After 89-year-old is pushed out of apartment and housing options dwindle, daughter adds accessible unit
Homeowners Julie Zemel and her partner, Vladimir Gallegos, left, added an ADU behind their Los Angeles home for Zemel’s mother to age in place. According to architect Rachel Allen, right, the project is “informed by universal accessibility principles” and will include a wheelchair ramp. LOS ANGELES — About 10 years ago, Julie Zemel started worrying about her mother, Mimi, who lived alone in an apartment in Chicago and was often stuck inside for months because of the weather.
But Mimi’s comfortable housing situation was upended when the landlord notified her that the apartment complex would be renovated and all tenants would have to move out.In Los Angeles, where affordable housing is scarce and the population is aging fast, Zemel looked “everywhere” for an apartment for her mother, now 89, only to be rejected.
She considered how she could move Mimi in with her and Gallegos. “I thought of dividing our living room in half and placing a hospital bed in there, because our two bedrooms are small and located on the second floor,” she says. She tried to visualize every possible scenario, understanding that it would be difficult for her mother, who had always lived alone.
There were many pitfalls along the way, including bureaucratic delays, soaring lumber prices during the COVID-19 pandemic, financing and inflation. Due to the high cost of solar, which the state of California requires for newly built ADUs, Zemel chose to source the panels herself rather than through her general contractor. This allowed her to shop around for bids and financing. “I started working on it last August, and it’s finally going through,” she says.
“Windows need to be the right proportions,” notes Allen. To illustrate, she points to the living room window facing the main house. “The sill is high enough so that when you’re sitting in the living room, it’s private.”
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