Type Five lets clients choose everything from floor plans to finishes via its website configurator, and then manages the rest. A small kitchenette comes complete with a cook top and oven. White oak ...

Several builders are making promises they can’t keep—or never intended to—leaving buyers in the lurch and thousands of dollars poorer. A few months ago, Vanessa Gibbons contacted Meka Modular, a San ...

Villa delivers backyard homes starting at $225K, and you can be involved with every step from design to configuration. Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people ...

Abodu, a company focused on building prefabricated Accessory Dwelling Units, installed its first North Bay unit in unincorporated Sonoma County roughly two weeks ago. The company says more units will ...

New state rules have made it easier for California homeowners to add accessory dwelling units (otherwise known as back houses or granny flats) to their properties. But many interested homeowners don’t ...

In many ways, an accessory dwelling unit is as complex and demanding a construction project as a full-sized house. So even if you have a clear vision for what your ADU will look like, all the way down ...

Prefabricated design and manufacturing company Plant Prefab has announced their new lightHouse line, a set of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) available in multiple sizes. Working with designers ...

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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 ...

A few years ago, when Joyce Higashi decided to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in her backyard in San Jose, California, she saw it as a passive source of income. She had a large lot, so the new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. PREFABULOUS FOR EVERYONE will be released April 18th 2023. This is one of several ADUs available by Plant Prefab. Malibu and Los ...

Nearly 10 months after the Eaton wildfire, the rebuild process is slowly getting underway. Now, residents are turning to ...