ADU as an addition
Gini Collins
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Comments (4)Attached images here don't show up in good resolution. The same images are available on the following links. https://ibb.co/1zD6YQR https://ibb.co/phJ8dMC...See MoreWindow treatments & furnishings Help in an ADU (small apartment)
Comments (11)@Beth Yes I like those blinds a lot in the last picture, and that couch is the color I planned to buy. Do you think curtains with these blinds are too much? I have curtains in my house, and our old house had blinds and curtains, and I really liked that look. We live in the city, and have lots of noisy (and nosy) neighbors... I love the roman blind over the sink look too... Since these windows are all in the same room (except for bedroom) should it be unified with the same base idea (like all have blinds, but some have curtains too?)...See MoreADU more property tax-is it worth it?
Comments (0)Is adding an ADU to your home worth it? After the County increases property tax, additional rental insurance, additional utility fees.......(Oregon, Clackamas County)...See MoreSide addition or rear addition?
Comments (16)@3onthetree -- yes, this revised plan (with the addition either off the side or rear) would add a guest bedroom on the main level and expand the current half bath to make a full bath (or 3/4?) for guests or general main level use. We wouldn't make any changes in the basement with a side addition. If we went the rear addition route, would connect the basement portion of the addition to the current walkout basement, but no major changes. I see what you mean regarding the many entrances and outdoor spaces...I just don't know how to remedy this. I HATE the walkout basement garage (that is now just a parking area since the previous owners turned the garage into living space). It makes no sense to me...so you park at this level and then have to haul all your stuff upstairs? And then, if you want to go outside to play, you are going out through a different entrance (on the opposite side of the house) to access the nice part of the yard--where do you keep your shoes?? I find we spend most of our outside time in the side yard and get there through the sliders in the dining room (this is also where we have a nice deck and pergola and the ground is flat and accessible). In the picture below it is the space I colored red. What would make sense to me would be to create a mudroom off that side of the house and then add new parking (not sure where or how) to that side of the lot. But then what do you do with the walkout basement garage parking space (I guess MIL would still park there)? We also have a detached garage behind the house to the left -- but that is used as a workshop (not actual parking). Maybe I'm overthinking this and need to reign it in. Maybe we don't need a guest room and bathroom. Although it would be really nice to improve the flow and function on the main level and how we access our outdoor space. At any rate, thank you for your thoughts....See MoreGini Collins
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