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Our Services

At Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose, we help you build the perfect ADU for your needs, whether it be for aging parents or rental income, with an easy, streamlined process from start to finish.

Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Detached ADUs

Detached ADU

These popular stand-alone structures are separate from your main home, providing additional living space while maintaining privacy. They can be used for a variety of purposes, such as guest houses, rental units or even home offices. Our detached ADUs are designed to blend seamlessly with your property's aesthetics and are constructed using high-quality materials backed by manufacturer warranties. We have several standard floorplans and designs for detached ADUs that you can use, as well as fully custom options.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Attached ADUs

Attached ADU

Add a high-quality living space to your property with attached ADUs. Perfect for adding an extra room to be used as an office, guest room or cozy retreat, ADUs can also serve as a great resource for extra rental income. Choose an attached ADU builder with experience and expertise to help guide you through the process of adding to your home. Professionals like Anchored Tiny Homes have the solutions and knowledge you need to ensure this addition goes smoothly.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Garage Conversions

Garage Conversions

Don’t have a lot of room on your property but have a detached or attached garage that you think would make a great living space? Transform your underutilized garage into a functional, stylish living space with our garage conversion services. We can help you create a comfortable and practical ADU by maximizing the available space and incorporating modern design elements.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Garage Construction

Garages

Investing in a custom detached garage from Anchored Tiny Homes is a smart choice for upgrading your property's functionality and visual appeal. This adaptable structure offers a secure space for your vehicles and personal items while bringing a range of advantages that can greatly improve everyday living. Discover more about our detached garage construction services.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Pool Houses

Pool Houses

Whether you need extra storage space or simply want to enhance your poolside ambiance, a pool house is the perfect way to infuse enjoyment and practicality into your outdoor space. If you’re considering taking your pool to the next level, learn more about the benefits of building a pool house, brought to you by your expert pool house builder in San Jose, CA.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - ADU Offices

Offices

We understand the importance of creating a comfortable and productive workspace within your home, and our commitment to quality and affordability ensures that our ADU offices are the ideal choice for those seeking a convenient and private office solution. Trust Anchored Tiny Homes to transform your work-from-home experience into one of comfort and efficiency.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Detached ADUs

Detached ADU

These popular stand-alone structures are separate from your main home, providing additional living space while maintaining privacy. They can be used for a variety of purposes, such as guest houses, rental units or even home offices. Our detached ADUs are designed to blend seamlessly with your property's aesthetics and are constructed using high-quality materials backed by manufacturer warranties. We have several standard floorplans and designs for detached ADUs that you can use, as well as fully custom options.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Attached ADUs

Attached ADU

Add a high-quality living space to your property with attached ADUs. Perfect for adding an extra room to be used as an office, guest room or cozy retreat, ADUs can also serve as a great resource for extra rental income. Choose an attached ADU builder with experience and expertise to help guide you through the process of adding to your home. Professionals like Anchored Tiny Homes have the solutions and knowledge you need to ensure this addition goes smoothly.

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Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose - Garage Conversions

Garage Conversions

Don’t have a lot of room on your property but have a detached or attached garage that you think would make a great living space? Transform your underutilized garage into a functional, stylish living space with our garage conversion services. We can help you create a comfortable and practical ADU by maximizing the available space and incorporating modern design elements.

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Garages

Investing in a custom detached garage from Anchored Tiny Homes is a smart choice for upgrading your property's functionality and visual appeal. This adaptable structure offers a secure space for your vehicles and personal items while bringing a range of advantages that can greatly improve everyday living. Discover more about our detached garage construction services.

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Offices

We understand the importance of creating a comfortable and productive workspace within your home, and our commitment to quality and affordability ensures that our ADU offices are the ideal choice for those seeking a convenient and private office solution. Trust Anchored Tiny Homes to transform your work-from-home experience into one of comfort and efficiency.

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Pool Houses

Whether you need extra storage space or simply want to enhance your poolside ambiance, a pool house is the perfect way to infuse enjoyment and practicality into your outdoor space. If you’re considering taking your pool to the next level, learn more about the benefits of building a pool house, brought to you by your expert pool house builder in San Jose, CA.

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See All Our Pre-Designed ADU Models, Floorplans, and Finishes

See our most popular floor plans for 15 detached ADUs in one guide. This guide breaks down the estimate, shows you a rendering of each unit, and everything that comes standard.

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Why an Anchored ADU?

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Anchored ADUs are Stick Built So Access is Almost Never an Issue

Have you been wondering if you could build an ADU on your property? If you have the space to be able to place one and if one could be delivered? It’s hard to know and even though the new laws have made things easier, it can still be very difficult to navigate. This is where an Anchored ADU comes in! Our ADUs are stick-built on-site so that you can almost always build one if you have the space!

Say goodbye to access problems for prefabbed ADUs, delivery and craning fees, and more! Instead, by building it on-site we are able to make the whole process that much easier, save you money, AND on-site construction is completed in just 12-16 weeks!

ADU you home built on a California home property with a white kitchen and green cabinets.
High-Quality Design & Construction So You Get An ADU That Family Or Tenants Will Love!

We handle the entire ADU process in-house so that you don’t have to deal with any of it! As part of the Anchored ADU system, you get access to an in-house expert design team, experienced permit coordinators, and expert builders to create your perfect ADU. The construction process for an Anchored ADU is streamlined so that you can get your ADU completed in record time, and still get the highest quality end result around.

An Anchored ADU is built just like a house so that whoever is living there can feel at home, making it the perfect place for parents to age in place.

A 1 bedroom model and an ADU home built by our ADU builders in San Jose.
Our Proven Anchored ADU System Gives You A Move-In Ready ADU In Just 8-12 Months!

With horror stories of permits taking over a year to be approved, builders jacking up prices over time, and homeowners waiting years to have their project completed, we understand there is hesitation for some.

This is why we created the Anchored ADU System, where we have a specific process for each stage of the building process based on our experience with dozens of builds so that we can have your ADU completed on time and within budget!

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Our Process

Learn More About Our Anchored ADU System

1.

ADU Expert Property Analysis

Have one of our Certified ADU Experts come out and assess your property to see if you can place an ADU and give you a firm estimate!
2.

Systematic Custom Design Process

Work with our expert design team to design your perfect ADU from one of our base floor plans or creating a fully custom design to fit your needs.
3.

Maximum Efficiency Permit Coordination

Our permitting team will then take the plans that have been created for you and submit them for permits, managing the whole process for you.
4.

Streamlined Build Process

From foundation to finishes, we handle it all and have it completed in just 12-16 weeks!
5.

Hand Over the Keys!

Once everything is completed we do a final walkthrough with you to make sure that everything is looking perfect! Then we hand over your keys to your brand new anchored ADU!

Explore Dozens Of Financing Options For Your ADU

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Video Testimonials

Jackie Danielsson

Jackie Danielsson built a beautiful detached 792 square foot ADU on her property for her parent to have their own spacious home while still being able to stay nearby and LOVED the overall experience.

Nichole Wolfe

Due to limited space, Nichole had us build an attached ADU onto her home for her dad to have space of his own on their property. It turned out to be the perfect solution to keep everyone close by and still have enough room for everyone to thrive.

FAQs

According to state laws any property that is zoned as single or multi-family can build an ADU regardless of location, HOAs, or any other local regulations as long as you have the space.

The most common placement is in the backyard, but you can also have them in the side yard or even the front of your house given there is enough room when taking setbacks, local regulations, and any unique easements on your property into account.

Because our ADUs are stick built on site, we have a ton of options to customize our base models as well as create a custom build ADU from scratch.

From floor plans, room sizes, kitchen fixtures, and cosmetic changes, we can help you create the exact space you’ve always imagined.

Some of the key elements that you can customize include:

  • External color
  • External finish materials (including options to exactly match your primary home)
  • Internal finishes from floors to tile to countertops to appliances and more!
  • Internal wall colors
  • Shower features (metal shower, porcelain shower, glass door, and more)
  • Kitchen features (sink style, countertop style, cabinets color, and more)

You can customize everything on this list, and so much more, for your new ADU.

Have any questions about customizations? Inquire today and speak with an expert to get all of your questions answered.

Our Anchored ADUs come fully finished with a full kitchen, bathroom, living space, and bedrooms if you are wanting to bedrooms in your unit.

Some of the more specific features include:

  • LP siding (board & batten/LAP)
  • Lifetime Dimensional Composition Shingles
  • Milgard white windows French doors (6′)
  • Luxury Vinyl flooring (Urban Floor)
  • Shaker cabinets
  • Butcher block countertops
  • Subway tile backsplash
  • 3 options for fixtures
  • Fiberglass shower
  • Drywall 30″
  • stainless steel fridge 30″
  • stainless steel range
  • Stackable washer/dryer
  • Interior and exterior paint
  • Can lights
  • Decor plugs and switches
  • 125 amp panel
  • Water heater / Rinnai V65E (Gas)
  • GREE Mini Split unit
  • And there are dozens of upgrades available

There are a ton of financing options available for ADUs and our in-house financing department can help you find the best loans for your desired terms and current qualifications.

The most common type of financing for an ADU project right now is either a cash-out refinance or a Home Equity Line Of Credit (HELOC) but there are a number of other options available as well including renovation and personal loans.

Feel free to reach out to us today to learn more about financing and get connected with our financing team!

Yes, we do offer shell or unfinished versions of our ADUs.

With our shell model ADUs, we still handle the whole process for you and finish everything except for the interior of the ADU.

For the interior of a shell model ADU, we would complete rough plumbing, rough electrical, and framing leaving the rest for you to complete on your own or using your own subcontractors.

The cost of a shell model ADU is approximately 60% of the cost of one of our finished units!

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What Our Customers Say About Us

  • Sunny Lombardi
    I am kicking off an ADU build with ATH any day now…well down the path and will add to this initial review later. I did want to share what my experience has been to date with ATH. I was super fortunate to meet Lawrence Kao of ATH first. As a sales professional myself I can’t help but not only think about the product but also the salesperson style. Lawrence has been an easily accessible and responsive pro. He has been able to answer any question I have had with ease and has instilled the kind of trust that causes one to feel great to work with the business and person representing it. Can’t wait for next steps and am stoked the project kicked off with Mr. Kao!
  • Brian Negri
    Lawrence Kao has been a colleague and mentor of mine. He is the consummate professional and a true expert in the ADU world. When considering an ADU, you want a good partner and that's what Lawrence brings to your project.
  • Alicia Smith
    Lawrence has been an incredible resource in assisting us in strategies in developing on our properties. His wealth of knowledge on ADUs specifically on the investment side is incredible. We look forward to partnering with Anchored Tiny Homes on our further investment endeavors.
  • Dina Mahshi
    I recently had the pleasure of working with Anchored Tiny Homes in Sacramento to build a one-bedroom unit for my mother, and I must say the experience was exceptional. One of the standout aspects of my interaction with Anchored was the transparency and clarity regarding project costs. The agreed-upon project cost and payment schedule were adhered to without any deviation. It was a relief to have no hidden fees or unexpected additional costs, which can often be a concern in construction projects. The coordination with the city for permits and inspections was another commendable aspect. Anchored Tiny Homes demonstrated efficiency in navigating the bureaucratic process, ensuring that permits were obtained, and inspections were carried out promptly. This streamlined approach made the overall process simple and hassle-free. I cannot speak highly enough about our project manager, Martin. His professionalism, kindness, and honesty made the entire experience enjoyable. What stood out the most was Martin's proactive approach to problem-solving. Rather than just presenting issues, he always came prepared with viable solutions, making decision-making easy and efficient. Although the project timeline extended slightly beyond the initially promised timeframe due to a delay in building materials, the crew's efficiency was evident once they broke ground. Despite this minor delay, we successfully moved my mother into her new home on Mother's Day, creating a memorable and special moment for our family. Moreover, the after-sales service from Anchored Tiny Homes has been outstanding. Any concerns or issues with the unit are promptly addressed without pushback, demonstrating their commitment to customer satisfaction. Anchored Tiny Homes commitment to transparency, efficient project management, and excellent customer service, especially through Martin, made the process smooth and resulted in a beautiful and beloved home for my mother. I highly recommend Anchored Tiny Homes for anyone considering a tiny home construction project. Call Martin today for a free estimate and tell him I sent you to get $2500 off your project price.
  • Chantall Walton
    "Working with Roman Sandoval was an absolute game-changer for our construction project. He stepped in at a critical moment, taking over from previous contractors who had failed to deliver. His approach was nothing short of exceptional. Roman not only completed the tasks at hand but went above and beyond to ensure customer satisfaction. His dedication to doing the job right was evident in every aspect of his work. Without his timely intervention, our dream home would still be an incomplete project. We are immensely grateful for Roman's extraordinary efforts and unwavering support. He is, without doubt, the best contractor we have ever worked with. Thank you, Roman Sandoval! Here’s 5 stars that are well deserved! 🙏🏼
  • Mary Ann Ballesteros
    I had an idea of what I wanted for my 3 bedroom ADU to replace my mini basketball court in my backyard ... Colton and Anchored Tiny Homes took my vision: ATH, the designers, Roman Sandoval and APC made it all happen... they made my vision come to life! Along the way in the building of my ADU, there were road bumps, permit delays, the stormy weather, construction delays to name a few.... but this is where I would be so proud to say ... "T'was late but worth the wait!!!"!!! My ADU looks absolutely beautiful and amazing! The quality of work, the workmanship is truly exceptional! Shout out to Dee (ATH miracle staff), Roman (ATH project manager) and Armando (Absolute Precision) for making this project smooth sailing.... I was completely amazed by the way ATH handled my issues with transparency and a positive approach towards making things right. . . And yes, ATH made it happen! Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️!!!
  • Peter Rizzo
    Great website
  • M W
    Anchored Tiny Homes just completed a wonderful backyard home office for us. We love our office and had a great experience with Anchored and their subs. They came in with a very fair price and worked with us throughout the process to make sure we got what we wanted and needed out of the design and final product. We have already recommended them to multiple friends and neighbors. Thank you Jordan especially!
  • lisa renken
    I had Anchored Tiny Homes build an ADU in my backyard in Lincoln Ca for my folks. Colton was always professional, positive and worked with integrity. Anchored worked through a few issues with promptness and understanding! My folks, and I, couldn't be happier, it's perfect!
  • Rochelle Garcia
    My Project Manager Jordan and Contractor Raymond were really good. They identified potential issues that I hadn’t thought through. They even sought out the best sub contractors who were friendly efficient and reliable. I was really pleased about the final finished product . The house is beautiful Raymond and Jordan were god sent .
  • Josh Varcoe
    They are an absolutely fantastic company, that truly specializes in their work and takes amazing care of their customers.
  • Maria Lourdes
    Darrell, a new addition to Anchored Tiny Homes Team, is the Construction Project Manager on my ADU project in El Cerrito (Spanish for the "the hill"). He is the point of contact - and I am so pleased! I have generally 24/7 access - he picks up the phone if he is available and when I leave him a message, he responds within 24 hours. From the initial site walk-thru to the many conversations back and forth to my recent nightmare with the architectural design, I give 5 stars to Darrell and Ali (Romgerd Construction) for professional customer service. Both are upfront in telling me what is wrong and advising me as to how to make it right. What I am going through right now with the flawed architectural design is a nightmare, I am comforted with knowing that Darrell and Ali is on my side. Absolutely yes- DARRELL works for his client and that's ME!
  • Suresh Daniel
    ATH is a great and professional company , you can trust and build a new home or ADU. Nick Milsap is a wonderful salesperson and and he keeps his word and follows through on every commitment he makes. Their project manager, Patrick Sayed is a capable person to get the project done with right resources and highest quality. You can’t go wrong with ATH
  • B
    Couldn’t have better things to say about Anchored tiny homes and their team. They were always on time, knowledgeable and delivered our dream ADU beyond our expectations! They made the process easy and affordable. Their quality and customization are really incredible and we couldn’t say better things about the Anchored Team. We would recommend them to any and everyone!
  • Larry Lamota
    About finished up with my ADU Anchored is building for my grandmother, their designer made everything ADA accessible which I didn't even know would be possible in a tiny home, but it turned out perfect! This ADU and anchored is a perfect solution if you need elderly ADA-accessible housing on your property.
  • ileana pavel
    Build an ADU with Anchored Tiny Homes in Sacramento it came out amazing. Having a turn-key contractor it's really the best way to go especially if you are doing this for an investment property. Nice just to pay someone to build it and collect your rent money. Very happy.
  • Kevin Craig
    Amazing team and an amazing product! If you are looking for custom ADUs, this is the one.
  • Phil Guertin
    Colton Paulhus and his team are amazing builders!
  • George Warren
    Anchored built two ADUs behind my existing duplex in Midtown Sacramento and we just had our final inspection this week. Although there were some challenges along the way and the project took much longer than expected, I couldn't be happier with the end result. Note to future customers: The state of California and many local governments (Sacramento included) talk a good game about streamlining the process of building an ADU– but that message hasn't necessarily reached the people in the building department. Our project was delayed for TWO MONTHS because of an error by a city plan checker. They admitted they screwed up, but still charged me $640 to amend the permit– including a couple hundred dollars for an "expedited review." Don't blame your builder!
  • Bonita Amaro
    So far, so good. From all my research, this company is reputable. I stopped by their office on Hazel Ave without an appointment & did not see or feel like anything was "off." I was comfortable in placing my initial deposit. I received a very good recommendation from one of their previous customers that I happened to meet in a social situation. The consultation service has been excellent . Everything has been explained, so I understand the process . The company is the general contractor from start to turn key ready. I'm getting ready to start the ball rolling!
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Welcome to Anchored Tiny Homes, the premier ADU builder in San Jose, CA and the surrounding areas. With more than three decades of industry experience, we have built a solid reputation for providing top-notch services, quality craftsmanship and transparent pricing. Our unwavering commitment to excellence is fueled by our passion for building anchored accessory dwelling units (ADUs) tailored to your unique needs.

As a leading San Jose, CA ADU builder, our expertise lies in constructing detached ADUs, attached ADUs and garage conversions. We offer a variety of models, each equipped with all the amenities you need for a comfortable living experience. Equipped with a full kitchen, bathroom and a spacious layout that maximizes the use of space, our tiny homes are perfect for singles, couples and even those looking for rental opportunities.

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High quality and affordability are not mutually exclusive at Anchored Tiny Homes San Jose. We take pride in using only the finest materials, and we offer affordable pricing without hidden fees. We back our dedication to quality with a 1-year workmanship warranty and manufacturer warranties on all finish materials.

We understand there is hesitation for some. This is why we created the Anchored ADU System, a specific process for each stage of the building process based on our experience with dozens of builds. Our proven Anchored ADU System takes your ADU project from start to finish in just 8-12 months!

Don’t let your desire for more space overwhelm you. Our team will guide you through the entire process, from initial design to turnkey completion, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience with every custom-built ADU. With Anchored Tiny Homes, you can relax and watch your dream tiny home come to life. We understand the financial burden that comes with building a new home. That's why we offer various financing options to make our services accessible and affordable for all clients.

If you're looking for an expert ADU builder in San Jose, CA, look no further than Anchored Tiny Homes, a family-owned business with more than two generations of building experience. We are here to help you create the perfect tiny home tailored to your unique needs and lifestyle. Contact us today for a free estimate.

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