Samara launches its first single-family home model in California

Samara launches its first single-family home model in California

Samara, a California builder known for its accessory dwelling unit (ADU) models, has launched Locale by Samara, an expansion into small-scale single-family infill developments, the company announced. The builder will design and construct clusters of detached homes in existing neighborhoods in Sonoma, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties. Each Locale project will consist of a small group of homes — typically between two and 10 — tailor…

This prefab homebuilder is moving from tiny ADUs to small-scale starter homes

Samara, the prefabricated homebuilder that was created to chip away at California’s housing shortage with well-designed accessory dwelling units (ADUs), is sizing up. But not too much. The company has just unveiled Locale by Samara, an expansion into single family homebuilding. But these aren’t the typical single family homes, which now average nearly 2,200 square feet (204 square meters) in size in the U.S. Instead, the company is developing si…