West Seattle Sound View

A 1-bedroom DADU sited to capture a Puget Sound view through a 30-ft gap between mature firs.

Size

680 sq ft

Investment

$278k

Build time

5.5 months

West Seattle Sound View — DADU exterior in Seattle, WA

— The Build

How this one came together.

The site has a 28° view window between two firs to the Sound. We rotated the cottage 18° off-square to align the great-room window with that gap.

Seattle pre-approved plan permit cleared in 3 weeks. View-corridor framing took an extra week.

Owner-occupied as a backyard office; future-zoned for rental at retirement.

What's inside

✓18°-rotated siting for view corridor
✓Full-height view window
✓Cedar deck cantilever
✓Owner-occupied office today, rental-ready

Owner

"We didn't realize we had a Sound view until they rotated the plan. The first time we sat in the great room at sunset we knew."

B. Holm · Homeowner, West Seattle

— Questions

About this build.

Can a DADU be sited for a specific view?+

Yes, within setback rules. We routinely rotate plans 10–25° off-square to capture views, sun angles, or tree gaps. It costs nothing extra at design stage.

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