The Ultimate Guide to Building a Backyard Office
Remember the days of 9-to-5, when everyone began the day with a tiresome trek to work and finished the day stretching out from their desk to…
How to Choose the Best ADU Builders: What to Look for and Questions to Ask
Have you had trouble finding the right tradesperson for a job around the house? Maybe it’s because you haven’t been asking the right questions. When it…
The Many Benefits of Owning a San Jose Backyard Home
Case Study: Escaping Bay Area Costs, the story of the Parks ADU James Parks lives in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California and wanted to…
Make Your House a Home: The Top 7 Benefits of Family Housing
These days it gets harder and harder to spend quality family time together. Our children go to college, get married, and have families and careers of…
Using an ADU to Create an Investment Property Home for Your Loved One
You know you would do anything to support your loved one, and in these difficult times, family is the best support you can find. You also…
3 Reasons Residents of San Jose Should Have an ADU
There are an estimated 1.4 million accessory dwelling units in the United States. Should you have one too? There are lots of reasons to build an ADU on…
The Ultimate Guide to Building an Accessory Dwelling Unit
Why Many Families in California Are Turning to ADUS as Housing Options for Their Loved Ones When your loved one needs a place to stay, what…
California ADU Law Changes 2020
Once upon a time, California ADU laws could be better understood as restrictions. In many cases, it was often prohibitively difficult for homeowners to build an…
Introducing the Granny Pod: How Your Aging Parents Can Live Closer to Home
Taking care of an aging loved one is a huge undertaking, especially if they live far away. The struggle to take care of your needs while…
ADU House Plans: Designing a Granny Flat
The number of permits that are granted to build granny flats has risen sharply in the past few years. In San Jose in particular, an accessory…
San Jose ADU Requirements 2020: What You Need to Know About Building an ADU
During times of crisis, keeping your loved ones close is more important than ever. And within the last several years, California has weathered several crises–first the…
News Release: Acton ADU launches the most pre-approved, Build Ready Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) options in San Jose, CA
Acton ADU, a Northern California company specialized in the design, permitting, and construction of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), also called granny flats or in-law suites, today…