Prefab in Person: Wired Home Forgot Umbrella
Monday, September 24, 2007, by Eric

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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.

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· WIRED Home: Day Two and Done? [Curbed LA]
· WIRED Home [LivingHomes]




Comments (5 extant)

1.

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.

By Squeegee Guy at September 24, 2007 12:48 PM

2.

They've found a new way to "go green".

By Brentwoodsman at September 24, 2007 1:17 PM

3.

I think that was the last rain until next September.

By bob at September 24, 2007 3:46 PM

4.

"This $4 million modernist home in an exclusive enclave of Los Angeles allows luxury and the environment to live
together in harmony."

Mother nature has definitely moved in and is making herself very comfortable.

By Squeegee Guy at September 24, 2007 6:38 PM

5.

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.

By Steely Dan at September 24, 2007 6:44 PM





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