Joy ADU Backyard Homes:
Rental Income, Guest House, or Extra Suite
Joy to the Home, a Real state and Design Psychology Service Company Since 2003, Expands into the Design and Build of Accessory Dwelling Units
Choose from a patent-pending small or tiny home that gets carried one wall at a time into your backyard or a Super-Adobe Home built onsite. (A small house is usually 800 or more square feet. A tiny house can be as little as 80 sq feet.)
Hello from designer and builder Jeanette Joy Fisher, DPP,
We're excited to help ease Califonia's housing crisis with environmentally friendly homes. We differ from other ADU builders in the following ways:
No upfront costs! We meet with you in person at your home. We already know before we come out that your property qualifies for an ADU. We can tell by understanding the new building laws and public satellite maps.
YOU MAY NOT NEED AN ELECTRICAL Panel Upgrade! I see other builders charging $7,500 for an electrical panel upgrade when California laws require solar electric panels on an ADU. Plus, I upgraded my 90-year-old electrical panel for a spa. My new panel including 220 cost $5,000 in 2022, not $7,500.
You will not need a crane or to move utility lines.
California Housing Crisis? Yes, No?
Near 100,000 Californians face homelessness every single day.
California needs from 1.5 to 2 million NEW housing units to catch up with the demand.
Realtors report the median California home price exceeds $800,000.
People need housing, and homeowners need income to offset mortgage payments.
Seniors can borrow low-interest money without payments to build a backyard home for additional income.
Backyard homes, called Accessory Dwelling Units, ADUs, don’t have the exact Building Permit requirements as traditional homes. California laws require cities to expedite ADU building permits with affordable building permit fees.
Not all ADU builders tell the whole truth. Some even send sales professionals to your home to close you. And, many charge extra for building permits when California lowered them to about $500.
WHY Do You Want an ADU?
First, I object to the term Granny Flat. Most grandmothers I know are the ones building the ADUs. So here is my list of why you want an ADU:
Besides extra income (typically over $1,000 a month above new payment increase) check out these benefits of having an ADU in your backyard:
Create extra space for adult children and grandchildren
Create a Guest Suite for friends and extended family
Create a Business Office
Provide housing to help solve the housing crisis
Increase your home value
California ADU Law History
2017
California legalized backyard homes
California reduced building fees to stimulate housing
California provided Under Prop 13 no additional increase to your home tax basis for an existing home, only the new improvement value.
2020
More ADU-friendly laws were passed to remove barriers to keep costs down and to expedite the building procedure
WHY Do You Want a JOY ADU?
JOY ADUs Save money SIX Ways!
- We don’t expect to make $100,000 on each home! We have no stockholders to support.
- You save money because we mass-produce parts of your home offsite with our assembly line construction crew.
- NO CRANES Required.
- No Overhead Utility lines need moving.
- NO SALES TAX. Beware of wheelies—tiny homes built on trailers. Classified as RVs or trailers, wheelies get taxed over 8% in California like any vehicle. PLUS, wheelies DEPRECIATE whereas ADUS INCREASE property value.
- You have the opportunity to save more money by recycling housing parts purchased from Habitat for Humanity—often new products hand-selected by our design team. You make the final decision on all options.
Besides saving money, JOY ADUs give you additional benefits unavailable from other builders.
Design Psychology, a science of interior and exterior home conceptions, creates spaces for serenity, not expensive fashion trends.
Get a HUMAN Scale home. We use Design Psychology Principles to create homes for happiness.
Avoid loud building noises for weeks on end. We build walls and roofs offsite and erect the home in a few days.
Support the Environment!
We build as green as possible. Smaller homes use less electricity. New homes are better insulated than drafty old homes. Plus, by California law, our homes come with Solar. You also need to know that no natural gas or propane is allowed by California codes to help protect our atmosphere.
Coming soon to Roku on JOYTV!
JOY ADU Show: Make Money from Dirt!
You may also save money by having your ADU project filmed. We ask sponsors to donate building materials.
We LOVE Sherwin Williams. They have the best quality paint and my personal Design Psychology favorite CUSTOM color: A TINT OF HONEY. Check out our upcoming show on JOYTVnetwork. We're painting the entire project with this amazing color. A Tint of Honey passed all our trail tests with the highest praise! And, the satin finish absolutely glows in moonlight.
