Custom Homes · Granite Bay & Loomis

KEEP THE HOME.
KEEP THE QUIET.

California law now allows a homeowner to set apart a piece of open ground as a homesite of its own — while the home and its grounds stay right where they are. We carry every step and every cost, and we build one beautiful home on the ground you sell.

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If a portrait of your land reached you

It began with your ground

If you're here, a hand-addressed envelope likely found you — a survey portrait of your own property, drawn plate by plate the way county maps once were. It's yours to keep, whatever you decide.

The gold on the drawing is the idea: the part of your land that could stand apart as a single homesite. The quiet part of the drawing is the point: your home and its grounds remain exactly as they are. No rezoning. No public hearing. No subdivision moving in next door — one home, built with care, by the person who signed the note.

The path, plainly

How it works

A conversation

We walk the ground together and talk about what's possible — and what isn't. No cost, no obligation, no pressure to decide anything.

We carry the process

Survey, soils, county filings — we handle every step and pay every cost. Your only involvement is the paperwork that protects you.

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You're paid at closing

When the county records the new parcel, escrow closes and you're paid for the ground — a number we agreed on before anything began.

One home, built with care

We build a single custom home on the new ground — the kind of home that belongs on your road — and we're accountable to you as the neighbor who made it possible.

What we build

One home at a time

We are not a production builder and never will be. Hudson Development builds a small number of homes each year on the acreage of Granite Bay and Loomis — single-story homes in the neighborhood of 3,600 square feet, with deep porches, real rooflines, and rooms organized around the land they sit on.

Every home is designed for its specific ground: the oaks stay where the oaks are, the house faces what deserves facing, and the neighbors — often the family we bought the ground from — see something built the way they'd have built it.

One home per property. Never a subdivision, never a gate, never an HOA.
Single-story, custom-designed — sized and sited to its ground.
Licensed local surveyors, engineers, and contractors on every step.
The land leads. Mature trees and the character of the road come first.

Who you'd be dealing with

Danny O'Connell

I've spent my career building Northern California's neighborhoods — most recently as a Division President at D.R. Horton, the largest homebuilder in the country, where I was responsible for land, communities, and the thousands of families who moved into them. Today I lead Hudson Development, a home building company of my own, and I do the work I always liked best: one piece of ground, one well-built home, one straight-dealing conversation at a time.

Hudson is my daughter. I put her name on the company because it holds me to the only standard that matters — building things she'd be proud to drive past one day.

If a portrait of your land reached you, it's because I drew your property on the county map myself and thought it deserved one. Whether we ever do business or not, I hope you keep it.

Straight answers

What owners ask us

Do we have to move, or change how we live?

No. Your home, your grounds, your driveway, your gate — all of it stays exactly as it is. The new homesite is set apart from the open ground, and the line is drawn so the two properties live privately from one another.

What does this cost us?

Nothing, at any point. We pay for the survey, the soils work, the county process, and escrow. If the county ever said no, that outcome would be entirely at our expense — you'd owe nothing and your property would be unchanged.

How is this legal without rezoning?

California passed a law that lets a homeowner set apart ground like yours as a single new homesite through a simple county process — no rezoning, no public hearing. Placer County lists the zoning that covers most of Granite Bay and Loomis acreage as qualifying. We confirm your property's specifics before anyone signs anything.

What exactly would get built next to us?

One single-story custom home, designed for that specific ground — the kind shown on this page. Never more than one home; never a flag of future development. You'll see what we intend before you commit.

What if we're interested, but not for a year or two?

Then we'll talk in a year or two. Most families who call us first spend months thinking about it — the portrait is meant to be kept, not acted on. The timeline is always yours.

KEEP THE HOME.KEEP THE QUIET.