YardPods

Petaluma YardPod

Small YardPods in San Francisco and San Anselmo can be built up to 100 square feet in area, measured at the roof. They must also not exceed 8 feet in height from grade to top of roof. YardPods built with these restrictions can generally be built without Planning and Building Permits.

Recently Completed YardPod
10x12 Home Office in California

Time to Work from Home in a YardPod!

Work from home in a YardPod

Sheltering at home? Have a little time? Now would be a perfect time to design a YardPod backyard office.

YardPods Work From Home In A YardPod The Best Free-Standing Backyard Home Offices Contact us to discuss options, pricing or to schedule a site visit. Contact Us Example YardPods Built In The Greater SF Bay Area Homeowners have built YardPods in their backyard for a

Need a Fire-Resistant Home Office or Shed?

Need a Fire-Resistant Home Office or Shed? Do you live in a WUI (Wildfire Urban Interface)? We have the answer - a YardPod F-R, Fire-Resistant Home Office or Shed. YardPod F-R is a line of fire-resistant YardPod Home Offices and Sheds for people living in high-risk fire areas. Developed from our standard YardPod designs, but with fire-resist...

IT IS TIME! to start planning your new Home Office so that you can move in this spring or summer. Let us help you design and build it.

YardPods YardPods Make The Best Free-Standing Backyard Home Offices Create a quiet, comfortable space for work in as little as a week. Contact us to discuss options or to schedule a site visit. Contact Us Example YardPods Built In The Greater SF Bay Area

To permit or not to permit!
Buildings in the USA are regulated by local authorities and two forms of permit are required for almost all buildings: “Planning Permits” and “Building Permits.” Planning regulates zoning, size, proximity to boundaries, etc. Building permits ensure that buildings are built to local building codes. However, most authorities in the USA allow a detached “Accessory Building” up to 120 square feet in area to be built on the site of a single-family home without the need for permits, as long as the intended use is an allowed use. These are typically 10 feet x 12 feet or 8 feet x15 feet.

YardPods - To Permit or not to Permit! The wrong choice can be costly! Buildings in the USA are regulated by local authorities and two forms of permit are required for almost all buildings: “Planning Permits” and “Building Permits.” Planning regulates zoning, size, proximity to boundaries, etc. Building This post is only availabl...

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/the-47-reasons-why-its-smarter-to-work-from-home.html

The 47 Reasons Why It's Smarter to Work From Home For employers, work-from-home means higher productivity. For employees, it means a better quality of life.

Unusual shape garden office A blog about the lifestyle of shedworkers and those who work from garden offices and other shedlike atmospheres

Garden offices and air conditioning A blog about the lifestyle of shedworkers and those who work from garden offices and other shedlike atmospheres

The rise and fall of the man cave:

The rise and fall of the man cave — Vox The trendiest home renovation project of the aughts is now a shrine to the fantasy of male friendship.

9 Creative Professionals on Arranging a Productive Work-from-Home Space To work effectively where you eat (and sleep, and play) is an art—one that these six creative professionals have mastered.

Here is our newest YardPod in Marin, used as a home office. The materials and colors were designed to match the existing house. This is 10ft x 12ft with a flat roof. It is built on an existing concrete slab where a hot tub used to stand.

New YardPods 8x8, 8x12, 10x12

Marin leads Bay Area in home-based workers
http://www.marinij.com/business/20180520/marin-leads-bay-area-in-home-based-workers

Marin leads Bay Area in home-based workers Marin is the work-from-home capital of the Bay Area, according to new data provided by a regional transportation agency.Of Marin’s workers, 11.4 percent work from home, the highest percentage in the Bay Area and the only county to touch

New YardPod In a small garden in Berkeley, CA

Seeking Installation Partners around the US. If you are a licensed contractor and are interested, please contact [email protected]

Seeking an additional YardPod Prefabrication Partner in the Bay Area!
If you have a workshop and the necessary skills and experience, please contact [email protected]

New Optional YardPod Feature - a pop-out reading box.

Christmas Day doodles for a new YardPod design.

Christmas Day doodles for a new YardPod design:

"She Sheds" replacing "Man Caves."
http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-she-sheds-20161106-story.html

Move over, man caves, make room for 'she sheds' Soon after Leila Sayegh and her family moved into their 1915 Silver Lake home a couple of years ago, a family member made a suggestion as what to do with the carriage house in the backyard.

New YardPod on the Bay.

YARDPOD ROOF:
Waterproof Roof Membrane with "Pebble" print finish now available on YardPods. Recently installed on a YardPod in Mill Valley where the house overlooks the YardPod, so blending it into the landscape.

"I wrote my first book in my bedroom, where I sat at a 2x3 desk crammed between the bed and the closet. Now that I have my YardPod, my commute to work is a ten step walk into my backyard where I’ve got the space and privacy I need without sacrificing all the benefits of being close to home. I’m really quite in love with my YardPod and I show it off to anyone who visits. It’s a true room of my own."


Julie Lythcott-Haims
Palo Alto, California
Author, New York Times bestseller How to Raise an Adult
Host, Getting In podcast
Member, San Francisco Writer’s Grotto
www.howtoraiseanadult.com

Pod Systems just completed the installation of a 10ft x 12ft custom YardPod in Inverness, California: The owner emailed us: "We love our pod and will definitely recommend to our friends!"

Just completed 8ft x 10ft YardPod Home Office in Marin, CA.

Proposed YardPod in the Bay Area with sloping roof. 10ft x 12ft with French Doors opening out. www.podsystems.com

New YardPod for another University Professor in the East Bay. This one is 10ft x 12ft built on a filled-in swimming pool. A deck is to be added all around. Purpose is as an office and music practice.

Newest YardPod going up in Inverness, CA. Misty at this altitude!

New "His and Hers" YardPod Office at a home in Mill Valley, California. 8ft x 14ft, cement board cladding on rain screen, drywall interior walls and ceiling, bamboo floor. Roof, walls and floor insulated (of course).

Our latest YardPod in Berkeley as a home office. This is our first with opening transom windows. Drywall interior, bamboo floors and track lighting.

“The YardPod is great. It turned out really very well indeed and will be a fantastic new space for us. Many thanks for a job well done. I am sure it will get a lot of attention from people who visit us and we will be very happy to refer others to you.”
University Professor, Berkeley, California, January 2015.

For people who wanted a high-level openable set of windows across the front, here it is.

New YardPod in Berkeley 10ftx12ft with deck and pergola to replace existing broken down shed.

Builder and Developer Magazine: Feature Article Your business management resource for homebuilding professionals

New YardPod Writers Studio, with panoramic views across the San Francisco Bay.

New YardPod under construction as a Writer's Studio.

New YardPod for San Rafael under construction. Frames being filled with recycled denim insulation and painted. To be assembled on site before the next rain about 10 days away).