A refuge for aging parents. Rental income for your golden years. There are plenty of good reasons to build an accessory dwelling unit, also known as an ADU. But don’t assume everyone will be cool with ...

ADU stands for accessory dwelling unit, a second, smaller dwelling located on the same property as the main single-family residence. ADUs can be attached or freestanding and can be used to house ...

New York City homeowners can now apply to add basement, attic, and backyard cottage apartments to their existing properties ...

We are planning to build an ADU above our garage. But due to the size and age of the garage, it will have to be torn down. It is looking to be more expensive than we thought. I’m not sure an ADU is ...

Accessory dwelling units can help fix the housing crisis, but first more people need to build them. “There are so many permits right now,” she says. “It’s showing great promise, but it’s really only ...

Justin Mauldin built an accessory dwelling unit in his Austin backyard for $41,500. Mauldin says the ADU office allows his family of four to live comfortably in a smaller home. The ADU also boosted ...

Walk past the street-facing 1990s duplex and beyond a 1920s Sears Roebuck kit bungalow, and an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, rises before you at the end of the property. It’s a slim, two-story ...

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.