OBI Build Assessment Form

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This form is used to provide critical information regarding a potential build situation.

What is your name? *

What is your email? *

What is your phone number? *

Option 1

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Do you own land upon which the OBI structure would be built? *

Yes

What is the street address, city, state, and zip code of the build location? *

Which and how many structure(s) would you like to build? *

Specify Seed Home, Aquaponic Greenhouse, or both, and the size (up to 750 square feet each).

How many people would be living in the Seed Home? *

What questions do you as the potential client have about how the 5 day rapid build process works? *

OBI organizes and runs a team of 36+ people to do a rapid build, and the client provides the land and building materials. There must also be space on site for 36+ people to work on sawhorses to assemble 18+ modules in parallel. The client pays OBI a $10,000 service fee, and the client covers the cost of materials, supplies, tools, and machine rentals if needed. The build process begins with a foundation laid out according to OBI specifications prior to the beginning of the Extreme Build experience (unless agreed upon otherwise) - so that the build can begin on the first day of the large team arriving. OBI also organizes registrations for participants via Eventbrite, and frames the participant experience as an immersion education workshop. OBI keeps the registration fees, and provides lunch and dinner to participants. The build location must be able to accommodate dining and educational presentation activities. The client ends up with a finished house, including plumbing and electrical, by the end of the 5 day workshop. The materials cost is $25k for a ~750 square foot eco-home - or $15k for a 256 square foot core as in the Starter Home infographic at the OBI Kickstarter - http://kck.st/293ISTN - with $5k in materials for every 256 square foot addition.

Is the location within city or town limits? *

Yes

Don't know

What is the regulatory climate of the build site? *

This is so we get a feel for the regulatory hurdles that need to be addressed for the build location of interest.

The location is not under the jurisdiction of any local building department

Local building codes exist, but location is not within city limits and the regulations are not difficult

The area is highly regulated, but outside of city limits

The area is highly regulated, and within city limits

The area is highly regulated, and special restrictions exist on top of the usual building codes (ex. riparian zones, conservation area, highly erodable soils, floodplain, etc)

Other:

Do you have cash to cover the ~$25,000 cost of building materials for s 750 sf Seed Home, or do you need to get a loan? *

Yes, have cash

No, need a loan

What is your household income? *

Less than $50k/year

More than $50k/year

More than $100k/year

Do you currently have a mortgage? *

Yes

Do you understand that as one of our first remote clients, you would be participating as an early adopter and developer of the OBI building system? Please comment regarding any concerns that you may have regarding the success of the build so we can address potential issues up front. *

We have built many structures at our home site, and we know that our building system works for us. We concluded that there are many people like us who need a low cost, expandable, modular, rapid-built, eco-home - and that such an option is pretty much impossible to find. We are also a startup and are in the process of developing a widely replicable product (If we were well established, we would not need to raise funds on Kickstarter). Thus, as an initial client, you should understand that you are participating during the pilot phase of the project, and as such you are expected to be a collaborator in an innovative development process.

Do you have any other questions, or can you suggest any other questions that we should be asking but haven't asked yet? *

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