What we Build
Little House on the Trailer (a partner company with Sonoma Manufactured Homes) builds Home Care Cottages and Small Homes up to 400 square feet. With a doctor’s note, they can be permitted much more easily than other Accessory Units. They are available as both HUD approved manufactured homes and RVIA certified Recreational Trailers.
Little House on the Trailer is located in Petaluma, CA and serves the North Bay Area including all of Sonoma County, Napa County, Marin County, and Solano County. Shipment to other areas can be arranged.
Stephen Marshall, Owner and Designer
Owner/designer Stephen Marshall brings more than 50 years of design and construction expertise to affordable home design. He began his career in 1973 building custom homes in West Marin. For the last thirteen years he has focused on factory built homes. Stephen partners with several factories to deliver custom homes at prices competitive with mainstream mobile home manufacturers.
1973-1977 – Residential design and development: design and construction of single-family homes in Inverness, California
1977-2003 – Cabinetmaker: residential and commercial projects, trade show displays
1998 – Furnishing of “Daniel’s Room” for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit “Remembering the Children”
1999 – First certified sustainable cabinet shop in the Forest Stewardship Council’s Smartwood program
2003-2006 – Architectural restoration: restoration and remodeling of the 1914 Foresters’ Hall in Point Reyes Station, California
2007-present – General Contractor
2008-present – Owner/Designer: Little House on the Trailer and Sonoma Manufactured Homes
California Dept of Housing and Community Development License DL #1239399