Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit In Portland, Oregon is the blog in which I catalog my ADU design and construction process. The blog is intended to create transparency around the development process, to help others figure out the steps to building their own ADU.
This is where I started my personal ADU journey. Many readers of this blog become students in the ‘Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit on Your Property in Portland, Oregon‘ classes I offer.
This is a list of some of the later posts, but visit the site to peruse the full site which contains many more posts, see pictures of the ADU, and watch 73 short videos of the construction process.
- Backdoor Revolution- The ADU Book January 23, 2018 3:00 pm
- Landscaping Revisited June 30, 2017 3:00 pm
- Landscaping Revised October 25, 2016 3:30 pm
- Re-Staining the Cedar Shingles and Waxing ADU Poetic October 11, 2015 1:00 pm
- Spring 2015 ADU Announcements April 16, 2015 5:05 pm
- All About ADUs - A Primer Course for Brokers September 15, 2014 7:37 pm
- Build Small, Live Large- Portland’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Tour- Sunday, June 1st, 2014 May 7, 2014 2:10 pm
- Refinishing the Concrete Floors February 28, 2014 5:37 am
- Energy Use Over the Last Year In the ADU March 22, 2013 6:03 am
- One Data Point for the Property Tax Impact of an ADU February 21, 2013 11:15 pm
- Successful Appeal of the County's Initial Assessment of the Contributory Value of the ADU January 10, 2013 7:25 am
- Property Taxes for the ADU October 24, 2012 12:30 pm
- Finishing The Stairs September 19, 2012 7:29 am
- An Artistic Sound Barrier June 27, 2012 6:27 am
- Open-Sourcing the Plans May 26, 2012 7:29 pm
- Refinancing my Property with an ADU March 12, 2012 5:38 pm
- An Artistic Guardrail January 10, 2012 11:32 pm
- New Energy Performance Incentive Available for New ADUs December 19, 2011 7:55 am
- Landscaping November 24, 2011 5:31 am
- Another ADU Class and a New ADU Website November 12, 2011 1:01 pm
- Data from Homeowners in Portland Who are Planning to Build ADUs October 17, 2011 4:42 am
- Final ADU Project Costs and Living Free September 29, 2011 11:26 pm
- Tankless Water Heater for Radiant Heat September 25, 2011 7:45 am
- Come on the Build It Green Tour September 22, 2011 3:18 am
- Sprinting to the Finish September 18, 2011 6:59 am