From a solar-powered floating home that putters through Dutch canals to a rainforest retreat with an oculus, here are the ...

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 ...

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Even for a factory-made prefab unit, you will likely need a contractor’s services to build an ADU and make sure the electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems are properly installed. Labor will make ...

To get an ADU on your property, you may choose to build it yourself, purchase a manufactured home, have it built on the site by a contractor, or buy and assemble a prefab kit. However ...

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 ...