Finishing up the ADU construction in the summer of 2011, my partner and I were attempting to make tens of good, long-term design decisions a...

In earlier posts, I shared how living in smaller spaces reduces per capita energy consumption, which was part of my motivation for living m...

My property tax appeal was successful. My property taxes were officially lowered from $4,021.75 to $3,154.21 for 2013. Adjusted tax sta...

In my last post, I described how the county attributed approximately $142K of contributory value from the new ADU. This translated to a HUGE...

Many people have inquired about how the ADU effected my county property tax. Up till now, I had no idea how the addition would impact it. Ev...

( Editor's note: I've authored a related post called Staircases in ADUs on AccessoryDwellings.org ) I'm authoring this post...

Residents and architects know the importance of visual privacy, but the psychological value of sound privacy is often forgotten in building ...