They were running out of space in their two bedroom bungalow for a family of four, a home office and frequent family visitors so Gennifer Leong-Alvarado and Pastor Alvarado decided to copy their neighbors who had recently torn down their garage to replace it with a backyard home.
They called on Rebecca Rudolph and Catherine Johnson of Design, Bitches – the same architects who had made over their neighbors yard – and soon their tiny garage and cement driveway was being torn apart to make way for a spacious ADU (accessory dwelling Unit) and a backyard they would really use.
Gennifer explains, “I never went behind my garage ever because it was kind of like a dead zone.” Rebecca says this is common. “What we've figured out over time is that people will go 10 feet out from their living space, so if we'd just converted the garage, they would have stayed in this section of the yard, so by putting it in the back, they'll use the whole thing.”
Today, in the former “dead zone” sits their backyard cottage that serves as Pastor's office, as well as a home for their parents (who are frequent visitors). Their old, cement driveway is now a grass soccer field used constantly by their 10-year-old. And now, all the space between their home and the tiny home is used; there's a swimming pool, a fire pit, a covered outdoor dining area, a hammock and a boardwalk that connects the two spaces and gives the space a vacation-type feel.
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Great design
Well done! I enjoyed the design very much.
Very well done. ( The design – ideas – concepts – materials etc . . ) Extremely well thought out.
Simple – modern – yet cozy and natural. I love concrete floors and simple plywood walls and structural concepts.
It’s even more striking when you see the older pictures from the past – and what it is NOW.
A really great use of space, and in LA probably double the value of the property, could do a rental with no issues, and a perfect space for a start up, if there was enough street parking not to upset the neighbors.
Very tasteful and lovely, not sure I’d call it “modest” though
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Super cute home!!
You rarely see an ADU so well integrated with the outdoor spaces. Very well planned and executed. I wonder how long the permit process was with the city.
These people are geniuses! Wow.
Cool design
I wonder how much total this cost…hmmmm
how’d they get around the pool fence laws?
gorgeous tho
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In Australia we just call that a granny flat
Everyone pray for the innocent in major cities