09-11-2008, 11:12 AM
1) If my roof were connected to my ohana, I would put in a kitchen. My personal recollection is that if it is under the same roof, no restrictions. Do not rely on my reading or ever fading recollections. I have considered extending my roof to the ohana! My neighbors across the way put an ohana on their garage and had the garage connected to the house with a roof, or dogtrot, or covered breezeway. They never completed it, but I think that was the plan.
2) My ohana (not connected to the main house by a roof) was completed as a "workshop" with a toilet and shower. A kitchen was put in AFTER THE FACT. That kitchen was removed by the second owner. I am the third owner.
3) Caretakers are everywhere and their requirements vary. Some want to barter. Some want to be paid. Some just want a place to stay. The one I encountered just floats from gig to gig. Unpaid. She took extraordinary care of the place when it would otherwise have been unoccupied.
2) My ohana (not connected to the main house by a roof) was completed as a "workshop" with a toilet and shower. A kitchen was put in AFTER THE FACT. That kitchen was removed by the second owner. I am the third owner.
3) Caretakers are everywhere and their requirements vary. Some want to barter. Some want to be paid. Some just want a place to stay. The one I encountered just floats from gig to gig. Unpaid. She took extraordinary care of the place when it would otherwise have been unoccupied.