Older San Mateo lots often have a detached garage at the back, and the city sits right on the Caltrain line. That pairing makes a garage conversion or a small backyard unit an easy idea for owners to start researching.
Many older homes have a detached garage near the rear of the lot that rarely holds a car. Owners see it as a unit waiting to happen. Whether the slab, walls, and roof can be reused decides the budget, and photos tell you a lot.
A unit within walking or biking distance of the train suits renters who work up or down the Peninsula. Owners building for income ask about that, and your ads can show units laid out for how commuters actually live.
State law also allows junior ADUs carved from part of an existing home. For owners with a spare bedroom suite or an unused den, that can be a smaller first project, and it needs a message of its own.
Garage conversion, detached unit, and junior ADU each get their own ad and page, because cost, timeline, and questions differ. Owners land on the version they’re actually considering.
The form asks for photos of the garage inside and out, the path from the street, and the electrical panel. You see what can be reused before you put a site visit on the calendar.
Owners building for rent get follow-up about timelines and what tenants look for. Owners building for family get stories about parents and grown kids moving in. Same builder, different reasons to say yes.
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Each lead is worth (revenue): $10,000
$200,000 project, 30% margin, 25% of leads booked, 20% of estimates closed.
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Yes, if you build them. They run as a separate offer with their own page, since the owner is giving up part of the house rather than building in the yard.
No. You and your designer handle plans and permits. We bring in owners whose lots fit and explain your process clearly on the page.
Some book within days; many research for months. Follow-up keeps your builds in front of them on a schedule you approve, and older inquiries are reactivated when you have room.
Yes, on a scheduled day around a finished unit and a build in progress, with travel quoted first. We have no office on the Peninsula.
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