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Mike Gordon
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Constructing ADU in Tucson AZ?

Mike Gordon
  • San Jose, CA
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I own a property in Tucson AZ that's on a large lot with plenty of room to build an ADU. The city passed an ordinance a few years ago to allow ADUs without zoning laws, so I think it's easy to get ADU construction approved.

My question is about cost. What's a cost effective way to build an ADU so that the return on the rent will make sense? I've seen prices between $100k-$250k as I've researched it. At the low end it makes sense. At the high end it doesn't.

How do you go about this? Does pre-fab work? Buy plans and hire a construction company? How much are utility hookups? Anyone with advice or experience with building an ADU and renting it for STR/LTR?

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Darrin Hansen
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Darrin Hansen
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  • Madison WI
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Tucson recently had a "competition" for ADU's, and are providing the plans for free online.

https://tucson.com/news/local/government-politics/tucson-cas...

I guess the idea was to lower some of the costs as long as there's not much deviation from their pre-approved plans.

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