The Solaris Collection
Last week Capree blogged about the new modern homes that are being built in the Utah super suburb Daybreak. The $206K price tag sounded too good to be true, so I had to go check it out for my self. I admit that I was pleasantly impressed. The homes themselves were well built and the majority of the interior details were well done. Interior surfaces were fairly high end, including nice glass tiles in the kitchens and bathrooms. The ikea interiors made me feel right at home. Overall they are an amazing feat for $140 a square foot land. Sure the .10 acres you get isn’t a ton of land, but at the price point you really can’t beat these house. As much as it might pain me to say it, these homes are probably the best example of affordable modern in Utah, maybe in the whole country. The biggest downside to the whole thing is the location. Besides feeling like you lived in a movie set (which really didn’t bother me to much) the rather extreme south west location may be a deal breaker. To me it would mean an extra hour of commuting every day. To see lots more pictures and get more details head over to Utahmodern.org.
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You know, I love this idea, but your right about the movie set feel and location. To me, Daybreak is a cool idea (walkable, etc) and these affordable modern homes are definitely cool, but it has always felt very Stepford-y, contrived, and a bit robotic to me…
I like the ideas behind their planned communities, and these houses are pretty impressive, but for me Daybreak is just TOO far away. My sister lives out there and they love it, but I do not envy her long commute to downtown SLC for work.
Creede – I agree with you that there is some great architecture going on at DB. The Info Center is spectacular and some of the buildings in their business area (SoDa Row?) are great.
I noticed some of the tile in those two homes matches some tile I put into a remodeled bathroom at my home. (You mentioned it on your write-up over on UM). It is available from Dal-Tile and the line is called Fabrique. I put the Gris linen down with some brown bath tiles.
http://daltileproducts.com/series.cfm?series=228ഖ
I’ve used it at my business office and in my bathroom. Everyone that sees it loves it.
I’m with you, the movie set feel doesn’t bother me either. I am a finicky person so that can be a plus side for me.
It seems the location is the true crux so how do we get that Trax line out there sooner? The ride on Trax would be less than my commute on the 1/9 train in Manhattan from Washington Heights.
Something else that took me be surprise was the view from that end of the valley. Even if you don’t choose to live out there, you should take a drive out for the panoramic look at the Wasatch front. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
To everyone worrying about the commute; I have lived in Daybreak for over 3 years and work in Salt Lake. There is a fast bus from Daybreak that gets me to work in about 40 mintues. That’s not even counting trax getting there soon.
Also, I think Daybreak is a breath of fresh air compaired to the shades of beige that all new homes seem to be stuck in.
I welcome the architectural diversity of Daybreak (and Utah is in desperate need of architectural diversity in its new neighborhoods, that’s for sure) but I can’t shake the feeling that big-builder-modern-housing kills the individuality that modern design typically tries to represent.
“Don’t you love my orange Model B?”
“Fabulous! I’m in a blue Model D myself.”
“Cool!”
It’s the mod equivalent of the tin star from Tai Pan. When *everyone* is doing it, what’s the point?
Urg. But maybe that’s just me…
(I suppose I’m just anti big-builder development in general – 9 years in Orange County, CA will do that to a person.)
I’m pleased to see a developer finally put affordable modern housing together. Living in miami, florida, all i ever see are these cookie cutter homes that look the same through out the entire city.
I’ve alwasy wanted to see a community built around the modern home concept. maybe one day…one day.