ADU Rendering · San Jose, CA
Show the ADU before the first permit set.
ADU clients need to see it to permit it — a backyard box on paper convinces nobody, including the city. Mid-century work demands flat-front cabinetry drawn true, exposed beams at the right module, and glazing that shows the yard as part of the room — get the ceiling wrong and an Eichler owner will spot it in seconds.
On the ground
ADUs here are pencil-and-spreadsheet projects: tech-money clients who model the rental yield before calling a contractor. The render feeds that model — a detached unit in an Almaden backyard drawn at true scale against the fence line, or a garage conversion in Cambrian that has to keep the driveway usable. Eichler lots add a design constraint the city never wrote down: the unit must not embarrass the main house. Flat roof, matched module, glass toward the private yard. We check massing against your setback and height numbers, then render the interior at compact-living honesty — kitchenette, bath, built-in desk for the inevitable home office. When both unit sizes are on the table, the side-by-side massing pair settles it in one meeting.
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Exterior Still
Set of 3 views of one model $1,050 · named materials, landscape to your market · 2 revision rounds
Fixed quote in writing the same business day. Delivery date committed at order.
Straight answers.
Can you render an ADU from a site plan and floor plan?
Yes — that's the standard package. We massing-check against your setbacks and height limit, then render the unit in its true yard context from a photo you send.
Do renders help with neighbor or city pushback?
A believable render shows scale, materials and privacy honestly, which is what neighbors and hearings ask about.
Garage conversion vs new build — do you do both?
Both. Conversions hinge on making a garage read as a home — window pattern, entry, landscape edge — which is exactly what a render proves.
Do you render the typical San Jose housing stock?
Mid-century work demands flat-front cabinetry drawn true, exposed beams at the right module, and glazing that shows the yard as part of the room — get the ceiling wrong and an Eichler owner will spot it in seconds. That's the standard we hold every San Jose adu rendering to.
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