A small yard
A 25 by 20 foot footprint fits where a bigger home will not, and leaves you some yard.
ADU plans · Compact One
A 1‑bedroom ADU in 500 square feet.
A separate bedroom, a bright living room and kitchen, and a garden slider that opens the home to the yard.
Compact One is our own design for a small yard. The living room and kitchen share one bright room, the bedroom has windows on two sides, and the bathroom doubles as the laundry.
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- Size
- 500 sq ft
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Bathrooms
- 1
- Footprint
- 25′ 0″ × 20′ 0″
The floor plan
Room by room.
Living room and kitchen 13′ 6″ × 19′ 0″
One room with windows on two sides and an eight-foot garden slider to the yard.
Bedroom 10′ 0″ × 11′ 6″
A real bedroom with a door, a closet, and windows on two sides.
Bathroom and laundry 10′ 0″ × 7′ 0″
A full bathroom with space for the washer and dryer.
Walk through it
See every room.
A garden slider opens the living area to the yard, while windows on two sides brighten the separate bedroom. Warm oak and a compact kitchen carry through the 500-square-foot plan.
Original concept and visualization by Untapped Home. Visualizations show proposed interiors and landscaping.
Who it suits
Who this plan works for.
Renting it out
A true one-bedroom, with a door between the bed and the sofa, in the smallest footprint we draw.
Family close by
A parent or a grown kid gets a complete home of their own, a few steps from yours.
Working with us
Make it yours.
This is our own design, so everything can move: the size, the rooms, the windows, the finishes. We shape it around your lot and how you want to live.
You see it before anything is built. We show you each room and refine the design together until it is right.
Keep the finished design to plan from on your own, or have us carry it through the building plans, the required specialists, and the permit.
Let’s talk about
your project.
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