Rehabbed Trailer Becomes Cheap Chic Weekend House
by TreeHugger on 04. 4.05
Bright? Open? This doesn’t look like any trailer home we know. But that’s exactly what it is: a double-wide trailer—vintage 1978—refurbished by Carol Troy, who thinks trailer parks are more loathed than they should be. Some of the settings, she says, are actually quite attractive, and she was able to avoid local planning regulations because trailers are covered by federal code instead. And it was the only way she could afford a weekend home in the astronomically expensive Napa Valley region.
We know there’s not much that will convince many of you that trailers are anything but the most hideous scourge on the housing market, but refurbishing an existing structure is often greener than even the most enviro-conscious new home. Rather than writing off trailers as tacky, Troy opened up her trailer’s floorplan, installed a new flat-packed kitchen, put down a new floor, and made the place into a weekend retreat any of us would be comfortable in (even if we’d choose to decorate differently). She’s now planning to use green materials to develop a nationally marketed Cheap Chic trailer, with a price-tag goal of around $100,000—a good deal cheaper than many of the reasonably priced prefab projects we’ve seen. Via Royal Homes Modern ::NYTimes.com [by KK]
I am trying to find an email address for Carol Troy as I am trying to work on a similar project in Seattle - where i could incorporate my business and life...
Any help would be appreciated. M. A. Leary
I too am trying to find Carol Troy. Any information would be much, much appreciated.
I also am trying to find carol troy re her napa double-wide cheaap chic house rehab job from the NY times, anyone have any luck?
dc
Has anyone found Carol Troy?
david cardenas
Hi - this is my house in the NY Times,
and this is my email address.
Thanks for the notes!
Carol Troy
Carol--
It's Candace formerly of the Club House in Lafayette--hope this finds you well & so glad to see you brought the trailer home to fruition!!
Have you seen the triple-wides available these days? Incredible! Just wanted to congratulate you on the delightful tip of the hat to you in the Editor's Letter of LUCKY magazine's August issue (Conde Nast). Email me if you want hardcopy of it: CLewis@TFT.ucla.edu (I'm working for UCLA's School of Film/FilmTV Archive these days).
Cheerio(s), Candace