On Thursday morning, a Santa Barbara family had a fully equipped accessory dwelling unit (ADU) delivered and installed in their backyard by crane in one fell swoop. The two-bedroom, 690-square-foot unit came in one piece fully manufactured by Redwood City–based Samara, which specializes in the easy-to-install Backyard ADUs, and the entire unit was lifted from the truck bed over the family’s house and in place in about 15 minutes.
Neighbors gathered outside on the street in an impromptu block party to watch the show, snapping photos while a crew of about a dozen strapped up the ADU to the crane and lifted the 40,000-pound structure up and over the home, navigating the trees on either side of the house and safely lowering it down in the backyard.
Homeowners Roy Bryan and his wife, Brittany, said they were looking into adding an ADU at their property ever since they had their fourth child. Bryan, a radiologist who works from home, is planning on using the two-bed unit as a home office and guest room for visitors…