Affordable Prefab Granny Flat On eBay

Designer Edgar Blazona is interviewed about his plans to auction his prototype prefab MD280 house on eBay for $39,000.

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October 14, 2004, 7:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen


Edgar Blazona says in the interview: "The MD 280 is my latest project and largest to date, This is my first structure to have a full kitchen and full bath. The layout came from California shipping standards. I wanted to create a dwelling that was eye pleasing and carried the overall look of my previous structures. One of my signature design details is to always have a clear or translucent corner. You can see this loud and clear in this structure. I feel that this size of structure lends it’s self to the need of secondary housing, vacation housing, and more importantly the need of what is now called 'granny housing' which is really just a backyard rental with all the emenities."

Additional photos from CABoom A festival of contemporary design August 12-15 2004 in Santa Monica, CA, are also availble.

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