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Not much of a foundation eh?
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how adorable! The house ain't bad either. LOL!
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When it is on a bigger lot, it don't look 1/2 bad!
 
 
Wired Magazine has the full deets here. Some ppl are complaining these only cater to young single professionals in San Francisco, when the city should be luring families to remain (Ppl with kids are leaving in flocks!). It seems SF has approved them, so families will have to muddle thru somehow.  
At any rate, ladies, if you get invited to a party at one of these cube homes, keep your legs crossed! 
 
 
Simon Woodruffe, Yotel hotels and Yo! Sushi founder, unveiled the prototype for his Yo! Home, an 860-square-foot wonder in which nearly every surface—walls, beds, floors, tables—can fade away at a push of a button. Outfitted with stage-scenery mechanics, the master bedroom can hover above the sunken living room, guest space rolls out from the desk, and the dining table springs up from the floor. (via Curbed)
 
 
 
 
These unit are really student housing in the Netherlands. Look fun and all but apparently you can hear anything and everything, from people gossiping to neighbors knockin' boots! But when you are a student, do you really care? I know I didnt!
 
 
Watch this proposed design whereby a parking structure transforms into a housing structure! In theory it works, but what if people are on different schedules? And moving the furniture everyday so the apt can collapse will be a pain. Probably best for long distance commuters or business travelers!  What do you think? 
 
 
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Being 4 ft long & 3 ft high, the Barbie Dream House scaled to real life would be a measly 126 sq ft!  The average $/sf in Malibu is $854/sf, which would mean Barbie's Dream House would cost a paltry $107k. Seems like a fantasy to live in such tight quarters, but it's reality now. Check out these micro-apartments in San Francisco. They are only 150 sq ft! 

 
 
Help a fella out! Curbed & SFist spotlight this Craiglist ad whose poster need a space to park his mini-home.  It would really help if he posted a pic of himself too! I'm just sayin'!
 
 
While we're on the topic of gaudy McMansions (see post below), here is why I think McMansions are going the way of the dinosaurs! 

I aint' just blowing hot air. The National Association of Home Builders says the average American home is shrinking from a peak of 2500 sq ft in 2007 to just above 2000 sq ft now. 

Who needs all that space?! Just ask Dru Schmitt who built a 23,000 sq ft compound. A few days after moving in, he moved out. It was just too big!
 
 
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LA Times spotlights 4 people who are digging themselves out of debt! And of course the 1st couple they profile are 2 ex-successful realtors from the boom years. This is a common story I hear from agents. They were living the high life, wining & dining 24/7, dressed to the nines, over leveraging themselves..& wound up $680k in debt. Read how Southern California agents Dan & Cheree Griffith got out of this doozy. Great lesson! Less is more.