Kim Lisa TaylorSecurities Attorney, Founder, Syndication Attorneys, PLLC · Corporate Securities Attorney, 2x Best-Selling Author, Nationwide Speaker | Private Placement

Best Property Types for Building ADUs: What You Need to Know

4 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this instructional segment, the speaker outlines the key characteristics that make a property ideal for constructing accessory dwelling units (ADUs). He emphasizes the preference for flat lots to avoid costly earthwork, advises checking zoning—particularly multifamily‑zoned parcels that can accommodate multiple ADUs—and stresses the need for straightforward utility connections and the absence of easements that could restrict construction. These practical criteria are presented as a checklist for anyone evaluating a site for an ADU project.

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And so what kind of properties are typical, I mean, are ideal for doing this? Flat, flat lots. And I can't, I can't tell you how much of a headache it is once you have to start moving dirt, once you have to start doing earthwork. Well, I'm not saying it's impossible, but for me, I think an ideal situation when you are, when you're doing one of these is, you know, you got to look at zoning. So if you have a multifamily lot, you might have a single— like one of my properties now, it has a single-family house, but it's a, it's a multifamily zoned lot. So those are nice because you can build multiple ADUs there. Um, lot characteristics, you want it to be flat, easily accessible to utilities, no easements running across the property.