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ADUs, Additions and New Construction

How an ADU is appraised: permit status first, a separate line beside the main house, then contributory value measured from local closed sales.

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How an ADU Is Appraised: Permits, Contributory Value and the Local Evidence

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  1. 01What counts as an ADU in California?
  2. 02Step one: permit status, before anything else
  3. 03Step two: where the unit goes in the report
  4. 04Step three: contributory value from local sales
  5. 05The local evidence, pocket by pocket
  6. 06When the ADU is not built yet
  7. 07The ADU lines of a comparable grid, left blank
  8. 08What to have ready
  9. 09Numbers that are not appraisals
  10. 10Next step
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