A New Direction

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I'm sorry for taking so long to update this blog. So many things have happened and changed. We did get the pricing and our cost per square foot for the Glidehouse at the factory was $115 - adding the options we chose, it ended up being $133 per square foot. The cost for transportation and setting of the Glidehouse was $18 per square foot. Indirect costs such as drafting, engineering, and Michelle's customization costs was $5.68 per square foot. The cost for our excavation and foundation (on a fairly level lot) was about $15 per square foot (not that all these costs were determined on a square footage basis, but for ease of reference, that's how I'm stating them now). The costs for button up work (putting the Glidehouse modules together) was $3.29 per square foot. Building permits in our jurisdiction were $12.87 per square foot.

Unfortunately, after adding everything together and considering the high cost of the property we were buying (we live in the overpriced SF Bay Area), we decided the budget was getting too large and we could not continue with the Glidehouse project. CRG and Michelle were really helpful in trying to get the project fit our budget, but the realities of building in the Bay Area ended up being too much for our budget.

We have decided to buy a 12 year old house in Walnut Creek and work with Michelle to remodel it to our liking. We are very bummed that we could not afford to build our Glidehouse. However, we are hoping to someday be able to build a Glidehouse second home and we are very excited about working with Michelle on our remodel of our new home.

So, since we will not be continuing with our Glidehouse project, this will be my last blog entry. However, if anyone is interested in our remodeling projects with Michelle's help, I'd be happy to fill you in on that!