5 Lies About ADU's (Accessory Dwelling Units)
5 Lies About ADU's (Accessory Dwelling Units)
ADUS look a lot like tiny homes. they have been used to help combat the affordable housing crisis. Since there isms much known about ADUS people love to spread lies and misinformation about how to get them approved and what it actually takes as far as an investment for your home. In this video, we cover the Accessory Dwelling Unit Lies, What You need for zoning for your ADU, and What you should be budgeting to have an AUD on your property legally.
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Some people are a poor judge of character, but I wouldn’t report comments cuz I support the engagement for the channel! Go on a keep spreading your joyful noise for those who appreciate their ears! 🤎
Is an ADU the same as a granny flat ?
Kristina, you’re a champion! Thank you for helping me find an agent for buying land in Tennessee!
Wow… this guy is personable, energetic, articulate and knows his stuff. He is an amazing guest!!! I see he’s got a channel too. I am going to check out his videos.
I really enjoyed your presentation / adu discussions … as a licensed architect and general contractor with many years of experience; i truly appreciate your honesty in sharing your ADU experiences … these ADU laws are a moving target and I too am finding the problems that planners and plan checkers are having with ADU’s … especially when it comes to ADU’s for multifamily units here in California .. thank you ..
Kristina: you’re simply killing it!
Viewers: Don’t think that just because she’s a real estate channel and you’re not looking to buy or sell that Kristina doesn’t have some thing you’d be interested in. I would never have thought I would be interested in her channel,but her videos are so informative and so interesting.
I think you mean cinder blocks not center blocks.
ADU okay in San Jose CA. City promotes as easy…only if you use one of their pre approved companies. DYI design, forget about it! The preferred company wants you to take a loan for their building. Then they put a lien on property until its paid off. Miss one payment, they promptly foreclose on the whole property.
And the city likes that! Get the old tax basis property to be resold and collect higher taxes. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!!!
Yes.
Your channel is devoted to which ever way the wind is blowing. Btw always seek out flamboyant tic tackers for real information
Pristine Edge though
just built one for a friend…865 sq. ft., @$250,000
What’s the differance of a tiny home and a adu?
Why would it be hard to build a adu if it’s just a sm sq ft house ?
And the only reason inanted a adu is because a 25k-40k grant in california
Learned nothing. Sounds like hes trying to confuse us. Wouldnt a contracter know about a lot of these laws? Thats why u hire people
Yes rules and regulations can be different for cities, counties and states, but also including from one neighborhood to the next it can be substantially different.
Whoa, you left out a bunch of stuff.
The planning phase, one needs to go through the city/county where the responsibility is on them that plans meet current code and zoning ordinances. This may include a property survey to ensure the property boundaries are where they should be and setbacks are and can be adhered to.
Once approved, and all initial fees have been paid, construction can begin.
Foremost, licensed contractors are required, one cannot do the work, unless they’re licensed.
If a foundation is being added, then that will require an inspection.
Once past the foundation inspection, framing, electrical, and plumbing can commence. After it’s complete, there is the framing, plumbing, and electrical inspection. If all goes well, the final phase of construction can proceed.
But, inspections are not over as there will be a final inspection for the certificate of occupancy. And for this, it may require a change to the deed that states the unit cannot be sold (as pointed out by the ADU guru).
The goal of the inspections is to guard against bad construction–think of it this way, they’re done for a reason…
Now for the biggest stuff missed.
There may be additional fees prior to issuing a certificate of occupancy. So, be aware of that.
TAX LIABILITY FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE
Foremost, construction cannot be written off or claimed. The only write-off here is depreciation deduction, calculated over 27.5 years for the cost of the ADU; if there is additional living space added for the primary residence, no write-off for it. Second, furnishings can be depreciated over 5 years. The start of these deductions can only be claimed when the unit is available for rent, e.g. rentable in July, only 1/2 for the first year.
If all utilities are included, then part of this can be deducted. For example, if the ADU sq ft is 25% of the total footage for the property, the 25% of utilities, etc can be claimed.
As far as know, that’s about it for deductions. IMO, that’s not much :/
Oh, two additional costs: increase in property taxes and insurance.
That’s about it.
Did I miss anything?
Anyone had experience with Villa ADU builder?
In my youth, my parents as well as many others whom owned homes generally had garages. Which they converted into what were referred to in that era as a mothe-in-law’s house. Which housed one or the other’s parents parents. When after working their whole life, and retired only got a gold watch. It was considerably more common before I was born and seem to die out somewhere in the mid to late 60’s. After which if still available became cheap rentals for hippies.
This was a fantastic interview. His information was great and you handled the flow of the conversation. Well done
If an owner built a house in the backyard with separate electricity but shared water would they have to sell both homes or could they sell separately ?
Thanks but no thanks. Yes he has a lot of information to share but I don’t think he knows real estate at all.
Hard to build a shed for 30 a sq foot
You point on permits is spot on. Local ordinances are very different. Some things are allowed as a shed, which change drastically if electricity is involved. Size restrictions, how far away from property lines and expect a property inspection. My brother wanted to enlarge the shed on his property, which was there when he bought it, and make it into a “mancave”. What he found was the unpermitted shed was already illegal due to its size and how close it was built to his property lines. He couldn’t even get a permit to enlarge it and move it to meet permitting specifications because the double driveway he had built failed to meet specifications because it was required to have an unpaved buffer between the driveway and his fence line. So he’s stuck. His next door neighbor, who has added electricity to his shed, is now covering up the add-in since a permit would have been required, because he needs to do something on his property requiring a permit and doesn’t want to fail inspection.
Accessory… ?
We just finished our ADU build on our property. It was not cheap! It is about 733 sq ft (one bedroom). It definitely raised the value of our home/property, and we will rent it and more than likely will pay our mortgage. If I can give anyone sound advice…. Hire an architect and build the best you can.
It’s the same nonsense with the Tiny House movement, the money grabbers move in and ruin everything.
I think the biggest problem with CA’s adu amendments are that there are now hundreds of so called “ADU specialists” who are taking advantage of the adu revisions and housing crisis in CA. They are over inflating the cost of building. Remember folks, if u just call it “building another home on your lot,” like we did back in the day, you will save money. Be careful with the ADU sharks. Plenty if info out there to steer u in the right direction.
But if you’ve been in your house along time, when you put on an ADU it can get the entire property revalued — and your property tax can go up alot –especially in an area where housing is going up
This was so helpful! Thank you!
Wow great information, but these folks try so hard in engaging the audience the dialogue comes across insincere and embellished. The dynamic behind this presentation reminds me of the movie "Don’t Look Up."
After watching so many tiny home option videos, I am going with a home with a pre-existing mother-in-law or sideXside duplex. I will still watch the videos because they are awesome.
Ty Kristina for all the help you give people who need it. I have a question now this one is important and I feel like people are being taken advantage of. The tiny house movement originally began you know for people who did not have a large income. Recently though I have seen them getting crazy expensive like what seems like way more than it could have possibly cost them to build. Happens all the time I suppose with everything but I just think at some point it is redundant because who is paying 200,000 or more for a 300squarefoot tiny house when you can do alot more in something else. I just want to understand how that is not predatory lending or a large profit margin for that builder and it is just going to cap off at some point because it’s not worth it once it gets past a certain point.
10×12 tuff shed TR 800, resident door, metal roof, two 3×3 windows, two vents, free upgrade floor, free building wrap, highest peak roof, free sale tax, ask for more promotions discount. I bet it’s still under 7k, you can easily finished inside yourself cheaply and do whatever you want with it for your own use but as long you don’t rent it out for money. It’s a dump idea for an ADU, that cost you can use that money to put a down payment toward another multiple rental units property.
So that ADU you flashed on this Q/A what would that cost? What if you wanted to put it on a property to just live in? Not an add on
If the general contractor did built, there is permit and inspection issued to that contract, ask them provide that to you from the county or city. If they refuse, run away from them. You are their trial by error.
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I have a nice ADU 1.5 bath with Single Wall plumbing I need somebody to do a Proof of Concept…400 sq. ft.
People you can not sell an ADU separately from your house. Unless your backyard has a separate parcel number, you must apply and get a lot split approved and recorded by the County. The County will then issue each parcel a separate parcel number. You will need a separate parcel number in order to convey the property via Grant Deed and in order for the County to prepare separate property tax bills as well as assign an address. Your existing parcel may also not be zoned to split – check your zoning with the County. This is the same across the Country, and is not different County to County.
I hope YouTube financially rewarded you for this video. I had 8 ad inserts for a real estate agent from LA Jolla, you should have been rewarded greatly.
Clackamas county Oregon no permit on 200sq ft or smaller. Add electric or plumbing, needs permit.
formally known as "furnish room over garage" or frog. in other words a "studio style apartment" great second income only if the garage is detached from the main house and a garage actually is included. 1200 square feet and above is the ideal space.
Well I wanted to put in a ADU for my mom but idk now. Maybe I would be better off just buying her a home near me.
Wait, what’s the difference between, ADU/ studio/ guest house?
Are You Thinking Of Building An ADU For Your Home? To Watch 5 Lies About Barndominums: https://youtu.be/QyNcuPXiJuM
Some of the issues you can get into is total square footage, plan design acceptance and construction methods and inspections. If you build under a certain square footage and it has no plumbing, and not on a permanent foundation you may be able to do it without inspections, permits and planning and zoning. It all depends on your locality. Some are friendly to allowing a small building, provided there is enough room on your lot and you follow set backs from property lines. Other issues is use; if it is for storage there is one code, for a detached home office another, for overnight occupancy by a person there is yet more. Check, check and check the requirements and codes in your locality.
It sounds like a build a fifty thousand dollar shed in the backyard video. In Ca. double that.
SF Bay Area ADU "all in one" companies are quoting $600/square foot for ADU! Unbelievable. Thank you for this info. Lots of research to do.
Ryan is awesome!!
ADUs & even sheds are not allowed in my new neighborhood in AZ. In California we didn’t have an HOA, so just about anything was allowed. People are having ADUs built in their backyatds a lot in my old neighborhood. Right now I am awaiting HOA approval to get my pergola built in AZ.
Just say NO to ADUs. They do nothing to deal with rents or availability of housing.