The brief
A couple who wanted to stay in Montrose and give their adult daughter a home on the same lot, with the option to sell one unit later.
Montrose Two-Unit Home
Two detached homes on one lot under California's SB 9, designed as a pair of simple gabled houses with their own entries, yards and garages.
- Location
- Montrose, Glendale
- Type
- SB 9 two-unit development
- Year
- 2025
- Size
- 2 × 1,480 sq ft
- Status
- In construction
- Services
- SB 9 two-unit homes
SB 9
The lot qualified for two primary units without a lot split. We mapped the setbacks, the four-foot side and rear minimums the law allows, and the city's objective standards before sketching.
Design
Two gabled volumes of equal size face a shared garden path. Each has a private yard and its own garage so neither reads as the 'back unit'.
Status
Framing is up. Completion is expected in spring 2026.
Plan
Diagrammatic plan for the preview. The published drawing set for each project replaces this at launch.
Architecture
Verdugo Studio ArchitectureStructural
To be creditedContractor
To be creditedPhotography
Preview renderingsPlanning something similar?
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