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Tacoma Garage Conversion Project: Old Garage to Brand New DADU - Tacoma, WA
Tacoma Garage Conversion Project: Old Garage to Brand New DADU - Tacoma, WA

As soon as the new DADU / ADU rules were implemented in 2019 we began searching for a new property with a decent sized garage that we could design and convert into a DADU. In the summer of 2019 we found the perfect property in Tacoma’s Proctor district, and after a long and tedious sale our offer was eventually accepted. Our first step in the process was remodeling the main house, which you can see you here. Once we finished that up, we began planning, designing and permitting for the garage conversion.

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tacoma, DADU, ADU, construction, Garage ConversionAlex Fazekas-Boonetacoma, tacoma contractors, tacoma companies, tacoma garage conversions, tacoma dadu, tacom adu, tacoma home builders
The Neal's Custom Deck Project - Tacoma, WA
The Neal's Custom Deck Project - Tacoma, WA

The Neal’s custom deck project was completed in the summer of 2020 and is located right here in North Tacoma. The best part of the build is that the job was located only 10 blocks away from our shop, so the commute was pretty great! The deck itself is built with a beautiful South American hardwood called Ipe, that we treated with aptly named Ipe Oil. The decks overall footprint is 16’ x 18’, including the wrap around step. The step has 9 bronze dimmable LED step lights to help illuminate the space in the evenings and make the steps easy to see in the dark.

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tacoma, deck, pergola, patio cover, constructionAlex Fazekas-Boonetacoma, tacoma contractors, tacoma companies, tacoma home builders, tacoma custom deck, tacoma deck, tacoma custom furniture, tacoma pergola
Erin and Tyler's Backyard Office Project - Tacoma, WA
Erin and Tyler's Backyard Office Project - Tacoma, WA

We first met Erin + Tyler a few years ago when they called us out to give them a bid on a fence project for their new home in North Tacoma. Our estimate consultation was awesome! We really connected on our love for modern design and quality materials. After the meeting we sent over our bid and Erin and Tyler decided they wanted to go ahead with the fence project. We put it on the schedule and knocked it out a couple months later.

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tacoma, Modern, tiny homes, tiny houses, construction, projectsAlex Fazekas-Boonetacoma, tiny home, tiny houses, adu, dadu, modern, shed, office, accessory building, home office, tacoma contractors, tacoma companies, tacoma home builders
Tacoma Garage Conversions - ADU + DADU in Tacoma
Tacoma Garage Conversions - ADU + DADU in Tacoma

As many of you know, the City of Tacoma adopted a new set of simplified regulations in 2019 allowing just about anyone to build a mother-in-law apartment, tiny house or ADU / DADU (detached accessory dwelling unit) right in their backyard. With the new regulations, Tacoma also made it much easier to convert an existing structure (think: garages, basements, etc) on their property without needing a zoning change, variance or any special permitting to make them legal DADU or ADU buildings. You can read more about Tacoma tiny home, ADU, DADU pricing and regulation changes in this post here.

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ADU, DADU, construction, tacoma, tiny homes, tiny housesAlex Fazekas-Boonetacoma, tacoma contractors, tacoma home builders, adu, dadu, accessory dwelling unit, garage conversion