Doing housing differently.

More and more cities are embracing policies that encourage homeowners to maximize the potential of their properties by building small backyard houses. With its innovative, easy-to-build design and turnkey service, Plugin House stands at the vanguard of this revolution in affordability and displacement prevention.

The Plugin House system allows homeowners to easily build new space for a studio, office, guest house, or rental unit. Our environmentally friendly alternative to traditional construction can cut costs by 25 percent while taking only half as long to build. Every step between purchase and move-in is a turnkey service. We manage the architectural, contracting, design, electrical, engineering, plumbing, and permitting processes for you.

Community is home.

In addition to providing homeowners with new opportunities to augment their investments, Plugin House’s quick, flexible, cost-effective, and context-sensitive design solutions can fill a critical gap in communities facing a growing need for transitional housing or rapidly scaled disaster relief.

Plugin House Communities are compact dwellings and congregate community spaces we design to meet the growing need for transitional housing and services. We bring expertise in development, construction, architectural and product design, and public policy to help craft solutions in collaboration with like-minded groups. Plugin’s proprietary design allows us to build at different scales ranging from compact individual dwellings to flexible common spaces and larger communities.