The first section of a 945-square-foot modular prefabricated accessory dwelling unit (ADU) is craned Thursday into a backyard on the 100 block of Plateau Avenue in Santa Cruz. The unit was built ...

“Do your due diligence,” said Sam Pratt, vice president of construction at Samara, a prefabricated ADU manufacturer. Whether you choose a prefab option or not, he recommended asking around for ...

Every architecture story has its own twists and turns – even those backyard cottages known as Accessory Dwelling Units that ...

Unlike many of the prefabricated accessory dwelling units (ADUs ... “Polyhaus is a design and construction-technology company,” says López-Pérez, which he contrasts to ADU manufacturers that provide a ...

The trend of using ADUs as rental properties isn’t going anywhere. In fact, with rising housing costs, many homeowners are turning to ADUs as a way to earn extra income. Short-term vacation rentals, ...

Ouyang acknowledges that a garage conversion will take longer than a drop-in prefab, but a backyard ADU typically costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. He is convinced that Aduo could open the ...