A Boomer Built A $350k Adu In Her Backyard To Grow Old. It's Also A Win For Her Daughter, Who Moved Into The Main House.

Christine Wilder-Abrams built an ADU in her backyard in Oakland, California, allowing her adult daughter to take over the main home.Courtesy of Christine Wilder-AbramsChristine Wilder-Abrams began to struggle with the stairs of her two-story house in California.She didn't want to leave her home of 35 years, so she built an ADU, or "granny pod," in the yard.Her 34-year-old daughter now lives in the main home, which Wilder-Abrams calls a win for them both.In 2021, Christine Wilder-Abrams started to struggle with the stairs in her two-story home in Oakland, California.She wasn't ready to give up the home or neighborhood she had lived in for nearly 35 years, so she found a solution: build a one-story accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, in her backyard that she could live in, then ask her daughter to move into the main house."I was ready to downsize and have a smaller place to live and take care of," Wilder-Abrams, 72, told Business Insider.