Prefab in Person: Wired Home Forgot Umbrella
Monday, September 24, 2007, by Eric
Sounds easy: maneuver some modules and send the hardhats home. Get to the windows and doors and stuff later. What could possibly go wrong? Oh yeah, the first real rain in LA in like 13 months. As we discovered this weekend, deep inside an "exclusive architectural enclave of Brentwood," a window or two might've kept the $4 million WIRED LivingHome a bit drier, and prevented a visit from the squeegee guy before the open house next month.
I'm surprised no one thought to cover portions with tarps. There was advance warning of the storm and, in fact, the rain arrived later than expected.
I wonder if they will remove all the insulation and drywall that got wet. Maybe they are going for a new definition of Living Homes -growing things inside the walls.
Wait, I thought day 3 was supposed to bring "shots of the completed house" on the webcams. Isn't this like day 20? Is this the completed house? $4 mil doesn't go as far as it used to.
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