Fannie Mae ADU kitchen requirements

[Yuanyin]

I must be missing something,

This is from Fannie Mae. "What is required for accessory dwelling units?"

• The kitchen must, at a minimum, contain the following:
  
  • cabinets;
  • a countertop;
  • a sink with running water; and
  • a stove or stove hookup (hotplates, microwaves, or toaster ovens are not acceptable stove substitutes).
• The removal of a stove does not change the ADU classification.

So if a casita, carriage house etc has a "kitchen" with a sink, refrigerator, cabinets, counters and no stove. But does have a microwave and a hot plate, or maybe even a toaster over or air fryer. It does NOT meet the requirements for an ADU? That doesn't make sense to me. You can still prepare food.

What is required for accessory dwelling units (ADUs)?

selling-guide.fanniemae.com

 

[azbassman21]

It's Fannie, not much makes sense.

 

[glenn walker]

This is from Fannie Mae. "What is required for accessory dwelling units?"

• The kitchen must, at a minimum, contain the following:
  
  • cabinets;
  • a countertop;
  • a sink with running water; and
  • a stove or stove hookup (hotplates, microwaves, or toaster ovens are not acceptable stove substitutes).
• The removal of a stove does not change the ADU classification.

So if a casita, carriage house etc has a "kitchen" with a sink, refrigerator, cabinets, counters and no stove. But does have a microwave and a hot plate, or maybe even a toaster over or air fryer. It does NOT meet the requirements for an ADU? That doesn't make sense to me. You can still prepare food.

What is required for accessory dwelling units (ADUs)?

selling-guide.fanniemae.com

Its outdated but is all about Gas Ranges and Ovens , not about cooking food. On old Un-Permitted ADU many had gas & Ranges not properly vented and no fire wall , so it was a H & S Issue -which can cause a fire and needs clarification.. Today we have brand new fully permitted ADU with all appliances included. Its non-sense I call ita ADU period.

 

[Yuanyin]

Agreed Glen, I just completed one of these and it had a partial kitchen. I called it an ADU. It was rented and occupied full time. Ironically almost all local ordinances in the front range here is Colorado don't discern between a partial kitchen or full kitchen.

Denver Zoning and Building Policy: A Partial Kitchen may contain a collection of individual countertop food cooking equipment and appliances (e.g., a microwave, toaster-oven, or plug-in hot plate). Denver zoning does not distinguish between Full versus Partial Kitchens with regard to ADU's.

 

[ZZGAMAZZ]

One is an ADU and the other is a Guest Unit, the latter of which is based upon an assumption that the occupants will rely on the services of the Main Dwelling Unit because they are family members or personal visitors to the property. Functionality follows form as the basis of market reaction and corresponding valuation. I learned this from the AF a few months ago when I was struggling to understand the distinction.

 

[Fernando]

I completed a recent appraisal and my unit downstairs didn't have a stove. Yes!
Owner could easily put one but because Fannie says technically it's not an ADU, I don't have to analyze it as an ADU.
Few times, I love Fannie's unsensible rules.

 

[ZZGAMAZZ]

I completed a recent appraisal and my unit downstairs didn't have a stove. Yes!
Owner could easily put one but because Fannie says technically it's not an ADU, I don't have to analyze it as an ADU.
Few times, I love Fannie's unsensible rules.

Yea that's correct, but what did you define it as?

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Either way it isn't part of GLA - so call it a guest room, sewing room, she-shed, man cave or whatever. It may have value and it isn't part of the house.

 

[Fernando]

Yea that's correct, but what did you define it as?

Guest Unit