Gentle Homes partners with homeowners to develop high performance small multi-family buildings to enable inter-generational and mixed income living

Building Homes at Attainable Prices

Gentle Homes seeks to alleviate our severe housing shortage by adding gentle density in well-resourced neighborhoods.

We partner with existing homeowners and provide them an integrated design, finance, and build solution to transform a single family home into a high performance small multi-family property.

Our unique approach provides both a new home for the existing homeowner and new homes for multiple additional families, creating opportunities for mixed income and inter-generational living.

About Us

Our Approach

01

Homeowner Partnership

Partner with homeowners who want to

  • Remain in their neighborhood

  • Adapt to changes in their lifestyle (e.g. age in place)

  • Update to latest safety codes (e.g. seismic retrofit)

  • Add more housing units

02

Gentle Density

Seeks to increase the number of homes in existing neighborhoods through small-scale, thoughtful developments, while maintaining the character of the area. This approach aims to address housing shortages and improve affordability without drastically changing the neighborhood's feel

03

Integrated Design, Finance & Build

We provide a fully integrated solution to the homeowner where we will manage every aspect of the project, from initial design, to securing all project financing, to managing construction, to sales, and everything in between.

04

High Performance Buildings

Design and build high performance structures that deliver significant occupant benefits

  • Lower energy bills and pollution

  • Healthier living from improved indoor air quality

  • Greater thermal comfort and resilience

  • Maximizes natural light

  • Reduces noise levels

  • Increases resale value

05

Mixed Income & Inter-Generational Living

Our small multi-family proerties provide opportunities for various types of homeowners

  • Permanent attainable priced units for middle income families

  • Market rate units for upper income families

  • Ground floor age in place units for seniors

  • Ground floor accessible units for people with disabilities or mobility challenges

  • Inter-generational families living in multiple units

06

Local Community Engagement

Cultivate local community support for each project by

  • Engaging neighbors and community leaders early in the process

  • Hiring local tradespeople

  • Sourcing local investors to provide project financing

  • Prioritizing local families for new units

Let’s Work Together

We would love to connect with like-minded partners interested in learning more and working together:

  • Community Leaders

  • Homeowners

  • Contractors / Tradespeople

  • Equity Investors

  • Construction Lenders

Our first few projects are in San Francisco, but we are open to exploring additional communities.

We look forward to speaking with you and working together to build more homes at attainable prices.