Building a home with your own 2 hands ( ADU ) ?

[Chris Gawlik]

I wanted to hear from people who have experience building there own house. I have always been interested in this and it has been a dream of mine to build a house with my kids. I have done major DIY projects and believe I am capable of doing most of the work myself building a small unit or converting a garage into a unit. Do you have experience building a home? 

The new ADU laws are changing in California, with some pretty major changes in 2020. Cities can no long charge you development fees or school fees. This could save you up to 20k on a new build. This is a substantial savings especially if you know how to do the framing, electrical, plumbing, roofing, ect. I have been speaking to the city of Yucaipa about this, and with these sort of new laws in place you can actually turn a single family residence into a multiple unit property, legally. There are definitely some square footage requirements, and some cities are more receptive to this than others. If anyone would like to talk more about this ( contractors, owner builders, anybody interested in this topic ) I would love to hear your opinions. Thanks.