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Show HN: HomeCat – Design your backyard office

https://myhomecat.com
9•dearilos•1h ago
Hey HN! Ilya and Nikita here. We’re building HomeCat, a tool that lets you design a backyard office space - https://myhomecat.com

We started out by helping people design sheds, and quickly realized that many people actually want to build a backyard office. There wasn't really an easy way to do this, so we thought we'd take on the challenge.

Right now, you can design a backyard shed and our tool will make it code compliant. It's maybe 90% of the way there, since you also have zoning/HOA and other edge cases. But it does figure out most of the details for you. Right now, it's pretty simple: enter your address, what you want to build (i.e. 8x8 backyard office), and it'll create a few concepts for you. If you like one, you can customize it with the chat.

Here's an example of a design that's compliant in SF: https://myhomecat.com/scene/classic-cottage-137134ef

We would love for you to try our tool if you are planning your backyard office. As a bonus to the HN community, we can professionally design one for you for free if you comment what you're looking for.

Happy labor day!

Comments

richstokes•32m ago
Doesn’t load.
dearilos•30m ago
Just noticed this - fixing now!
dearilos•22m ago
We just got the hug of death. Fixing it - sorry about that! You can clone this scene and start designing from it for now https://myhomecat.com/scene/classic-cottage-137134ef

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