Hawthorne Hills Three - DADU

DETACHED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT — SEATTLE HOMES — GREEN BUILDING — MISSING MIDDLE

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

This backyard cottage is a 1000SF two-story home. Situated on the shared lot for privacy, a private walkway leads to the front door. The DADU boasts three bedrooms with vaulted ceilings on the top floor. Downstairs, a generous great room and kitchen with expansive glass doors open to the patio and private backyard. The efficient, open plan and bonus storage add to the versatility of the home.

This project renovates an existing home and adds an attached accessory dwelling unit (AADU), and a detached accessory dwelling unit (DADU) to thoughtfully develop this single-family home into three rental units in the desirable Hawthorne Hills neighborhood of Seattle. It brings forward a model of urban density, providing much-needed ‘missing middle’ housing. The exterior of the two buildings is unified in onyx-grey fiber cement siding with cedar accent areas.

Green Design: 4-Star Built Green certification
Build on a previously developed lot (infill lot), retained healthy trees on site, amended soil to restore soil environmental functions, ductless mini-splits, whole-house heat recovery ventilator, low- or non-VOC and non-toxic interior paint, locally-sourced materials