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HOME VISIT#2 "I see our ADU as something very similar to a student loan,"says <br /> Garage Apartment ADU Mara Owen."It's something you invest in the future with.It was <br /> Denver,Colorado cheaper than buying a house for Mom,and it lets her have <br /> Size:360 square feet independence. It's great knowing we can check in on her whenever." <br /> AH-HA MOMENT:Owen, her partner,Andrew,and their three <br /> ' _ dogs were sharing a one-bedroom,one-bath house with her <br /> mother, Diane. When Owen learned that ADU5 were allowed in <br /> '"` � the city,she decided the best way to get more space for her <br /> } 0 small home's many residents would be to remove their"leaky and <br /> defunct"garage and build a new two-car garage with an <br /> apartment above it. <br /> s IR WISE ADVICE:"Get a really great builder and architect,"says <br /> iOwen."Interviewing architects was similar to a first date. It's not <br /> meg - Iii L�'N tz� just who you feel connected with.That's important, but get to <br /> °; the values. It's a niche market,so see if you can find someone <br /> who has built ADU5 before,because ADUs are a little different." <br /> _ FUTURE PLANS:The stairs to Diane's apartment are wide <br /> r.' <br /> enough for a stair lift, if it's ever needed.The roof was built at <br /> the correct slope for the eventual installation of solar panels. <br /> A The apartment above the garage can be <br /> reached from inside the garage or from an Design:Hive Architecture I Builder:Hive Architecture I Cost to build:$767,000 in <br /> 2076 I Photo by Mara Owen I Article adapted from`ADU Case Studies"by Lina Menard <br /> exterior side entrance accessed from the yard it on AccessoryDwellings.org.Visit the website to read about and see photographs of <br /> shares with the primary residence. more ADU projects. <br /> HOME VISIT#3 <br /> Basement ADU <br /> Portland,Oregonrs7 ' ' _..,;_.;. -- E\ I <br /> Size:796 square feet ! <br /> !.- --__...i.,.:.. .. ,-The transformation of this colorful Cif,r <br /> y - ; <br /> Victorian was both a preservation and �; Iii ' <br /> expansion project. 7 ..MIN...... ` ...III OMR - <br /> TEACHING MOMENT:"Here's a very 4a , -., '-. - <br /> - <br /> welcome breath of fresh air,especially in -' <br /> the face of so much gentrification that is .—_. L.-.- .7::- -- OP, . ' <br /> going on in Portland!"declared Mark ♦ By lifting the house and digging beneath it,designers,engineers and <br /> Lakeman, principal of Communitecture,an builders turned a two-story,single-family home into a three-story, <br /> architectural,planning and design firm, multifamily residence.(The ADU's entrance is pictured on page 3.) <br /> about the pictured remodel. Writing on <br /> his company's website,he says the project provides a THE ACHIEVEMENT:Adds Lakeman:"Unlike the <br /> lesson in how to"adapt and reuse our precious seemingly pervasive method of simply tearing down <br /> historic houses so they can accommodate more existing buildings so that new,giant ones can be built, <br /> people while also providing more income to support this approach achieves upgrades in energy efficient <br /> the existing home." living places and adds density while retaining the <br /> HOW'D THEY DO IT?To add a basement rental continuity of our beloved historical urban environment." <br /> unit,engineers lifted the house.The resulting ADU is Design:Communitecture Cost to build:$725,000 in 2015 I Photos by <br /> roughly four feet underground and four feet above. Communitecture(before)and Chris Nascimento(after) <br /> The ABCs of ADUs I AARP 7 <br />