Loni Gray
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About Loni    

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I bring a unique blend of lenses in home  policy, housing construction, small home and collaborative housing design, project finance, and presentation.  As an ADU and policy advisor, my focus is helping you envision and strategize with good information about the bills in place and those in the works!  ( I also put my three cents in with lawmakers directly!) Then I help surround you with a solid team of professionals so you can move forward with confidence!

ADU Presentation and education. I'm a part of the educational outreach, and policy work of the ADU Task Force  and Casita Coalition throughout the State and here in the East Bay. As a founding member, I work for better ADU ordinances, and more flexible financial programs.

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Housing design. Previously, as design partner of Graybuilt, I redesigned and rebuilt multiple small homes. (They weren't sexy ADUs back then, but actual 400 - 750sf main residences.)  I worked in the trenches, swinging a hammer, mudding walls, and laying floors. I learned to make small homes feel rich and satisfying.

During the Recession, I evolved my small house design to make privacy suites around common elements in larger collaborative housing.
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1980's   Graybuilt  Loni  renovates  obsolescent small homes  in Washington State.
Fiscal project management. Later, I helped project managers track budgets, schedules and coordinate their sub teams to be timely.

ADU and policy advising. I'm an energizer and a catalyst who will help you envision your homestead project. I guide you through the foundational education, and weigh the pros and cons of the ADU , verses the JADU, verses other paths for dwelling additions or affinity spaces. It's your crucial start!  Since I advise and train local professionals who have chosen to excel in small housing design and construction, I can help you assemble your team. ( BTW, if you know a great ADU professional who should be part of my team, please send them my way.)

Passion. I'm about creating forms of housing that serve us better than the resource-consuming and costly single family house. It's inequitable and no longer serves us. well. ADU's  and collaborative infill design are such important explorations.! Think of it as building our own intimate community around us so we can stay, and put down roots where we've grown networks of friends and support. That's healthy, resilient, and wise.

So bravo! You're taking your own step to build what you need.
Let's begin your project together!

loni gray      loni@lonigray.com      510.508.7003       

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