Moving to San Antonio's Northwest side

[Mike Blanco]

We are making the move from Houston to San Antonio. We are pretty open to houses from Fair Oaks Ranch all the way down to the Alamo Heights. After spending a little time on this sight with you fine fellows researching if I wanted to sell or rent our Houston home it got me thinking about ADU's in San Antonio. Honestly, I had no idea what an ADU acronym stood for, I just thought they were called flats in the back or garage over apartments. They are a pretty big thing here in the Houston Heights area, close to downtown.

In San Antonio are they a bigger thing down in the Alamo Heights area? How would one go about finding Single Family Homes with an ADU? I looked on Zillow, but could not find a category for Single Family with an ADU. I did find multi-family residences, but I have a wife and two young kids. I don't think they would go for the typical multi-family.

[Joel Allen]

@Mike Blanco

The area you described (Fair Oaks Ranch all the way down to Alamo Heights) covers a large portion of the northern part of San Antonio.  In general, the single family homes in these areas tend to be on the higher end of the price spectrum, but of course there are exceptions within such a large area.

The more common term for ADUs that we use here in San Antonio is 'casita'.  If you include that as a keyword in your search, that would be a good starting point.  I did a quick search on Realtor.com a moment ago with 'casita' as the keyword, and it resulted in 54 properties currently for sale within San Antonio.

You'll want to check the HOA restrictions in the neighborhood you decide to purchase in, and check the zoning to ensure the unit was added legally.