For the two-ADU compound on the north pad: open and airy, a strong indoor/outdoor flow, floor-to-ceiling glass to the northwest view, all-wood or straw-bale construction, and generous decks. Below are the firms we're talking to and the built homes we keep coming back to — each with a cost read and a detail page.
For context, our own two-ADU straw-bale compound (2 × ~1,200 sqft) pencils at roughly $1.8–2.2M all-in — see the permit brief & budget. The figures below are how each comp compares.
Real candidates we've reached out to — an architect/prefab studio, a local natural-building GC, and a Bay-Area modular shop.
The Apple design director's own house — two glass-walled modules (main + guest) on concrete plinths, at the edge of the oaks. Uncanny match for our site.
Local licensed GC specializing in straw-bale and hempcrete. Practically next door — free in-person site walks.
A 2BR/2BA, 900 sqft modular ADU with wrap-around decks and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass. Factory-built, craned on site.
Not for hire here — finished homes that nail the feel, materials, and siting we're chasing.
An off-grid straw-bale home in rural Sonoma that steps up the hillside. Our closest material + place match.
Two modules joined by a glazed bridge, two decks, walls of glass — basically our two-ADU-plus-deck idea, prefabbed.
A low, horizontal home that curves with the land — rammed-earth + glass, wood ceilings inside to out, south-facing for passive solar.
