A Venn diagram is an illustration of the relationships between and among groups of objects that share something in common. Usually, Venn...

Ah, permits. A permit for this and permit for that For schools and parks and a cat in the hat . . . Ok enough of Dr. Seuss, what's the...

I intended to go to City Hall bright and early (8 AM) on Thursday (2/18/20) to talk to a City Planner about my dreams of building an ADU...

I'm ready to go down to City Hall and talk to a City Planner. I have . . . ADU Universal Check List with Yes/No answers √ Site Plan √...

So you're ready to head on down to City Hall to meet with a city planner and discuss your dreams of adding an ADU to San Jose's housing...

Google Drawings (GD) is a great tool to use, but it's not a cad program so it's a bit trying to draw your site plan to scale. But I...

So if you have a good idea of what it will cost to build an ADU, what about the property tax assessment? My neighbor built an ADU in his...

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As I mentioned in a previous post I've selected Google Drawings to layout my site plan which I'll take to my meeting with the City...

I'd like to know how many fire hydrants there are in my Naglee Park neighborhood, which is a residential neighborhood in downtown San...

When building an ADU a fire hydrant can be your friend or foe. I've walked past my fire hydrant for the last 30 years without once...

Your ADU project will be reviewed for compliance with the California Fire Code (CFC) to ensure projects are built for safety and ease of...

As I mentioned in a previous post you need a site plan when you meet with the City Planner regarding your ADU. The site plan can be...

To meet with a city planner for a free ADU consultation I need a site plan, which can be as simple as a hand drawn sketch of my...

Now that we’ve worked through the ADU Universal Checklist and have a number of questions that need to be addressed we can drop by the...

So you’ve comes to terms with the reasons why you want to build an ADU and have a good idea of what it will cost, now what’s the next...

San Jose is trying to become California's friendliest ADU City, and with 120,000 single-family homes having the potential to build an ADU...

We live in San Jose, the self-proclaimed economic, cultural and political center of Silicon Valley and the largest city in Northern...