Learn the total commitment required to take on an ADU, including costs, estimates, and schedules.
This is a course that gives an accurate and current breakdown of costs and what to expect with every aspect of building an internal ADU, a detached ADU, and using appendix Q of the IRC to build a tiny house on a foundation on it’s own parcel as a standalone rental property. The purpose of this course is to minimize risk, and empower you with all the information you need to build an ADU or rental property to start generating additional income for yourself or your family.
What you’ll learn
- Which type of ADU (Accessory Dwelling Unit) is the best option for you.
- Break down your project into every stage of progress by cost and trade.
- Identify common project risks and how to minimize and manage them.
- Estimate and create a schedule and budget for your ADU project.
- Complete a cost breakdown and plan to manage your project from start to finish.
- When to hire out, and when to self perform. DIY vs. Hiring a contractor..
- Accurate time and cost estimates from a case study ADU (costs 2023).
- What you will NOT learn. This course will not teach construction skills. i.e. framing, drywall, etc..
Course Content
- Introduction –> 4 lectures • 30min.
- Use an Existing tiny house on a trailer, or build from scratch? –> 1 lecture • 4min.
- Framing –> 4 lectures • 9min.
- Exterior Shell –> 4 lectures • 8min.
- Interior Systems and Finishes –> 5 lectures • 10min.
- Landscaping and Site –> 2 lectures • 23min.
- Totals and Lessons Learned –> 5 lectures • 1hr 49min.
- Sketchup Tutorial Series –> 36 lectures • 2hr.
Requirements
This is a course that gives an accurate and current breakdown of costs and what to expect with every aspect of building an internal ADU, a detached ADU, and using appendix Q of the IRC to build a tiny house on a foundation on it’s own parcel as a standalone rental property. The purpose of this course is to minimize risk, and empower you with all the information you need to build an ADU or rental property to start generating additional income for yourself or your family.
A lot of this course is establishing expectations, so you know the full scope of what you are getting into before you commit to it. I walk through considerations to review with a new or existing site, how to do a site analysis, which permits to expect within city limits with a strict building code, cost breakdowns for materials and man hours required for each phase of the project. Using this course, you can learn what it really takes to do this, and whether or not it makes sense for you and your family to pursue it. I am Saul Rip, join me on this specialized course and empower yourself to succeed on your own journey in small empire building. It’s possible and it’s worth it.
I will be throwing out a lot of numbers and costs throughout this course. At the very end, I will present all of these numbers again, so that they are all in one place, and we will go through all of the costs line by line, so that you can see the total costs associated with a project of this type and scale. From there, you can go over the numbers and substitute numbers, or remove line items that don’t apply to your project, so you can get an accurate cost estimate for your project.
Resources Provided In The Premium Course:
- A full set of construction documents for a tiny house on a trailer, and a tiny house on a foundation, with cost breakdowns for each.
- A comprehensive Product and materials list with associated costs
- A powerful Excel spreadsheet for generating estimates for your project.
- Tutorial series teaching how to use Sketchup to assist you in designing your project, and extracting material estimates.
- What to expect when undertaking an internal or detached ADU.
- Costs for a 720 square foot internal ADU.
- Costs for a 400 square foot tiny house on a foundation (Costs from 2023).
- (This is BIG) How to schedule a project of this scope
- Lessons learned. Things to do, and things to avoid.