About Us

About Our Firm

Common Home Planning & Design was founded in 2020 to  build places that bring people together in neighborhoods and spaces that build community and belonging by design.  We provide a variety of planning, design, project management and planning consulting services that can help clients visualize the potential for a piece of land and navigate the development complexities to bring that potential to life. 


Located in the Bryan & College Station area, Common Home Planning & Design generally serves clients within the Brazos Valley, as well as with clients within the Texas Triangle (Austin, Waco, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas/Fort Worth).



About Our Team


Common Home Planning & Design is a small husband and wife team with a wide range of planning skills and experiences. We love helping clients build places that matter. 

Justin Golbabai,

AICP, CNU-A, CFM

Founding Principal


A passionate advocate for places that build community and facilitate human flourishing, Justin is is a certified planner and floodplain manager and is an accredited new urbanist. He holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Kansas. 


Prior to founding Common Home Planning & Design, Justin served as Planning Administrator for the City of College Station, TX and Neighborhood Partnering Program Manager for the City of Austin, TX. His career includes a number of professional national and regional awards for sustainability and innovation.


When not working with clients, Justin serves as an Associate Professor of the Practice in the School of Architecture at Texas A&M University where he co-coordinates the Bachelor of Urban & Regional Planning Program and teaches a variety of urban planning courses including the undergraduate urban planning design studio and plan implementation.


Contact me:
justin@commonhomeplanning.com
(979) 320-9937


Paula Golbabai

Business Manager


Paula Golbabai is a graduate of Marquette University and a certified public accountant. Prior to staying at home to raise their four children, Paula spent her years in public practice as an auditor, working chiefly with not-for-profit organizations. She currently partners with her husband at Common Home Planning & Design, keeping his books as beautiful as the places he designs!


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