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Let's build your post-covid investment home away from home

A new home typology has emerged from what we have recently learned managing the covid-19 pandemic, coupled with a growing entrepreneurial spirit and revitalized interest in the natural environment's influence on our health and well-being. We call it the Monetizable Post-covid Second-home, And we want to help you build one.

SECOND HOME

  • For those who have discovered their productivity is not reliant on their proximity to the city center

  • For entrepreneurs who would like to invest in a tangible life-affirming development that they can own and enjoy while earning security for their future

  • For people who value the benefits of getting out of the city for their health and well-being

  • For anyone who would relish the opportunity to share their magical retreat with friends and family

POST-COVID

  • Separated circulation routs insure paths between guests and the owner do not have to cross while still allowing access between spaces

  • The elimination of "Common Areas" means guests are not required to share entrances, circulation paths or bathrooms with other guests or the owner. Everyone's space is their own

  • The elimination of "Shared Amenities" means each guest experience is unique and exclusive 

MONETIZABLE

  • Homes designed to generate income through house sharing or room sharing programs such as Air bnb or Boutique-Homes.com

  • Guest rooms can be rented while the owner is present or the whole house can be rented while the owner is away

  • The homes can be managed as a boutique hotel​ or seasonal home or primary residence 

RAISON D'ETRE
A new home typology

The past few years of dodging covid and working from home has created a surge of city dwellers seeking out the beautiful wooded landscape of upstate New York as a refuge and safe place to invest in their health and well-being. A reoccurring dream of building an upstate NY cabin-in-the-woods scintillates our imagination. But few have woken up to this dream's growing feasibility - even with relaxed covid restrictions and our recovering economy. Fewer have noticed that our past year's social circumstance has actually spawned a new housing typology and investment opportunity: Imagine a new home-design directly informed by what we've just learned about social distancing and human interaction. And imagine if this dream-house in the woods generated income, provided a return and paid for itself. Finally, imagine the house functioning safely and earning revenue no matter if its owner lives there or not; no matter if it is a primary home or second-home away from home. We loosely reference this burgeoning typology as the Monetizable Post-covid Second-home and think it is the key to our upstate dreamer's awakening in the woods?

The best chance a house in the woods has for generating income is through house-sharing and providing a unique architectural-environmental experience.

On Airbnb and Vrbo, the homes and guest spaces in highest demand are ones that stand out in their architecture from the ubiquitous farm house. Following Covid-19, the most successful home-shares will incorporate separation distances & private circulation paths as part of their design and management criteria. These ideas make up the core of our new housing typology and we want to help you build one. These 2nd-homes can equally be a primary residence, guest cottage or accessory dwelling unit and even managed as one or a series of boutique hotel spaces.

PROCESS

Bespoke Custom > < Modular Prefab

Our design process fits comfortably between what is typically required for the custom-home and prefab-house. We begin with a design template that meets our typology objectives which is then freely customized to meet the objectives of any unique client. Please contact me for additional information or to set up a zoom consultation. Starter drawing sets are available for purchase and download. An architectural fee schedule is also available at your request. Please send me a message.

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