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10-12-2005, 08:28 AM
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3 Rivet Member
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a different kind of RV from Christopher Deam
http://www.cdeam.com/
this is really gorgeous--and an RV so planning regulations don't apply.
Zoe
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10-12-2005, 08:46 AM
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5 rivets, 1 loose screw
1966 20' Globetrotter
Saginaw County
, Michigan
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,555
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Elegant but simple. I like it. Perfect for a single person or a couple with no kids. Wouldn't that be perfect on a lot with a scenic outlook?
$45k is very modest for a home or getaway cabin.
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May you camp where wind won’t hit you, where snakes won’t bite and bears won’t git you.
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10-12-2005, 08:52 AM
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Tom, the Uber Disney Fan
2006 30' Safari
Orlando
, Florida
Join Date: Aug 2004
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There are a number of architects that have similar products on the market. It is really great that there are well designed, affordable architectural "homes" that are being produced for the mass market.
Frank Lloyd Wright is often considered the greatest architect in American history and he designed a home for the middle class and I think nearly every great architect since has designed an architecturally significant prototype for middle class so that the average American wouldn't have to live in cookie-cutter homes. Unfortunately, they never seem to catch on. Most Americans want traditional homes, not cutting edge design. But at least they are out there at an affordable price for those who do!
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10-12-2005, 11:22 AM
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1968 17' Caravel
Battle Ground
, Washington
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,255
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Neat mobile home! I could see that on a nice lot somewhere with a view. I imagine it would get cold inside with all those windows - I wonder how you'd keep the heat in in winter. Otherwise I can't imagine a more beautiful place to sit and enjoy a snowy view. The details page mentions an optional sleeping loft - I wonder what that would look like?
If you follow the link on that page back to Breckenridge main site (US version), there is a survey about it, and more pictures.
Cool find, Zoe!
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10-12-2005, 12:34 PM
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Rivet Master
1966 26' Overlander
Woodstock
, Georgia
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 8,525
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VERY COOL! Although soooo boxy...wish it could have just a bit more exterior flow...Would look great with a Scion parked next to it.
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10-12-2005, 12:50 PM
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Just an old timer...
2004 22' Interstate
Tipton
, Iowa
Join Date: Mar 2003
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It'd be my luck that they'd put them in a park somewhere, 10' apart with the windows facing the windows of the next unit... and they'd leave off the sun shade option!
Roger
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10-12-2005, 12:56 PM
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1968 17' Caravel
Battle Ground
, Washington
Join Date: Dec 2002
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In the survey they asked if you'd want one in a park, or on private land - duh! I've lived in a mobile home park, and lets just say that would not be the handiest layout for most parks I've seen, unless you enjoy gazing on the neighbor's blue tarp (and that's the best view I can think of)!
We looked at buying land and putting a mobile home down before we bought our house (for less money we probably could have had a bigger mobile home than the house we ended up with), but there are a surprising lot of hurdles to putting down a mobile home. A lot of areas don't allow them at all (and I'm talking about acerages in the unincorporated county areas, where you think no one would care). The county wouldn't care how cool it was, a mobile home is still a mobile home.
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10-12-2005, 02:41 PM
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Rivet Master
2004 22' International CCD
Spotsylvania
, Virginia
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Where is the fireplace? I envision this concept as a second home in the mountains (Breckenridge comes to mind). So a fireplace to warm up around, after a day of skiing would be nice.
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2004 22' CCD
1997 F-150
TAC VA-12
AIR# 4749
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10-12-2005, 04:46 PM
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Round on both ends
1979 31' Excella 500
1975 28' Argosy 28
Rutledge
, Georgia
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 783
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Technically, is all premanufactured housing considered a mobile home in some states?
From the description at the site, I get the impression that this is "delivered housing" rather than a mobile home.
The construction method, of course, should tell. Is it built like a narrow house or a mobile home? (It looks pretty attractive to me.)
Lamar
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1992 Lincoln Mk 7 LSC
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10-12-2005, 05:12 PM
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Rivet Monster
1975 31' Sovereign
1980 31' Excella II
Sprung Leak
, North Carolina
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Depends on the state...and the county
Lamar,
In NC it would be considered a park model and comes under a different set of standards...at the moment. We had someone with the great idea of using park models for student housing at a small local university...until the county/state decided they did not meet Mobile Home codes...so there are about 50 homeless students and a small park full of park models...
Aaron
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10-12-2005, 05:13 PM
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Moderator
1968 17' Caravel
Battle Ground
, Washington
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,255
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I think in WA all prefab homes are treated the same as mobile homes, which are very different than RVs. That probably differes from state to state, or even by county.
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10-12-2005, 07:20 PM
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Rivet Master
1995 30' Limited
Ashland
, Missouri
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Speaking of cdean, (close but not the same as this thread!), did anything ever come of the search for his stolen ccd? We heard a lot for a while, then nothing. ?????? About this park model, neat! Fits into that simplification mode that I crave, but don't seem to achieve. How is this fitted for 4 season-COLD weather living?
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1995 Airstream Classic Limited 30' ~ Gypsy
1978 Argosy Minuet, 6.0~Minnie/GPZWGN
Chev Silverado 2500HD Duramax/Allison, 4X4, Crew Cab
WBCCI #5013 AIR #2908
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10-12-2005, 07:53 PM
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3 Rivet Member
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It would probably make a good booth at a flea market, if it wasn't so overpriced. Must have taken at least an hour to architecturally design.
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10-12-2005, 08:19 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
1972 31' Sovereign
High Springs
, Florida
Join Date: May 2002
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It is overpriced, for what it is, at $112.50 a square foot. You can have a site built home put up for $60-100 a square foot. Manufactured homes are around $40 a square foot, and seem to be better built than some site built homes they are building in our neighborhood now.
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10-12-2005, 08:40 PM
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Remember, Safety Third
1973 27' Overlander
Catfish Corners
, Georgia
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by uncleneal
It would probably make a good booth at a flea market, if it wasn't so overpriced. Must have taken at least an hour to architecturally design.
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My thoughts as well. Chris has done a bunch of good for Airstream, but this looks like something any competent contractor would use on a commercial worksite. My Airstream (lowly as it is in its present state) would serve my family much better than Chris' latest offering at 20% the cost (after upgrades).
Sorry, Chris. It's not for us.
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10-12-2005, 08:47 PM
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Rivet Master
1993 34' Excella
1962 16' Bambi
New Haven
, Connecticut
Join Date: Aug 2003
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anyone notice this Deam trailer is a Thor Company?
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10-13-2005, 10:45 AM
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3 Rivet Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pick
It is overpriced, for what it is, at $112.50 a square foot. You can have a site built home put up for $60-100 a square foot. Manufactured homes are around $40 a square foot, and seem to be better built than some site built homes they are building in our neighborhood now.
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well, that is high if you are thinking of building a house, maybe, but in terms of a complete house, ready to live in except for water and sewage lines--that seems like a bargain to me--of course I live in one of the most expensive areas of the US, so I'm biased that way.
I sent it to my Mom--think of it for MIL housing, too--close by but not in the same kitchen!
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anyone notice this Deam trailer is a Thor Company?
no I didn't thanks for pointing that out, micsupply--Thor must really like CCDeam, huh?
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10-13-2005, 01:11 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maxandgeorgia
Speaking of cdean, (close but not the same as this thread!), did anything ever come of the search for his stolen ccd? We heard a lot for a while, then nothing. ?????? About this park model, neat! Fits into that simplification mode that I crave, but don't seem to achieve. How is this fitted for 4 season-COLD weather living?
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I emailed Chris a couple of months ago about his Bambi, they still had not recovered it at that time. When I asked him about building another one, he said he was going in a different direction with the next one. I guess he did.
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10-13-2005, 01:13 PM
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Retired.
Currently Looking...
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Here in the mobile home capitol of the US
They have four classes of trailers to live in.
Mobile Home.
Modular home (mobile home that can have the frame pulled out to make it immobile).
Park Model.
Travel Trailer.
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10-13-2005, 03:19 PM
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Rivet Master
1959 26' Overlander
Putnam
, Connecticut
Join Date: Sep 2003
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I don't like it at all. But the margins have to be over the top.
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