Backyard Home Basics · short videos

More room, without moving. A few minutes to the basics.

What your lot might hold, what the free report shows, what it really costs, and what it does for value. About a minute each, with captions.

Backyard Home Basics, Episode 1: More room, without moving
More room, without moving1:07
Episode 1
  • Love the house and the rate, but out of room?
  • Since 2023, most Washington city lots can hold up to two accessory homes
  • A free report on your lot within a few hours, and it can say no
Backyard Home Basics, Episode 2: What your lot might hold
What your lot might hold1:11
Episode 2
  • A backyard home, an addition, or a garage conversion
  • What decides it: property lines, size, trees and slopes, sewer or septic
  • State law sets the floor; your city writes its own rules on top
Backyard Home Basics, Episode 3: The free report, page by page
The free report, page by page1:05
Episode 3
  • Four pages, within a few hours
  • Each rule with its code section, and a planning cost range
  • A desk study: not a survey, a permit, a bid or an appraisal
Backyard Home Basics, Episode 4: What it really costs
What it really costs0:58
Episode 4
  • Five backyard-home packages, and what each price includes
  • What isn’t in it: permits, utility fees, sales tax, site surprises
  • Seven to fourteen months, design to move-in
Backyard Home Basics, Episode 5: What it does for value, honestly
What it does for value, honestly0:57
Episode 5
  • In Washington, a backyard home can be sold as its own condo
  • A market figure from Seattle, not a promise about your house
  • Your agent can help you figure out what you could make on it

Figures in the videos: home-sale costs on an $845,000 home (Clever, Aug. 2026; WA Dept. of Revenue); accessory homes on most city lots (Washington HB 1337, 2023 · RCW 36.70A.681); package prices (United Signature package estimates, 2026, before permits, utility fees and sales tax); 7 to 14 months, design to move-in (United Signature proposals, 2026); Seattle's 2022 accessory-home figures (Seattle OPCD 2023 ADU report — a market figure, not a promise about any one property).

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