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• Tiny Homes Expert - Lindsey Wood Zoom Conversation

  • When
    13 Apr 2026
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Registered
    17 registrants

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  Hi OWA members,

  We are excited to have Lindsey Wood, Tiny Home Expert, to spend a hour of her time and share her Tiny Homes journey.

  
  

  https://www.thetinyhomelady.com/media.html

  
  

  

  We will be asking her the following questions:

  Types of tiny homes

  Tiny Home on Wheels – opportunities for architects?

  Foundation Based – tiny home, ADU, JADU, Modular built       

  Design for Small Space – best practices, your recommendations

  Some ideas for your presentation:

  1. Clients:  Who are the major clients? 
  2. Bay Area Cities and Permit Issues
  3. Site location:  over her years of experience, what is the best location for an ADU/tiny home if the site is big enough to allow some options?
  4. Square Feet/size:  Does Lindsey have an optimum size she recommends, again assuming that the property is big enough for some different sizes. 
  5. Height:  Tiny homes have lofts/bedroom mezzanines, do clients prefer a formal 2nd story?  
  6. Length of construction:  stick-built vs tiny home.
  7. Fees:  what do clients either request or expect to pay for design fees?
  8. Car Parking:  many communities have waived care parking requirements.  However, subdivisions with lots of ADUs often have crowded streets with lots of cars in the street.  How can this be mitigated? 
  9. Insurance.  Which type gets home insurance?  What certifications does a tiny home need to get coverage? 

  
  

  Zoom Link:

  Topic: Tiny Homes Expert - Lindsey Wood Zoom Conversation
  Time: Apr 13, 2026 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88574565250?pwd=aXztab1eoZkB4d18X096VEbrYb9Tsw.1
  
  Meeting ID: 885 7456 5250
  Passcode: 870857
  

  
  

  Bring your curious minds and your questions!

  Steering Committee Program Coordinators:  Amy and Hera

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• 2026 OWA+DP Annual Retreat

  • Start
    25 Sep 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • End
    27 Sep 2026
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma, CA

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  Each year we get together at Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma for a 3-day retreat in the fall. Accommodations are shared rooms in rustic redwood cabins set among landscaped grounds including pool and hot tub. The towns of Sonoma and Glen Ellen are minutes away.  Join us for a weekend of conversation, fun, exercise, hiking, swimming, hot tub, massage, music, art, and delicious food. Give everybody a chance to know you better, develop closer ties with friends and colleagues, and return home inspired by new ideas from our group.

  We have room for 50 guests for the weekend, but Saturday-only (no overnight) registrations are available as well.

  Accommodations include access to gardens, swimming pool, adobe dining hall, and shared bedrooms in rustic cabins which is all set in beautiful, Sonoma, wine country.  Financial assistance for scholarships is available for students and those in need.  We encourage participants to join OWA+DP.

   
  

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