Welcome to the Ironwood home design by diamondstar
Innovative Solutions for building affordable homes
This site is dedicated to building affordable, high-quality homes for the middle-class and supporting those who build them.
What is an Ironwood Home?
Standardized components to build custom homes
An Ironwood Home is a hybrid metal & wood framed structure using each material where it performs best. Each home is built using standardized 400 sq. ft. structural frames and nearly every section of the home is easily prefabricated in your own shop, on-site or even in your driveway and delivered to the site on a simple 16' trailer. Every home is a custom design, no two homes are the same.
High fire resistance
Very energy efficient
High seismic and wind resistance
Excellent insect and rot resistance
Low cost of maintenance
This home is easy to design and build making it possible to build affordable homes everywhere.
Designing your own home has never been easier.
Draw up your own plans. Not just a pretty sketch but a design that can actually be built, structurally correct and properly laid out. Your plans will reduce the amount of work an architect or design-build contractor will have to do. This reduces the cost of design and the time it takes to get it submitted for permitting.
Design a home to fit the property. Take advantage of small, odd-shaped lots which usually cost less. Design a home that best fits into the neighborhood but doesn't face directly into their windows. The size, shape, exterior design and interior layout is exactly what you want it to be. No more cookie-cutter, pre-made floor plans.
Design a true starter home. Start small and plan the site and home for future additions. Build a truly affordable home that grows with your family. No more buy, sell, buy bigger that keeps you in mortgage debt forever. There is no architectural or construction experience necessary to design 70-80% of a home on your own.
START DESIGNING YOUR FIRST, NEXT AND LAST HOME YOU'LL EVER NEED HERE.
Home builder's section
Each home is built from one or more 400 square foot structural frames. These frames are arranged in nearly unlimited ways to create a home, any size, any shape and yet only 3 primary structural components are needed to build the entire structural system, no matter how big or small the house is.
Exterior wall panels are the same dimension, no matter what side of the home or which floor it is installed or whether it has widows, doors, glass block walls or any other configuration.
This home is extremely efficient to build. By incorporating extensive prefabrication, construction efficiency, quality and safety are greatly improved.
As a Design-Build contractor you will benefit the most from this structural design. There is no need to develop the structural system for each house, just calculations of loads and interactions between structural frames. The consistency of design will make each subsequent home development even faster.
Homeowners are encouraged and instructed to start their own design using the same methods you do, reducing your workload and their costs.
Every Ironwood Home is a custom home. Every home is designed specifically to fit it's property, surroundings, and environment providing the best views and avoiding the worst.
Like any home design, there are some limitations however the flexibility when using structural frames overcomes most of them.
DIAMONDSTAR'S VERIFIED QUALITY PROGRAM
We all expect high-quality construction of our home but how can we prove we are getting it?
1. Everybody has a phone with a camera.
2. They all connect to the internet.
Diamondstar's Verified Quality Program takes advantage of these widely used technologies to document all phases of construction and ensure specified materials are used, quality standards are met, and schedule is adhered to. The Builder, Homeowner and their home inspectors all share in the responsibility to perform verified quality inspections.
This alone, supports proper billing and provides complete information to the banks when requesting each draw throughout the project.
It may on day be used or even required by insurance companies when building in higher risk areas.
The finished home only shows a fraction of what went into building it.
Contact Us
I am looking for Spec Home Builders and Custom Home Builders in the Sonoma, Napa and Marin County areas who are interested in learning more about the Ironwood Home Design.
My time is unfortunately limited, at least for now.
I work full-time with one of the best construction companies in the country and will be for a while more.
MY plan is to work and consult on this home design to help homebuilders adopt this very efficient construction method.
I will answer questions from any builder.
