{"id":249647,"date":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/selling-prefab-homes\/"},"modified":"2016-01-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T08:00:00","slug":"selling-prefab-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/selling-prefab-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling prefab homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por Margie M. Palmer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Storefront opens in North Park <\/b><\/p>\n

Building a home from the ground up can be stressful, which is why a growing number of people are exploring what prefab housing has to offer. If you\u2019ve ever been curious about the process or have questions about how to get a project started, Connect Homes\u2019 new storefront in North Park is a great place to start.<\/p>\n

The local brick-and-mortar is being run by Keller Williams Realtor Gavin Grant.<\/p>\n

Grant worked as an architect before he moved to San Diego and got his realtor\u2019s license, he said, and it was during that time that he worked alongside Connect Homes founders Jared Levy and Gordon Stott.<\/p>\n

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Connect Homes will conduct three tours Jan. 12 on their prefab home
in Bonsall in San Diego County. (Courtesy of Connect Homes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe all met when we were working at Marmol Radziner Prefab in Los Angeles and we did mostly single family residential projects,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n

Levy and Stott eventually went on to win several national design awards for their homes, but they also felt there were quite a few problems in the prefab industry as a whole, including the model design segment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stayed in contact after I left,\u201d Grant said, \u201cand within a couple years of them starting Connect Homes they were able to come up with the right prototype. It wasn\u2019t until last year that they built their first home that was completed for a client.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Courtesy of Connect Homes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Sonoma-based home was featured in the June 2014 issue of Dwell Magazine, and the notoriety that Connect Homes received from that article prompted them to reach out to Grant to see if he\u2019d have an interest in helping them expand their sales team.<\/p>\n

His background in architecture and his experience as a realtor, he said, made him an ideal candidate, especially since he\u2019d be responsible for interacting with clients and meeting them on-site if they needed help finding land.<\/p>\n

Grant said they wanted to keep the storefront in a metro area, especially since Connect Homes seems to fit well with a lot of the revitalization projects that are taking place throughout the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe offer a lot less disruption to neighbors than traditional construction does. Traditional construction of a site-build home is a very linear process that involves demolition of the existing structure followed by pouring the foundation, framing and adding the finishes before it reaches completion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"(Courtesy<\/a>
(Courtesy of Connect Homes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWith a prefab home we split the process into two. Two things are happening in tandem. We build the modules in the factory at the same time the demolition and foundation work are going on so instead of taking eight to 12 months to complete, we can generally finish things within three to four months,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n

The modules are delivered as complete as possible, which is one of the things he said that helps differentiate Connect Homes from its competitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to limit the amount of local site work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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A view inside a Connect Homes prefab home in Orinda in Contra Costa County (Courtesy of Connect Homes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re interested in learning more about Connect Homes and are hoping to tour one of their completed properties, you\u2019re in luck. The company is offering a tour of their Bonsall property on Tuesday, Jan. 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be holding three tours on that day, at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.,\u201d Grant said.<\/p>\n

Anyone who is interested in being added to the tour list can call 619-609-0010 to reserve a spot.<\/p>\n

\u2014Margie M. Palmer es una escritora independiente con sede en San Diego que ha estado acumulando art\u00edculos en una gran cantidad de publicaciones de noticias durante los \u00faltimos 10 a\u00f1os. Puedes localizarla en <\/em>margiep@alumni.pitt.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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