How It Began
It all started helping a neighbor.
In late 2019, we stumbled on the fact that people could build small homes in backyards across New England. They just had to meet the building code.
With a background in real estate development, we realized this was completely possible and dove in headfirst.
We put up a website and started telling people about what we had in mind. Within two weeks our neighbor Marty showed us a post in the town’s local Facebook Group from another neighbor looking for someone to help build a small home for her mom.
We knocked on the door, explained what we thought was possible, and the rest is history.
We remain forever grateful to our first clients (and now friends) who trusted us with the great responsibility of building a home for their family on a budget they could afford, with nothing but passion, honesty, and our word to back up our plans.
Some call it an "affordable housing crisis”, but the fact is our region simply does not have enough quality housing to go around and it affects everyone– not just renters paying more than 30% or even 50% of their income to rent. Landlords chase late rent payments, families compete for overpriced subpar rentals or to purchase homes, local businesses receive few patrons, and community engagement declines as people work longer to pay rent.
Renovating old properties has become more difficult. The cost stems from abatement of dangerous materials (lead, asbestos, etc.), ever-increasing safety requirements of new homes, and the necessity to meet new energy efficiency codes to slow the advance of climate change.
Over the past decade the average household size had dropped to 2.6 people per home (PewResearch.org, 2019). More people have become empowered to live self sufficiently on their own or in much smaller groups than has been historically true.
Undeveloped land in cities has become increasingly scarce. This drives up the cost of empty parcels or requires additional expense to demolish existing structures.
We design and build high-quality Net Zero ready small homes in backyards (aka ADUs, accessory apartments, granny flats, in-law apartments) and on standalone land. We combine modern prefab construction techniques with a flawless on-site construction process to do this at a price that starts to put pressure on the insane cost of building new homes.
Our homes are allowing seniors to downsize and boost their income, aging parents to join their children, and homeowners to earn honest rental income. And the best part is that homeowners do not get caught in the crossfire. No one will ever have to wake up to a giant apartment complex constructed next door.
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