Model: Cascade Modern. This modern, 378 square-foot Kabin has a laundry room, partially vaulted loft, a common room with vaulted ceiling to maximize space, 1 bathroom and a covered porch. This backyard cottage is constructed to Built Green’s 4-star standards.

Our new beautiful accessory dwelling unit in Bethesda, MD we recently completed. This gem features huge casement windows for tons of natural light, wood looking tile floor, full kitchen, full bathroom, and a generous bedroom. The client added retractable pocket barn doors that slide closed when being used for guests, and is opened to use the full space for entertaining.

Photos by Roehner + Ryan
Small modern one-story concrete exterior home idea in Phoenix

Mid-Century Modern style ADU - Accessory Dwelling Unit - Modern luxury outdoor shower with graphic tile and brass fixtures in San Diego.
Example of a small 1950s beige one-story stucco exterior home design in San Diego with a shingle roof

Project Overview: The owner of this project is a financial analyst turned realtor turned landlord, and the goal was to increase rental income on one of his properties as effectively as possible. The design was developed to minimize construction costs, minimize City of Portland building compliance costs and restrictions, and to avoid a county tax assessment increase based on site improvements. The owner started with a large backyard at one of his properties, had a custom tiny home built as “personal property”, then added two ancillary sheds each under a 200SF compliance threshold to increase the habitable floor plan. Compliant navigation of laws and code ended up with an out-of-the-box design that only needed mechanical permitting and inspections by the city, but no building permits that would trigger a county value re-assessment. The owner’s final construction costs were $50k less than a standard ADU, rental income almost doubled for the property, and there was no resultant tax increase. Product: Gendai 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Unoiled Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 900SF Designer: Builder: Date: March 2019 Location: Portland, OR

Model: Cascade Modern. This modern, 378 square-foot Kabin has a laundry room, partially vaulted loft, a common room with vaulted ceiling to maximize space, 1 bathroom and a covered porch. This backyard cottage is constructed to Built Green’s 4-star standards.

Photos by Roehner + Ryan
Example of a small minimalist one-story concrete exterior home design in Phoenix

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Home design - coastal home design idea in Seattle

This 423 square-foot 'Rainier Traditional' Kabin has a bedroom that’s separate from the living and kitchen area, which has a vaulted ceiling. There is a partially vaulted loft above the bedroom and attic storage space over the bathroom. Additional features include a .75 bathroom and a 40 sq. ft. covered porch. This backyard cottage is constructed to Built Green’s 4-star standards.

This was a garage conversion to a loft apartment. Used by client as an Airbnb income unit.
Arts and crafts garage photo in Seattle

Model: Cascade Modern. This modern, 378 square-foot Kabin features a laundry room, partially vaulted loft, a common room with vaulted ceiling to maximize space, 1 bathroom and a 40 sq. ft. covered porch. This backyard cottage is constructed to Built Green’s 4-star standards.

A classical garage conversion to an ADU (Guest unit). This 524sq. garage was a prime candidate for such a transformation due to the extra 100+sq. that is not common with most detached garage units. This extra room allowed us to design the perfect layout of 1br+1.5bath. The bathrooms were designed in the classical European layout of main bathroom to house the shower, the vanity and the laundry machines while a secondary smaller room houses the toilet and an additional small wall mounted vanity, this layout is perfect for entertaining guest in the small backyard guest unit. The kitchen is a single line setup with room for full size appliances. The main Livingroom and kitchen area boasts high ceiling with exposed Elder wood beam cover and many windows to welcome the southern sun rays into the living space.

Photos by Roehner + Ryan
Small minimalist one-story concrete exterior home photo in Phoenix

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Home design - craftsman home design idea in Seattle

Model: Cascade Modern. This modern, 378 square-foot Kabin has a laundry room, partially vaulted loft, a common room with vaulted ceiling to maximize space, 1 bathroom and a covered porch. This backyard cottage is constructed to Built Green’s 4-star standards.

Model: Cascade Modern. This modern, 378 square-foot Kabin has a laundry room, partially vaulted loft, a common room with vaulted ceiling to maximize space, 1 bathroom and a covered porch. This backyard cottage is constructed to Built Green’s 4-star standards.

Project Overview: The owner of this project is a financial analyst turned realtor turned landlord, and the goal was to increase rental income on one of his properties as effectively as possible. The design was developed to minimize construction costs, minimize City of Portland building compliance costs and restrictions, and to avoid a county tax assessment increase based on site improvements. The owner started with a large backyard at one of his properties, had a custom tiny home built as “personal property”, then added two ancillary sheds each under a 200SF compliance threshold to increase the habitable floor plan. Compliant navigation of laws and code ended up with an out-of-the-box design that only needed mechanical permitting and inspections by the city, but no building permits that would trigger a county value re-assessment. The owner’s final construction costs were $50k less than a standard ADU, rental income almost doubled for the property, and there was no resultant tax increase. Product: Gendai 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Unoiled Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 900SF Designer: Builder: Date: March 2019 Location: Portland, OR

Welcome to our recently completed Makara 600 ADU. This backyard jewel is a 2 bedroom/1 bath guest house featuring an awesome eat-in kitchen with island and a wood burning stove. Contact us today to learn more about how you can add an ADU to your MD/DC/VA property.

Welcome to our recently completed Makara 600 ADU. This backyard jewel is a 2 bedroom/1 bath guest house featuring an awesome eat-in kitchen with island and a wood burning stove. Contact us today to learn more about how you can add an ADU to your MD/DC/VA property.