$400K is outrageous even in L.A. I live in Orange County and am thinking of building an ADU for my parents. It costs around $150K and I thought it's already too expensive.

@loctekHedy

4 ай бұрын

if you want to know more details about ADUs including price..... you can contact me, i will send you more detailed info.

@felipenunez2058

4 ай бұрын

150k is what cost my cousin in Baldwin Park. 2bd 1bth. 650sqft. She went high end with kitchen cabentry and flooring. Central air heat. So you can probably do cheaper. That included permits separate water waste and electric from the main house.

@Woter_X

2 ай бұрын

A boxabl is only 50k. Why would you go anything higher

@ryansremodelingservice

2 ай бұрын

ADU price varies a lot depending on the size and utility connections--coming from a general contractor's point of view. Their interior material cost is probably 2-3 times double the average.

@Charlie_snail

Ай бұрын

@@Woter_X Bruh. SERIOUSLY??

400k for a 500sf ADU Is insane. Even cost plus, she already owns the land. Why do builders gauge like this? We built a 2000sf house for that price recently In Long Beach on our adjacent lot

I bought some acreage & built a little detached ADU for my parents while I was building a home for myself, during the pandemic. It's been great having them on the property with me. I really feel like multi-generational housing is the future. It just makes sense in this day and age. I will say $400K is absolutely wild, though. It's more than double what I paid and half as small. YIKES! **bristles** That's LA for you. It makes me feel WAY better about these Seattle area prices. 😅 She does seems really happy with it, though, so good for her!!! I hope her sister truly enjoys it. It came out beautifully. 😍

@ChristopherLeeFoto

8 ай бұрын

i agree, 400k for an ADU is definitely high.

@GalacticTradingPost

7 ай бұрын

avg selling price should be 550-600 per square foor in LA and san fran. sadly the 400k price tag is actually reasonable where she lives. at worst she gets away with 20k profit in this situation. likely more because its a nice property.

@laloqueramich

2 күн бұрын

I live in Tacoma. Could you give me info on what bank funded your ADU and who built it? I need guidance on where to begin. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I’m sorry did your video say the budget for that ADU was $400,000? The LA Times is so out of touch with average Angelenos

400k for that? I helped my uncle built his 2 story 1000 SqFt ADU and total spend to build it was 105k. (Yes, we got all permits and it passed inspection)

@darryls2141

3 ай бұрын

it's West Hollywood- Beverly Hills adjacent- You are paying for the area- Therefore $400,000 is cheap.

Wait, project cost her $400,000????? If she paid 400k for that ADU that is insanely overpriced 😮

@erikgonzalez9941

Жыл бұрын

Looks like the architect took half of that 🤣

@ahuramazda980

Жыл бұрын

That should of been done for under $100,000.

@fy4729

Жыл бұрын

It’s insane how much building an ADU can cost. May as we buy another damn house 💀

@kdlee3316

Жыл бұрын

It’s way more to build an adu in LA. Also she hired an architect instead of small project designer

@DowneyPools-sb1tw

Жыл бұрын

Garage conversion! If it was built from the ground up he wouldn't charged half a million bucks

Beautiful work!

The renovation looks nice. 👏👏👏

$400K lol I'm building one myself for $60k lol

@eattherich9215

9 ай бұрын

In California?

@LA_Designer

9 ай бұрын

​@@eattherich9215no, probably built in sh*tsville, just north of buttf*ck.

nice design. clerestory windows are so underrated. i will never understand architects who put all of their windows facing the street or a neighbors property

$400k is insane.

@paxton_wulgus

7 ай бұрын

yeah she clearly got taken for a ride by that architect

@dlfields8429

Ай бұрын

My house only costed me $125,000.00 1800sf wrapped in Brick with a full basement and Garage

I looks like the neighboring property is closer than 5’, which requires a 1-Hour rated wall and rated windows (at least in San Diego). Rated windows are prohibitively expensive and rated operable windows are nearly impossible, which may explain some of the high build cost.

its a bit high, but most of these building "experts" clearly don/t know shit about construction in LA. And that is a high quality place, just those bi fold doors are 10K alone.

Assuming she takes out a second mortgage for the 400k she spent on the ADU at a 8% interest, the monthly payment is around $2600. Even if someone is open to the idea of living in the yard instead of an apartment for $3000, after property tax and repairs, it is almost for certain she's in the negative territory every month. This makes this ADU or any ADU generally a terrible investment.

@lewizzrocks

8 ай бұрын

Yeah no one should be paying more than 2,000 for a backyard adu lolll

@kgal1298

8 ай бұрын

Let's be honest she probably planned this and took it out when interest rates were lower. On top of that she said her sister is living on the property so it's not as much an income property as it is investment. If her house it paid for then long term this will net her a solid return if home prices keep increasing as they do in LA. However, my rent is 2540 right now for a 2 bed 2 bath, but not nearly as nice as that. For a 1 bedroom like that you can definitely rent for 3K and they often do.

@gabrielleguinto7696

8 ай бұрын

ADUs are very popular in SoCal. I know a couple friends who live in nice ADUs like this and pay 2.5-3k easily

@swapw

8 ай бұрын

@@gabrielleguinto7696 Hypothetically, if you are on a 30 year mortgage, the question in addition to my original statement is the fact you have to factor the build quality. Because it does not have a firm foundation like your traditional home, will it last 30 years if even? If you were paying the $400,000 ADU with cash, in addition to the ADU, you also have the option of considering against the 6% high yield interest rate currently without the hassle of an ADU build, management of tenants, and mortgage payments. You get an average earning of $2000 a month doing nothing which would make it an even more attractive option for most.

Awesome project

I'm really wondering how much that 500sqft ADU cost to build and how much rent it would command in the open market.

Great designs 👍

Nice move Bridget out designing your designers with your Kitchen Cabinet area.

Love it. But I think I would want walls up to the ceiling in the bedroom. Don’t want cooking odors going into the bedroom and noise if you have a couple sharing the space. Is this a junior ADU or ADU.

I love everything about this. The warm wood, the jewel tone tiles in the bathroom, the clever storage and space. I’m sure this added a million to her home value

@loctekHedy

4 ай бұрын

hello,Juicehammer, if you want to know more details about ADUs, you can contact me, i will send you more detailed info.

beautiful space

That bathroom is gorgeous

thank you

This is ultra lux. How’d you get the clerestory windows approved? Steel framing?

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Very nice

➡HERE is the issue with most ADU's (at least in california). AT $400,000 for a 500sqft ADU, that is a WHOPPING $800/square ft and does NOT include land in the purchase that is only for the adu (building permits etc...) ON the flip side, if you take a $700,000, 2000sqft house, that is $350 a sqft, high but reasonable for Calfornia, that is less than half AND includes land!!!!!

@andrewdarrell4970

8 ай бұрын

Youre not getting a 2000 sq ft house for anywhere near 700,000 near west Hollywood

LA Times pays good! I teach in LA County so I will never own a home let alone an ADU.

@ifetayodavidson-cade5613

8 ай бұрын

There may be special first time homeowner programs for teachers.

where do u park your car if you demo garage and make adu?

@Rambleon444

Жыл бұрын

Out on the street. I could be wrong, but I don't believe there is any crime in LA so your car will be safe.

@James-vj5hz

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone wants to own a car.

That ADU has a great big door for mosquitoes and other bugs. Also, where is the parking for the two adults with maybe one or two cars?

My gosh. Aside from adding some value to the property spending 400k! would take way too long for her to make her money back in rentals. And for the property to have 400k added value to the property the neighborhood would have to support the price increase.

I guess that might be 4 or 5 thousand as the monthly rental for this $400,000 project? But it's furnished though, so curious how much the owner is going to ask for the rental.

@sasstewart1222

8 ай бұрын

Nope, 2k max

@terrywong9665

8 ай бұрын

aint nobody gon pay 4 grand to live in someone’s backyard storage box

Bruh, I’m looking for a 5k option 😂

That’s cute. This video FAILS to mention that if you create an ADU on your R-1 single residential zone the city will NOT give you separate water meters. So if your tenants run up the water bill LEGALLY you can’t charge them what’s fair even if you install a second water meter yourself. It’s also difficult to evict a tenant. You may have to pay for their housing.

@drutalero2962

8 ай бұрын

There's most likely an overlay that allows separation..

@DCmite1

8 ай бұрын

yes they will....but not worth the cost.

@claytonjames4779

8 ай бұрын

It's not difficult to evict if you have a lease that is air tight Plus living on site gives you more ability to evict than SFH rental does. And the city may not give you a separate meter, but you can install a smart water meter that detects how much water and electricity is being used. You can then pass that on to them.

@mrdev5281

8 ай бұрын

Water is the cheapest utility there is. I replace and refill my jacuzzi often because its cheaper than over using expensive chemicals

@Elcamina145

8 ай бұрын

She said her sister lives in the ADU. She coughed up $400k to convert a garage, don’t think she will evict her sister over an extra $60 on the water bill

How in the world it cost $400k for a 500 sqt house?

@corypalmer5495

8 ай бұрын

Exactly, this is a scam. You can get a 2,000+ sq. ft. house in North Carolina for $350K.

It is a lovely result! Could you please share the dimensions with total square footage?1

@drutalero2962

8 ай бұрын

Just do the square root of 500

Don’t get scammed! The other thing that in LA you have to know and that contractors won’t tell you is that your primary house now becomes rent controlled, and in attached houses both the ADU and the primary house becomes rent controlled and you have to register with the city every year and cannot utilize short term rental websites such as Airbnb because rent controlled units are not allowed to be listed. They are expecting you to provide low income housing to the community not create more short term housing. Do you homework and make sure you understand what your getting into it might be worth to just buy an investment property instead.

I love the design, except they should have done a sliding pocketed glass. Folding glass panels are nice, but they stick out into the yard. Kind of awkward to open the window and then have this giant wall of wood/glass sticking out in the yard.

Just CRAM more people into an already overcrowded area. Great idea folks.

these folks are rich as hell upper middle.

Seems expensive for a rental.

400k are you serious? HOW would you even fund that? Def not a hard money loan

Convert garages to homes because the home owners can't afford their homes.

$400k for that?!?!? thats insane! you are better off buying an apt complex in the south.

What a baller ⛹️ 😊

I’m 2 minutes in and still have no idea what ADU means. Other than it’s a house I have no idea what the acronym means.

Omg totally sariaslahhh

Nice of her to house her sister, keeping family off the streets 👍

What ??? 5:14 Project Cost $400K !!! But that doesn't even include cost of the land! That's $800 per sq. ft.

I'd rather have the garage.

$400K..??? Whats the point? You coulda bought a condo near L.A and had double the room. I could build this for 120k all day in Texas. Insane rip off.

$400,000 ADU???

Rich people "do rich." The sky's the limit when you're bucks-up. Privileged people, to be sure. Not practical -- at all -- for most.

This video could have been 10 seconds short with the following takeaway: The only thing you need to know before building an ADU, is that you need money, the more money the nicer the ADU.

@LA_Designer

9 ай бұрын

Haha... try buying a new house in California instead of an ADU. Your piggy bank will really feel the pain.

I’m sorry but 400k is way too much for such a small unit in my opinion

Lots to do in that area …. But very very ghetto ….unsafe murders recently The architecture is gorgeous tho ….so 🤷‍♂️ beautiful design .

The foundation was falling apart that’s sounds sus……

She definitely has rich parents 😂 a regular house in that neighborhood goes for 1.5 to 2 million

$400k in a dividend portfolio would probably be generating more cash flow than this ADU.

I built a adu for 6k

Shouldn't have to Google ADU. Start with full name then give acronym. Please and thank you.

So step one, be rich

WoW! What a scam artist. He charges $400K for something that costs less than $100K to build in L. A.

that is massively overpriced , even at 150 -which is more like what it should -be that is expensive

@kelaniadobuye1797

11 ай бұрын

And what part of Los Angeles do you live in? Thought so

@jukodebu

11 ай бұрын

@@kelaniadobuye1797 lol you got ripped off or your parents did

@kelaniadobuye1797

11 ай бұрын

@@jukodebu Building one for our son as we speak. Its double this size at 1100 sq ft . The property it sits on is worth $1.8 million. We are at $360,000 all-in w/ architect and didn't cheap out on anything and its just as boutique-looking as this. Its costs to build in a desirable area

@jukodebu

11 ай бұрын

@@kelaniadobuye1797 lol

@waleedsharaf4524

11 ай бұрын

This ADU is completely custom with very high-end materials. She said the concrete was falling apart, so the whole structure was demolished and they started from scratch. That folding door alone costs close to $35k and installation is another $20k in LA. The framing needed to install those upper windows all around is much more expensive than standard stick framing. They have to use engineered lumber or metal beams to allow for that type of open spam and enough support to put all those upper windows around almost the entire property. The stove/oven combo you see is a very high-end unit made in France, I think. The various tiles used in the bathroom and kitchen are 4x more expensive than what you'd see in a typical home. All in all, she didn't skimp anywhere and yes, the architect added quite a bit of expense, as well as building anything in Southern California will cost 3x more than the rest of the country. I recently finished a renovation that sold for $4M where the materials we used were similar but more expensive. Just my 2¢... 🧐😀🤑

That price tag is ridiculous. Very limited audience. Beautiful space do.

I hope next development in AI is to change the tone on people's voice. This tone is one of the most annoying ones 🤮🤮🤣🤣🤣🤣

@blueskiesandgreenpasturesp3848

11 ай бұрын

It's the California voice.

For $400K she could have moved to another state and bought two regular houses!

400k?! Nope…

Rich people problems 😂

The first thing you should consider is that you will lose your privacy.

1) You’re giving up your privacy That’s all. No more back yard. No more barbecues. Nothing.

Vocal fry 😵‍💫

She got ripped off lol

This church is not in the fullness of faith. They ignore our cannot explain verses like Colossians 1 24 For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are LACKING in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the Church.

The video should explain what ADU stands for before just giving the acronym 🤷

400k for a 500sqft tiny house..😂😂😂😂😂 what a joke

destroying communities in my book bla bla bla terrible

this dude really ripped this lady off because he was on a article lmao

So... Where are the 5 things I need to know other than 1. everything in CA is incredibly overpriced, 2. Some people are too full of themselves, 3. Not everyone can do what is shown in this video, 4. I don't like how Californians talk, and 5. I'm broke AF compared to the people in this video. Anything else?

caucasians

Waaaay too fancy for a tenant….

All these ADUs do is make for overcrowding and greater stress on infrastructure and water. If you can't afford to live in California, move.

400k!!! for this adu?? rip off lmao

@diegolara4202

Ай бұрын

My 1850 square foot home with a yard was only $250k yet somehow upgrading an existing building that is only 500 square feet cost 400k lol

It’s super cute, but $400k for a 500 sq ft dwelling?? GODDAMN.

400K???!!! Ridiculous

😂 low cost housing

"Rethink how you live in LA and thats quite the opportunity". 🤡🤡🤡 always about more money.... These are the people ruining LA

There goes the neighborhood.

@edd2184

Жыл бұрын

I look at it like this if you can afford to do so and build up to 1200 square feet why not. You can technically have a main house, junior ADU and ADU. Turning every property you own into 3. Even using SB9 to divide the lot Most people have already spent their equity in their homes on something ridiculous like a new car that depreciates in value.

@EvanKCorrigan

Жыл бұрын

@@edd2184 I think you can actually do in fact 3: A garage conversion, a new build ADU and an attached Junior ADU