California Brothers Took $211,000 From a Family and Never Broke Ground. Now They Are in Court

Renee Kumamoto paid $168,000 to build an ADU for her father. He was battling cancer. She wanted him close. The company took her final payment and shut down two weeks later. Construction never began.

That is the kind of story that sits with you.

The Company That Looked Like a Solution

Colton, Austin, and Scott Paulhus started Anchored Tiny Homes in Fair Oaks, California in 2019. The timing was almost perfect.

California’s housing crisis was worsening, ADU laws were loosening, and backyard units looked like one of the few affordable fixes regular homeowners could actually pull off…