This is the starter (town) home America needs. Steal it from me. Build it in the 10’s of thousands.
Full architectural and mechanical plans here. 😉
Chad Ludeman
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Family man + Modern RE / hospitality developer + SMB Marketing/Branding. Marketing forward #ReTwit #HotelTwit STRs & #SMB. Philly/Cape May @Stay_Lokal
- NYT article couple buys house for $2.8MM and then casually spends $2.5MM to renovate it and ends with: “It’s just magical. How often does something like that come into your life?” Give me $5.3MM and I can make something magical happen in anyone’s life tomorrow.
- The wife wants us to start a "Landscape Lifestyle" business. Good options are slim near us and demand is infinite. Give us your thoughts.... - Pools, hot tubs, Saunas, Cold Plunge - Lighting - Sound - Native Landscaping -Fencing - Grilling, Fire Pits - Outdoor Games - more...
- Contractor quoted me $1,500 to install handrails to basement in job he already had $150k in work on. I said no thanks. I’ll do myself. Looked at me shocked. Took 35 mins…
- A quick thread on the pre-design guidelines we used to give architects before all of our projects inspired by the Spaces held by @bobbyfijan last night: @postgreenhomes design guidelines: 1) Two materials max on exterior w/ extreme justification for 3rd
- Turned to @fiverr when I couldn't find an engineer to quickly and reasonably design a timber structure for a covered patio we did not need a stamp on to build. 3 days & $200 later, problem solved!
- Should I buy an abandoned putt putt course with an extra 13 acres and make it a resort?
- Slowly coming to terms that it’s near impossible to keep a construction schedule on small scale projects… The subs practically laugh at me when I say “you need to finish by this reasonable date because the next sub is hard scheduled for the day after that.”
- Project update. Our Fiberglass pool showed up yesterday and was set in less than 8 hours. It looks like it could almost be done by end of week. These guys really have it down and makes me question gunite ever again? PS - Don’t tell my boys it’s in…
- One of our Civil Engineers wants to be a developer. I gave him a real life case to analyze. Too harsh?
- Replying to @shawngorhamI'd question moving to any desert environment as we get closer and closer to water being our most coveted and expensive resource. Personal Opinion...
- This may be the best small bedroom entrance and storage I’ve ever seen. Use this in your next apartment or house design…
- Got our roof on this weekend. Drywall starts tomorrow. I’ll be in my tiny shop all week Building all the kitchen cabinet boxes. Psyched to bring this one home for our family…
- Pretty sure we will add manual timers to any string lights at STR’s in the future to save energy and reduce light pollution for neighbors. Thoughts?

















