Privacy.

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 5) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

If you really care about your privacy don't look at the government.

The additional privacy of the shower/toilet room would be nice, but there's also the tradeoff of having to squeeze a door in there and barely having room to turn around once you're in the "room".

(I erased his name for privacy purposes)Am I missing something?

I would never rent out rooms to a stranger, I value my privacy and don't honestly trust many people not to steal my tv or laptop.

I take my privacy very seriously, and my personal information is very valuable to me.Anyways, I did get the offer contract about an hour later after the last call, and we just signed it and sent it 45 minutes ago, after reading it and scanning it into the pdf...My agent told me that the garage was converted into a 1 bed 1 bath without permit.

You make your decisions in the privacy of your own mind and no one ever need know your reasoning.

I would like as much privacy between the two units but I need ideas as far as closing off the first floor from the basement, having access to the w/d when the hookups are downstairs for the tenants above, and backyard privacy for each tenant.

In all seriousness.. my first line of attack would be a 6-ft privacy fence.