We have known Jim & Donna Klinge for over a dozen years, having met them in Carlsbad where our children went to the same school. As long time North County residents, it was a no- brainer for us to have the Klinges be our eyes and ears for San Diego real estate in general and North County in particular. As my military career caused our family to move all over the country and overseas to Asia, Europe and the Pacific, we trusted Jim and Donna to help keep our house in Carlsbad rented with reliable and respectful tenants for over 10 years.
Naturally, when the time came to sell our beloved Carlsbad home to pursue a rural lifestyle in retirement out of California, we could think of no better team to represent us than Jim and Donna. They immediately went to work to update our house built in 2004 to current-day standards and trends — in 2 short months they transformed it into a literal modern-day masterpiece. We trusted their judgement implicitly and followed 100% of their recommended changes. When our house finally came on the market, there was a blizzard of serious interest, we had multiple offers by the third day and it sold in just 5 days after a frenzied bidding war for 20% above our asking price! The investment we made in upgrades recommended by Jim and Donna yielded a 4-fold return, in the process setting a new high water mark for a house sold in our community.
In our view, there are no better real estate professionals in all of San Diego than Jim and Donna Klinge. Buying or selling, you must run and beg Jim and Donna Klinge to represent you! Our family will never forget Jim, Donna, and their whole team at Compass — we are forever grateful to them.
Is that a single or double wide?
$300 bucks a square foot? …Gimme a break.
But it’s GREEN… recycled from curbside crap removal. Next up, made from recycled chinese plastics bwa ha ha .
BTW, does this glorified shipping container metal box also make it’s own water in the middle of the desert?
With minor modifications, you could stack them on top of each other and… Presto, instant correctional facility or FEMA camp on demand.
Where do the axles and shackles mount?
I’ll be a hundie that the first 2 commentors are contractors.
I personally find the designs appealing and forward-thinking.
I like the idea too, but didn’t know the cost when I was watching the video.
$220,000 to $320,000 for 1,000sf, plus the cost of the lot?
They need to figure how to sell them for $50,000. Or at least under $100,000.
There’s going to be a bigger market for used mobile homes. You can get those for $50,000 to $100,000.
It looks to me like a stick-built house using metal sticks and conventional post-and-beam construction with curtain walls. Don’t see much post-and-beam in modern residential construction. Put it on a slab rather than piers and it would be a very ordinary industrial building fitted out as a residence.
The example shown didn’t have enough cross bracing for earthquake country unless the roof is very light or the posts have much higher bending strength than I would expect. The thin steel structural members could be subject to corrosion failure.
Nothing wrong with it, but I don’t think I’ll make an offer.
Cool….but I agree with JTR…too expensive.
It looks like the frame on its own can be pretty cheap to acquire and build, but it’s in the FINISHING that the building costs can skyrocket out of control.
How much more for that fancy “recycled” counter top?
We looked at some of the recycled countertop about 1.5 yrs ago. It was at some place in Solana Beach down from the Belly Up, I forget the name. Gorgeous stuff, but it was priced at a hefty premium over non-recycled material. We ended up going with granite. Not sure why the recycled material was so much more expensive.