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It has been quite some time since we’ve updated the blog but we at Method are going to try to keep it more up to date while we work on new projects. Method Homes should have some exciting announcements in the coming months and we can’t wait to share them.We are currently working on several projects for 2009 with several more on the horizon. We plan to use the blog to document the status of these projects and illustrate the architectural design process.Method has several Method Cabins in the works. One is going on a lake front lot on Lake Wenatchee in Chelan county in eastern Washington, one is going to Mendocino County in Northern California and a third will be down by Mount Rainier. Additionally, Method has been working with a community land trust on an affordable green prefab home with models to be built in Whatcom County.We are planning a trip to British Columbia to promote the Method Cabin. We have a ton of interest from the Whistler area and are excited to market Method in that area.Method Homes has been working with Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects on a new line of “one box” cabin models by  that we will be bringing to market shortly. These are going to plug and play units that can go on or off the grid. We will update the blog with some  preview floor plans next week.The Method Cabin is now available on the East Coast and in the Midwest and we plan to make a formal announcement in the beginning of December. More to come shortly.Here is floorplan of the new model 4 cabin that is 2 bedrooms and 2 baths and 1450 square comprised of 3 modules:method-homes-model-42

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Method Homes are now available on the East Coast and throughout the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. We can service the entire eastern seaboard and the outlying areas, including remote locations perfect for our Method Cabin prefab cabin in areas such as the Adirondacks, Catskills, Shenandoah's, Ozarks,  Smokey Mountains, lakes areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan and everywhere in between. We constantly have inquiries from out east, and we are pleased to now be servicing these areas.

Method Homes recently sent out an email announcement officially launching Method into the hearts and minds of all of you. Thank you for your kind responses and interest. If you're reading this blog, then you have seen our website. Thank you for visiting. Out of the hundred things Brian and I did today, probably one of the most exciting was receiving our first delivery of product, going into the first Method Cabin. Warmboard! Warmboard is a structural sub floor panel doubling as the outlet for hydronic radiant heating application. You can check them out at warmboard.com to get a better idea if you are interested. It was very exciting to receive this today in anticipation of our start date of 3-31-08. The rest of the lumber arrives a week from today. Can't wait.

After all of this time and hard work I received a call from the Factory Assembled Structures division of Washington Labor and Industries that we will be receiving our building permits next week for the Method Cabin prototype.I think we started working on the concept in May of 2007 and would like to thank Tom Lenchek and Scott Labenz of Balance Associates, Mark Spiedel of IL Gross Structural Engineers,  Goren of CeGG engineering, Bryan and Jon of BrN Engineering, Metajive, Jennifer Eliuk, our friends and families for their support and help.Our team has been instrumental in getting us to this point and on to building we go.We've already ordered windows and warmboard radiant subfloor and will be ordering our lumber package and roof next week. We will begin construction on March 24 and will be posting daily photos and updates.

Greetings and welcome to the new Method Homes website and blog. Here we will be blogging about products we will be using on our modular homes, the process of getting LEED for Homes 2.0 Gold accreditation, documenting the production of our Method Cabin prototype in our factory and the life or lack of sleep of a startup. After countless hours of work we are ready to begin building and document our process.I will start with a bit of background on Method Homes. Mark Rylant, who will be posting as well, and I started Method Homes about a year ago with the intent of creating a line of prefab houses that are factory built and architect deigned while still being somewhat organic and down to earth. We were fortunate enough to team up with Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects who then began working on our first model, The Method Cabin. Our goal was to create an adaptable prefab home that could be configured multiple ways and would work well as a vacation home.Fast forward many months and we have gone through design, structural, electrical and mechanical engineering(whew), website design, site feasibility, financing, specifications, building costs, real estate searches and are now in for permits and preparing to open our production facility.The prototype is going to be located in the community of Glacier Springs in Glacier Wa near Mount Baker and will function as a vacation rental, model home and ski cabin for us (whohoo).