. Best to face your glazing to the North or East.
That can be true, but we try to combat that with exterier shades for the few hot months and find that the solar is key to making the space live larger than it really is. These units still meet strict Earth Advantage Platinun certification.
I think the kitchen righr at the door is a huge miss. Flip the floor plan and have kitchen at back with Long Island with seating and scrap the dining table. Longer entry and living room option. Need this for my parents!
Great tip! The plans are free and you can adjust the floor plan in the kitchen to meet your needs. I just finished building this plan on another site with the fridge to the left of the stove and used that area for an entry bench.
Great work. For only 180k that’s great! Would cost about 300k where I’m at. But would also rent for around 2750. All relative. Love the finishes and space
Accessory Dwelling Unit. This build is in S. Oregon. No, the lot cost is not included but would be free in most cases, as it is the same lot as the single family home.
That 400/sf purchase would include the land, correct? So adjusting your ADU price per sf to include your land value would be still under the market, but not as wildly so as the 225/sf build price suggests? Or is that 400/sf a quote from builders with land price being separate? @@ThatADUGuy
Love the design 😂. Beautifully built ADU. Who are your architect and builder? Did you hire a general contractor? How can I contact them? phone #?, I'm planning to do an ADU in my backyard now, but don't know where to start? Thanks
Agree with your strategy higher quality at 10% below market rate attracts large pool of applications. Your three points of qualifying tenant income, credit score, and referrals are great. However, how much discovery is too much? Run (at tenants expenses) criminal background check. Check for felony, judgements, tax liens, child support, restraining order, wage garnishments etc. What terms does your lease contain regarding tenant subletting (either a portion of living space and or parking space/garage), roommates, Parking of RV in the assigned parking space. Smoking policy? Discharge of fireworks? Firearms?Tenant required Renters Policy naming landlord as additional loss payee for property damage? Peoples lives change: sickness, death of spouse, job loss, investment loss, divorce etc. Today’s Tenant/Landlord law leans heavily toward the Tenant. How do you protect yourself from prolonged non-rent paying (squatting) 6-18 months while attempting through the legal system to evict a non-paying tenant?
Serious question- how or why is this considered an ADU, and not just a house? Every ADU that I'm familiar with is above garage build. To me, this is just a house with an attached garage. No, hate, just genuinely curious.
Probably on the same lot as the main house, built in the back of side. If you want it designated as a separate house, you’d have to get the city involved with dividing your lot and separating utilities
This could be either or in our market. It is all about knowing your local zoning code. An ADU has advantages with lower fees, less parking needed and cheaper overall fees
Sounds like you are in a different market. Local governments are pushing ADUs in many areas. Zoning laws are changing. If zoning allowed that house to be sold on it's own lot, he could list it at double his price and start a bidding war. At $400k that would be a smoking hot good deal. If he paid cash for the build, his return is over 10% Plus tax write offs and appreciation on equity.
Thanks for the feedback Phil. The idea here is that the kitchen lives more like a custom home than the apartments they just left. It is hard to find custom kitchens in todays market that still use that dated look. It is an great way to save space, you make a good point there.
Looks like prep space. Ive had kitchens with island on wheels. I prefer them. Builders can place them where I don't want them. Hard to move because you would have to patch the flooring, etc.
Who do you think you are FOOLING??? THAT IS NOT AN ADU!!! THIS IS JUST USING A LOOPHOLE TO PUT 2 HOUSES ON ONE LOT WITHOUT HAVING TO SUBDIVIDE. MAJOR HEADACHE IN THE FUTURE.
