About Anchored Tiny Homes
Helping homeowners across the nation earn more money, bring family closer together, and create more space to thrive with our high quality, affordable custom-built ADUs based on 30 years of industry experience.
Our values are faith, family and serving others
Anchored Tiny Homes ADUs
Welcome to Anchored Tiny Homes, the premier ADU builders in San Jose. We are a family-owned business with over two generations of building experience, dedicated to crafting high-quality, customizable anchored accessory dwelling units (ADUs) tailored to our clients’ unique needs and preferences. Our mission is to create innovative living spaces that blend quality, functionality and style seamlessly.
We’re made up of two generations of builders and are a family-owned and operated business. After 30-years of servicing the Northern California community, we decided to do our part to positively impact the earth and the lives of those we serve by building ADUs to help families stay closer together, earn rental income, and help solve the housing crisis that we are facing across the country. Our vision is to help people become financially free, keep families close, and make housing options available for more Americans.
Started by Colton and Shylia Paulhus, along with Colton’s younger brother, Austin, and his dad, Scott, we are a business that seeks to treat our employees, partners, and customers like members of our ever-growing family!
Our team of industry-leading experts works closely with homeowners to design and construct a variety of tiny home solutions. Specializing in detached, attached and garage conversion ADUs, we pride ourselves on our expert craftsmanship, attention to detail and commitment to using quality materials. All of our ADUs are stick-built right on your property, which almost completely eliminates access issues that may prevent you from being able to build an ADU.
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Why an Anchored ADU?
Built at Your Property By Experts
At Anchored Tiny Homes, we don’t just find whatever subcontractors are available to work to build your ADU. We have a trusted team of experts that will be building your new ADU from the ground up right on your property and handling every part of your project from the foundation to the finishes with excellence!
Turnkey Anchored ADU System
We handle the whole process for you from start to finish. Starting with the design, then putting together plans and blueprints, getting everything submitted and approved for permits, building your ADU on your property, and hooking everything up to utilities. In the end, you get a completed, move-in-ready ADU right in your backyard!
High-Quality Materials
The materials that come included as a standard with every Anchored ADU give you a beautiful new space guaranteed! From the quartz countertops and handcrafted cabinets to the subway tile curbless shower, to the luxury vinyl floors throughout, and the overall open concept, our Anchored ADUs allow your tenants or family to live in luxury.
Transparent Pricing
With an Anchored ADU, there are no hidden fees or bait and switch tactics to get you to sign contracts which is why we don’t give firm estimates until we come out and evaluate your property at no cost to you. This way you have an exact idea of how much everything is going to cost before we even start your project so that you can make the best, most informed decision possible.
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At Anchored Tiny Homes, we believe in making the tiny-home-building process enjoyable and stress-free. Our team is committed to providing clear communication, transparency and personalized attention to each project. We ensure that every homeowner feels comfortable and confident in their decision to partner with us. With our transparent pricing, you can trust that our quotes cover everything from foundation, construction, finishes, design and engineering, to permit submittal and more.
As a licensed and insured ADU builder in San Jose, we adhere to the highest quality, safety and professionalism standards. We stay up-to-date on local building codes and regulations, ensuring that your tiny home is built to last and meets all requirements.
We are passionate about creating unique living spaces that reflect the personalities and aspirations of our clients. From floor plans, room sizes, kitchen fixtures and cosmetic changes, we can help you create the exact space you’ve always imagined. If you're ready to embark on the journey toward your dream tiny home, trust the experts at Anchored Tiny Homes.
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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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