LA architect needed small home. He got turnkey custom prefab

Fred Fisher and Jennie Prebor’s teen boys had outgrown the family’s two-bedroom LA home. Instead of adding space to their charmingly compact mid-century modern home, the couple dropped a prefab in their backyard to serve as the boys’ bedrooms. [Watch our first video with Cover, from right when the company was starting with its vision: Fisher, an architect, had heard good things about the CNC-cut, modular homes of Cover and he liked that they used a flat-pack system, so there was no need for a crane or trimming an old oak tree to place the home. Instead, Cover’s panels snap together in a couple of days, and the entire house - including plumbing, electric, bathroom, and built-in furniture - is complete within two months. With panels that can be rearranged like LEGOS, the system can be tailored to fit any property. The couple chose a black cladding for the unit to match their original home. With floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass doors in
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