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Photos and plans for an accessory dwelling “in-law unit” in Santa Cruz
The 934-square-foot home has a two-car garage (shared with the primary home), a loft, a kitchen, a bedroom, a bathroom, and plenty of storage space for the family’s outdoor adventure gear. Here's the floor plan.
Will I have to pay more property taxes if I add an accessory dwelling in Santa Cruz?
A one-bedroom accessory dwelling like this one costs around $400,000 including design, permitting, all site work/engineering, and construction. When adding a “granny flat” or accessory dwelling of this size in Santa Cruz, you’ll a tax increase equal to about one-half of one percent of the full cost of the project. Here’s what that means for this property in Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz is making it easier to build an Accessory Dwelling
Great news, residents of Santa Cruz! The Santa Cruz Planning commission is expected to change its rules to make it easier to build “secondary units built on single-family lots” – in other words, accessory dwellings…
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