It's been almost a year since I last posted as I came to the conclusion that building an ADU didn't make much financial sense. I...

So what do you do when you have an inexperienced ADU company that has good pricing but doesn't have it's "shit" together? Well . . . you...

In the Wizard of Oz Dorthy, the tin man, and the scarecrow are walking through a dark forest in a mystical land. She’s afraid that lions,...

I talked with the guys at Habitat ADU about taking the next step but first had them send me their Letter of Intent and Contract. After...

What does it mean to fell a tree? Felling is the process of cutting down individual trees, an element of the task of logging. The person...

A quote, a quote a kingdom for a quote . . . at least ones that are realistic and within my budget! Habitat ADU did give me quotes and...

I Zoomed, as in videoconferenced, with the guys at Habitat ADU since with the coronavirus having them come to my house for a site...

I had eliminated the pre-fab ADUS because of the cost and my dislike of their overall look/design. Granted a prefab-ADU costs less than...

So now that you have a building plan that will pass City Hall, and you've interviewed a few builders/contractors and decided to keep the...

So we've talked about finding an architect, preferable one that has a collection of ADU plans, but even with the plans, you'll need a...

Builders, builders everywhere Tiny homes that don't compare In your backyard ASAP Now, who to trust, who to believe? Frankly, I don't...

Ah, yes build an ADU and the next thing you know you're singing the lyrics to The Fix "One Thing Leads To Another". Starting in 2020 ADUS...

So you've gone down to City Hall and gotten your questions answered, and you've thought about the "Bird in the hand is worth two in the...

I'd like to say two ADUS based on the original proverb which refers back to medieval falconry where a bird in the hand (the falcon) was a...

San Jose doesn't offer free permit-ready house plans, although they do offer prequalified prefab ADUS. So far there are only two...

After taking a second look at the Pioneer House I realize that it's not going to work for me in its present form, but all is not lost....

If you look at the options for building an ADU you have three choices: Build from scratch by hiring an architect/designer and a...

WikiHouse is an open-source project for designing and building houses. It's attempting to simplify the construction of sustainable,...

I've gotten to a point where I thought I'd talk to an architect to see if building an ADU in my backyard makes sense. So I made an...

There were a number of ADU bills passed by the state of California in 2019 which focused on "relaxing" restrictions for ADUS, or what...