Thayer Reno
Brand-New ADU:
Fully functional for independent living
The original "ADU" was like one of those Russian nesting dolls, of just one horrible surprise after the other.
Permitted? Of course not.
Full of mold? Oh yeah.
Structurally sketchy? Indeed.
So we tore it down and started over from scratch -- doing things the CORRECT way, this time!
Fully-Functional &
Completely Brand New
The new guest house has:
- 1 full bedroom
- 1 full bath
- A complete kitchen, including:
- Fridge
- Dishwasher
- Oven / Microwave Oven
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- Stacked washer/dryer
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- A side note about the range in the kitchen:
- It turns out that new construction in LA isn't allowed to have gas for cooktops, so we had to go with an electric range. My first idea was to put an "induction" cooktop, but then I did some research and discovered that those scratch extremely easily, require special cookware, and can be hard to maintain?
- Since the most likely use-case for the ADU was as a place for my aging parents to live, the LAST thing I wanted was undue stress around "oh no did we use the wrong pan or scratch the surface?" So I ended up going with a standard electrical range
Capybara not included
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Some pictures of the ADU renovation
Sooo.... after moving in, we quickly discovered to our dismay that the cosmetic fixes made when the house was being sold were concealing some pretty gross damage -- this foam below had to be put in because the wood front of the ADU was COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH...
