{"id":4286,"date":"2015-07-11T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T11:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2015\/07\/11\/connect-homes-connection\/"},"modified":"2015-07-11T11:54:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T11:54:56","slug":"connect-homes-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2015\/07\/11\/connect-homes-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect Homes Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things that continues to amaze me is how tightly knit the design (and architecture) community is. Our friends Michael and Iris<\/a> called a few weeks back and told me they were going to be in town and were visiting a pre-fab home by Connect Homes<\/a> in my neck of the woods… they had met and become friends with the owners of Connect Homes and are contemplating it as a vacation home option. They connected Michael to their clients at the Orinda site.<\/p>\n

We arrived met the new owner of the home, Ben, at the site<\/a> who was gracious enough to give three strangers a tour… It turns out Ben's wife not only works with one of Michael's friends (and fellow Eichler owner<\/a>) at a design studio in SF, but with one of my former students… and Ben and his wife are working with Ken Fox<\/a> who has become a fast friend here in Rancho Del Diablo<\/a>. Okay, maybe this is only interesting to me, so let's get on to the photos of the Connect Home under construction.<\/p>\n

One of the most interesting things is how the units come together… All of the bits were pre-fab \u2014 even the cabinet and tile installation \u2014 and all arrived intact with just a few cracks in the drywall.<\/p>\n

Ben also sent a link to a video of the assembly… check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\"IMG_9887\"Michael, Iris, Ben and myself in a nerd-a-licious still life…<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_9913\"Ben surveying the scene…<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_9869\"This is a very nice (and deep) tub and I might have to use it in my next bathroom remodel…<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_9882\"The electrical needs for the home seem minimal (I'm assuming this is the only service panel)…<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_9884\"A view inside the guest-house and studio in the rear of the property. The main house is 8 containers (4 on 4) and the studio is 2 units side by side. Each unity is 8X40feet \u2014 the size of a standard shipping container, if I'm not mistaken (or close). In the case of this build, getting all of the units to the hilly site was a challenge, but they were obviously successful…<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_9890\"Michael and Iris pictured here in a rare internet appearance… well, except for the time they were featured on Humans of New York…<\/p>\n

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