Real Estate
Start-Up: Prefab Backyard 'Granny Units'
This Peninsula start-up helps homeowners eliminate Red Tape by going prefab.
REDWOOD CITY (KPIX) – A start-up company on the Peninsula is offering homeowners a chance to place an “Accessory Dwelling Unit” or ADU in their backyard without having to deal with the bureaucracy of city hall.
When the legislature voted in 2017 to encourage granny units on existing home sites, there was a lot of interest from the public but that cooled off once homeowners discovered the difficulty of the permitting process.