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Adding to Your Seattle Home with DADUs
Adding to Your Seattle Home with DADUs
Part 1 The NW Green Home Tour is coming to Seattle again the end of April. This is a project that you will be able to visit while on the free one day tour. Detached Accessory Dwelling Units are also known as an DADUs by the City of Seattle. One can go to the Dept of Planning and Development's website and find the CAM 116B or "Client Assistant Memo" regarding the separate living structures Seattle homeowners may build on their single family property.  Much depends on the the size of the lot as well as available setbacks etc., but this is a great solution for increasing density without disturbing the feel and the lines of the neighborhood. If there is room on your lot this might be a great option to investigate, perhaps above an existing garage or the space at the back of the lot by the alley.
Below is the "Before" picture of a little used part of the yard:

Many Seattle neighborhoods are no longer car dependent and have readily available public transportation and such is the case of the build we will be following. The owner of this build could easily rent ... more

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