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ddearilos about 3 hours ago 11 commentsRead Article on myhomecat.com

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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!

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dearilosabout 1 hour 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
foopodabout 1 hour ago
Americentrism? Code compliant where? I tried my place in New Zealand, but the address isn't recognized. I couldn't find anywhere on the site what countries/regions are accepted.
dearilosabout 1 hour ago
What province/state/territory in NZ? I can add it in. We just research the code compliance stuff manually so we couldn't cover the entire world but I can add your case in.
trainingonmeabout 1 hour ago
The UK doesn't seem to work, either. (Tried postcode and town)
dearilosabout 1 hour ago
I can add this in too. Sorry, it might take a bit of time!
hedgehog44 minutes ago
There's something funky with the renderer, it looks like perspective is wrong. All vibe coded?
dearilos43 minutes ago
Can you link your scene? It's possible there is an edge case.
hedgehog5 minutes ago
The one you linked here in the comments.
richstokesabout 2 hours ago
Doesn’t load.
dearilosabout 2 hours ago
Just noticed this - fixing now!