Vendor List

Here are all the folks that have made this possible for us. We highly recommend each one of them.

Avani Zaidi

Lot Purchase and Construction Loan

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Realtor: Drema Sizemore
Century 21 - Beachside
400 North Mountain Ave. #121
Upland, CA 91786
909-981-4851
dremac21beachside@yahoo.com
http://www.dremasizemore.com/

Mortgage Loan Officer: Mischelle Wright
Bank of America
1150 N. Mountain Ave. Suite 203
Upland, CA 91786
909-732-8113
mischelle.l.wright@bankofamerica.com
http://ae.bankofamerica.com/mischellelwright

Escrow Officer: Bryan Hanke
Talbrook Escrow Corp.
450 North Mountain Ave. Suite C
Upland, CA 91786
909-949-9738 x113
bryan@talbrookescrow.com
http://www.talbrookescrow.com/

Architecture & Design

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Architects: Erik Peterson (Principal) & Jeff Veenema
Claremont Environmental Design Group, Inc.
480 North Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont, CA 91711
909-625-3916
e.peterson@cedg-design.com
j.veenema@cedg-design.com
http://www.cedg-design.com/

Landscape Architect: David Robinson
Claremont Environmental Design Group, Inc.
480 North Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont, CA 91711
909-625-3916
d.robinson@cedg-design.com
http://www.cedg-design.com/

Structural Engineer: Thang Le, S.E.
159 E. Live Oak Ave., Suite 200
Arcadia, CA 91006
626-731-1539

Construction

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General Contractor: Erik Peterson (Principal) & Jonah Swick
Oasis Design & Construction
401 E. Columbia Ave.
Pomona, CA 91767
909-625-3916

Topographic Survey: Randy Mayer, PLS
Mayer Surveying
36231 Escena Dr.
Yucaipa, CA 92399
909-557-5829

Geo-Technical & Septic Design: Jonathan Khaw
Keantan Laboratories
640 N. Diamond Bar Blvd.
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
909-860-1896
keantanlabs@pacbell.net

Fire Hydrant Flow Test: Champion Fire Systems, Inc.
12170 Santa Margarita Ct.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
909-483-9789

Container Fabrication: AAA Containers Sales & Rentals
11120 Almond Ave.
Fontana, CA 92337
909-428-1995

Elevations

Here are the latest elevations.

You can use the link under PLANS to see a bigger view.

Thanks,

Avani Zaidi

Welcome

Welcome to our blog. We are building an eco-friendly house out of used shipping containers in Upland, California. As we go through this exercise, we would like to share our experiences with all of you guys.

This is our first time, and it has already been a big learning experience for us. There are lot of unknown and gotchas. In maintaining this blog we will also try to provide some guidance for first time builders interested in green and eco-friendly design. Please feel free to comment on any of the posts.

Little bit of history
Last year we bought an open lot in San Antonio Heights here in Upland, California (about 50 miles east of Los Angeles). Both me and my husband wanted to use environment-friendly construction, so we got the help of a local architecture firm that specializes in green design 'Claremont Environmental Design Group. The result was a unique and challenging design utilizing intermodal shipping containers.

About us
We are a young family. We recently had a baby girl (our first) on July 14th 2007. My husband works at a software company in Claremont, CA. Whereas I am a Physical Therapist with Masters in Computer Science. We met in school when I was doing my Masters in CS. We are currently renting. But two years ago when I got pregnant we started looking at new houses, but nothing caught our eye plus the prices were too high. So we started looking at open lots and building a custom house. Soon after we found a 12,000 sqft lot in Upland, CA. Since then we have been busy designing our environment-friendly house. And so far things have worked out very well.

Our property is located at,

340 W 24th Street
Upland, CA 91784

Please feel free to contact us.

Enjoy browsing,

Avani Zaidi
avani.zaidi@gmail.com