Accessory Dwelling Units. Additional Dwelling Units. Acronyme Difficile et inUtile?
Nah.
Backyard Cottages.
The alphabet soup is not inspiring. It can mystify and unnecessarily confuse the public. Keep it simple, Sweetheart!
Drifting Cottage in Savannah. 480 sf of cinderblock goodness that I had the pleasure of managing for years!
A backyard cottage is simple. Everyone knows what a cottage is. Its cozy. It makes you feel like you are inside a hug. Most folks know of someone who has lived “out back” as in “my mother in law moved to town and she is staying in our cottage ‘out back'‘. We can do movie nights and cocktails on the patio with her and then still have our own space. The kids love seeing their Grannyand its great for her and her independence!”
Backyard cottages are where it’s at as far as I am concerned.
Backyard Cottages are the lifeblood of providing responsible density to our neighborhoods.
We can build homeownership opportunities with cottages with cottage courts, cottage clusters, and via other creative subdivision of land.
Drifting Room Circa 2016. Drifting is one of my favorite cottages of all time. Every inch was accounted for my the meticulous owner.
It is a way to creatively build rental opportunities in for those underserved in our communities (do we always have to chase the almighty dollar?).
It is the way forward.
And I’m here to promote them, build them, and help you or your organization explore developing them.
Hop over to my sister site, Backyard Cottage Solutions, to get the skinny on my new endeavor.
As ever, than you for your support!