Comments on: Prefab Wednesday – LivingHomes By Ray Kappe

By: David

David — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:43:14 +0000

Drew – my wife and I are solidly middle class and we rent in Santa Monica a block from the beach…but we cannot afford this house or any other house this close to the beach. I read somewhere that the land alone for that property was close to a million dollars, if you could find where it was actually affordable that would be great!

By: drew

drew — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:33:47 +0000

WAIT – did anyone consider that in Santa Monica $750k for a house is quite affordable? A crappy fixer-upper can cost that much in all of LA county. Add in the price of land and you are looking at a reasonable price for that neighborhood – not showbiz execs, but everyday people too – well, those of us with middle class incomes anyway.

By: David

David — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:12:58 +0000

I agree CMAC….it would be nice to see sustainable and efficient homes built for regular people.

By: CMAC

CMAC — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:07:06 +0000

Beautiful home, fantastic design, but these houses are built more to alleviate bourgeois guilt than environmental impact. So what if one showbiz executive gets to feel smug about his 36% superior energy efficiency? The rest of us still have to live in housing that doesn’t require a winning SuperLotto ticket to afford, and chances are that housing will have been built on site by a developer who didn’t have LEED certification in mind.