OBI Kickstarter Script

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Housing is expensive. Did you know that in 2013 the average price of a new home was $400,000? (Research average mortgage costs) This doesn't count financing - if you get a mortgage - or pay until death - you would be paying twice that. (Research this)

Housing is the single largest cost of living - out of food, clothing, transportation. It's about 60- 70℅. Did you know that an avg American spends $1.2M over their entire life just to pay for housing, food, clothing, and transport? These are hljust basics - not counting anythinhlg else you want to do with your life.

This doesn't have to be.

First, subdivision land is expensive, $70k on average per house lot. There are many lots you can get if you don't get prime subdivision Dev land , urban or rural - that are $10k - or free in many blighted areas - such as KC or Detroit.

Theme there are other fees... Let's look at the actual costs of a house. That is the design and construction. The largest part of that is construction costs - $270k - and design is $15k on average.

Our solution is the debt free, open source Seed Home. It can be built incrementally. Start with a core for $7k in materials for a 200 SF starter seed with all utilities included, and excavation/grading done. Bobcat operator per day is $500-$1000 if you wet hire - as little as $200 per day if you rent and transport your own bobcat.

Detailed, conservative breakdown by modules for the starter home. Her is our result.

Here is a peltierer fridge, off grid, hydronics, PV, peltier electric generator, and attached greenhouse. (Product 1 pricing)

From the seed home, you can expand. (Pop in new modules, SF, main features, cash pop-in for price.

The total materials cost is x, and when you include labor, it is 2x.

This builds on best practice of factory modular construction. We innovated on this front: to make site-built modular design instruction a reality. We have pioneered a build model where people pay us to build a house. We turn the experience into education.

This Kickstarter brings this promise to you. Here is how it works. You pay an OBI trained and certified builder a flat fee depending on the module you want built.

Here are some numbers:

Materials - $7k OBI-Certified Construction Management and Execution - $10k 225 SF living space base module.

So on one side, you get designs for a house at 1/16 the cost of Industry Standards if you pay for labor or construction management. (Research the cost of builders - and show the price.

Offering 1:

Package 1- take our Design materials, hire carpenters. Do not buy a house in a subdivision. $7k materials, $7k labor (quantify rigorously). Each structural module takes 4 hours to build with 2 skilled people. 20 modules. 160 hrs. $4k. Then utility modules - PV, stove, electrical, shower/sink, cooking stove, fridge, separating incinerating toilet - (Substantiate basic workflow). Turns out to $63/SF - not cheap per SF - but look at the cost of additions: $3k materials per added 220 - so 1100 SF at $38k.

Offering 2: OBI Certified Execution - quicker, you don't have to think about it, say if you have a job, wife, and kids.

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