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An owner-occupied Camillus home with a converted basement or garage ADU produces dual income. ADU rent typically runs 1150 to 1450 dollars per month at full occupancy. If the investor also rents the main unit (after moving out), the combined rent often clears 3000 to 3700 dollars monthly. NOI on the combined dual-unit stabilization runs 22,000 to 28,000 dollars on roughly the same acquisition plus 75,000 to 120,000 dollars of ADU capex. Cap rate on the all-in basis lands at 5.8 to 6.8 percent, which beats the whole-home single-rental model meaningfully.
The dual-unit math wins on yield. The whole-home model wins on operational simplicity. Investors who can handle two tenant relationships, two lease cycles, and the legal complexity of an ADU win on the dual model. Investors who want simpler operations stick with the single rental. Both pencil. Both are valid. The wrong question is which is better. The right question is which fits your operation.
– Derek Halvorsen, Operations Manager
The ADU model requires real upfront capex (75,000 to 120,000 dollars for a basement or garage conversion) on top of acquisition. That capex is what generates the second income stream and the higher cap rate. Investors comparing the two paths need to model the capex correctly, including the soft costs and the carry cost during conversion. A separate garage studio roi analysis applies if the conversion target is a detached structure rather than a basement.
Whole-home rentals in Camillus typically run 5 to 7 percent vacancy on stabilized basis. ADUs in the same submarket typically run 6 to 9 percent vacancy because the tenant pool for studios is narrower than for whole homes. Modeling vacancy correctly across both paths produces the honest adu rental roi cny picture and prevents over-promising the dual-model upside.
At resale, a Camillus single-family home appeals to a wide pool of owner-occupant buyers and investor buyers. A property with a permitted ADU appeals to a narrower investor-focused pool, but each prospect understands the income value of the second unit. Comparable sales on the ADU side tend to clear at 7 to 12 percent premium over equivalent single-unit comps in our submarket.
ADU vs Whole-Home Rental Cash Flow
SAP Construction has been modeling rental yield paths for Camillus investors since 2016. Schedule a consultation and your project manager will walk the property, scope both models, and deliver a transparent estimate within 24 hours.
The tub-to-shower step is where a lot of Liverpool homeowners decide whether they can stay in their home another decade. A zero entry shower removes the step entirely, so a walker or a wheelchair rolls straight in. Done as an afterthought it floods the bathroom floor; done right it is invisible, safe, and adds resale value because the next buyer reads it as modern, not medical. The difference is in the floor structure and the drainage, not the fixtures.
Fayetteville's premium homes generate a specific kind of remodel mistake. The owner pays for a beautiful kitchen, a high-end bath, and finish-level cabinetry, then accepts a contractor's verbal assurance that the wall in the middle of the floor plan is non-structural and can come out without an engineer. Twelve months later the upstairs floor has developed a sag, a crack has opened in the master bedroom, and the appraiser flags the unpermitted change at refinance. The structural engineer cost the owner skipped at the start becomes the failure they could not afford at the end.
Fayetteville's older estate-grade homes sit at a price point where the gut-renovation math is fundamentally different from what you see in a 1500 square foot suburb ranch. We are talking about 3500 to 5500 square foot homes built between 1925 and 1968, with high-end finish potential, structural quirks, and the kind of mechanical systems that require coordination instead of replacement. A whole house renovation cost in Fayetteville is not a number you copy from an online calculator. It is a project-shaped answer.
Families in Manlius's Highbridge Road neighborhood ask the same question every spring: how long does it actually take to pull the wall between the kitchen and the dining room? The construction is two to three weeks. The wall removal permit timeline is what most homeowners do not know to plan for. Get the permit path right and the project flows. Misjudge it and the contractor sits idle while paperwork wends through review.
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