$65K ADU Garage Conversion Tour + BIG Cost-Saving Tips
An ADU garage conversion can transform your extra space into a cash-flowing rental property in your own front or backyard. ADUs (accessory dwelling units) like this have become the norm in 2023 as home prices stay sky-high and permitting pains run rampant. The best part about this strategy? You can do it for FAR less than it would cost to buy another rental property, allowing you to take home more passive income without paying off a half-a-million-dollar mortgage.
If you want to know the right way to do a garage conversion ADU, Derek Sherrell, AKA “That ADU Guy,” is your man. He’s been building ADUs longer than almost anyone else and has the cost-saving tips and space-enhancing design you need to turn where you park your cars into a real rental property. We’ll tour Derek’s one-bedroom, one-bathroom, 500+ sq ft ADU and hear exactly how he built, designed, and budgeted for it.
What extra space could you turn into another passive income stream? Would you try your hand at a garage conversion? Let us know in the comments below!
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00:00 Saving Space in Your ADU
02:03 Cutting Down on Costs
03:25 Kitchen and Living Room
05:37 Bathroom
06:13 Bedroom
06:55 The Final Cost
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Great content..definitely more ADU CONTENT👌🏿👍🏿
Thanks for the info!
Appreciate this info
Super good stuff!!
Looks great for the price.
Love it, tell me more!
Great video, like always. When you're charging for utility service, what software, systems do you use? If you could create a video, that would be great!
Bro looks like Brandon with a trimmed beard 😂🔥
@steveelling9604
Жыл бұрын
You're right, he does! Cloned.
Hell Derek. Do you have a set of plans you sell for that 2 car garage with adu?
Derek is such a stud! Even if he is a firefighter
@ThatADUGuy
Жыл бұрын
Mike!!! What's up Brother
Could really use help on the east coast. Baltimore, MD specifically. Builders are quoting me 175-200k! Someone please send a lifeline 😅!
@ThatADUGuy
Жыл бұрын
Ouch!
@Enochulate88
Жыл бұрын
I saw someone get quoted 40k for a small pool so they spent 7k and did it themselves. Good luck
@ThatADUGuy
Жыл бұрын
@@Enochulate88 diy at its best!
@Enochulate88
Жыл бұрын
@@ThatADUGuy they did a really good job with everything it wasn't igger rigged
A normal size fridge is so much better than a tiny one. Other than that this is beautiful!
I didn’t even know you could cut your own granite!!! 🤯 That’s wild
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That's impressive. My contractor was going to charge me $170k to build a very similar design but 2 bd
@user-nc8se9in8o
7 күн бұрын
In which state?
@jillpetik1003
6 күн бұрын
Oregon
Very helpful. However, I am not a do it your-selfer . I would have to give something like this a to the contractor.
Hey Derek- love your videos and all these great tips! Can you comment on your experience with tankless water heaters from a property management standpoint? I love the space savings but am concerned with the additional maintenance required for those vs tankless heaters. Have you had any issues with your tenants using them? Thanks and keep up the great work and content!
@ThatADUGuy
10 ай бұрын
Hi there! Great question. No issues and we have lots of them. Going on 10 years on the oldest ones.
Is there a link to a floor plan or layout for this ADU?
Hey Derek what brand 24" range is that and where do you source this and most of your appliances from? Actually need 2 of these and as you know 24" are harder to find and more expensive... Awesome content !!!
@ThatADUGuy
Жыл бұрын
At times I also use the GE 24" range but it is about $100 more. Around $1,000 delivered.
Hey Derek! Your videos inspire me to someday build my dream adu :) did you build this entire building for 65000 or convert an existing garage and add a floor above? I’m trying to estimate the cost of adding a second floor above my attached single story garage 😊
@ThatADUGuy
10 ай бұрын
Hi there! This was for the new build from ground up, not adding a floor.
What private electric meter are you using on this ADU? Where can I get one from?
@ThatADUGuy
10 ай бұрын
Generic digital meter from the local supply house. They are around $250.
Really good advice, really terrible music. Please, no more distracting background music to annoy the viewers who can’t stand that type of music & want to hear you speak. ✌️
What market is this ADU in?
@caderidenour642
Жыл бұрын
Southern Oregon
@Enochulate88
Жыл бұрын
@@caderidenour642 I need to move there
I'm from India.....can i learn from these videos?As American housing/real estate is different from Indian one...... Pls help
@rajdeepjana1658
Жыл бұрын
I watch BIGGER POCKET VIDEOS.....EVEN REAL ESTATE ROOKIE CHANNEL
@brotherkossi
Жыл бұрын
I don't get the question, but I believe you're already learning by watching the videos. Grab the concepts and adapt them to your local realities. No one from the US side knows the realities of the Indian real estate market, so you're the best person to do the adaptation.
@rajdeepjana1658
Жыл бұрын
@@brotherkossi thanks sir
@Enochulate88
Жыл бұрын
I can show you how to grow mushrooms. Any kind you want. You'd be better off then real estate lol
I find it really hard to believe these numbers unless the guy is milling the lumber himself. Ain't no way he built a garage, adu and installed asphalt for $65,000. There is more to this story.
@MrJacobegg
Жыл бұрын
He said in the video that he's a builder and does most of the work himself. I was recently quoted $20-25k in materials to add an ADU above an existing 400 sqft garage. So $65k in materials cost for a budget 550-ish sqft ADU over a garage is totally believable if one is smart about their design and materials purchases.
@ThatADUGuy
Жыл бұрын
This is cost as the planner, builder. Asphalt was $2.05 per sf and not included in the $65k. These numbers are not easy to meet, but possible.
I wonder how much a 600 sq ft apt would rent for.
@ramram8979
Жыл бұрын
I rent out a 400 adu on top of my garage, going for $1350 in denver
@MrJacobegg
Жыл бұрын
Depends where you're located. Rent on a 600 sqft apartment is going to vary a LOT by location. In NYC, that would probably be a couple grand, at least. In backwoods Mississippi... a fair bit less than that.
@ThatADUGuy
Жыл бұрын
Market rate for this unit in this market is around $1200
@Enochulate88
Жыл бұрын
@@ThatADUGuy🎉
@jamescombs2118
5 ай бұрын
@@ramram8979 😢