Are Prefab Homes Ready for the Mass Market?

My dream home from BLU HOMES

Bom Dia!

I came across this article in my newsletter from SOURCEABLE, 
'Are Prefab Homes Ready for the Mass Market?'

As you all already know, I strongly believe in modular homes.  But in the back of my mind, I always wondered - Why hasn't this caught on?

The advantages of prefab building:

• The price  of a manufactured home is significantly less than a site-built home.

• Semi-custom homes coast 20 - 40 percent less per square foot than a standard stick-built home.

•  Unlike site built homes, prefab homes are not exposed to the elements. The sections are built indoors and put together on site.

• Waste is reduced because the material is managed more closely.

• Low-cost factory-built homes are often sold like cars, with a selection available on a dealer's lot, meaning a buyer can have a new home on site in a matter of days.

Pre-Fab home from Wallace Creek

Black Glass Modular Home Design by A-Cero

As you can see from the images I selected for today's blog, these homes can be very SEXY!!

Pre-Fab homes are manufactured in a way that reduces it's impact on the environment and they cost 40-50 percent less than a regular stick home.

Do an internet search on Pre-fab homes and will be amazed at all of the possibilities!!


- Eddy

World's Tallest Prefab Structure

OLA!!!

For about a month now, I have been doing some work at FOREST CITY. I have been learning so much about this company and learned that they are building the WORLD'S TALLEST PREFAB STRUCTURE!

B2 BROOKLYN

RENDERING OF B2 BROOKLYN

The Atlantic Yards B2 Modular Building will bring the most advanced design/build technology to the heart of Brooklyn. The 346,000-square-foot, 32-story tower will be the world’s tallest modular building. With 363 rental apartments, 50 percent of all units will be affordable to low- and middle-income households. 

MODULAR UNIT BEING FABRICATED

The project team created new techniques and systems that will allow the 930 modular units to be fabricated in a controlled, efficient environment while protected year round from the weather.  The units will then be trucked to the construction site, where they will be raised by cranes, stacked on each other and attached to the building’s steel frame. 

Given much of the work will take place off-site, there will be significant reduction in truck traffic, noise and dust in the community surrounding the project site. It is also estimated that modular construction will result in 70 to 90 percent less waste than traditional construction. B2 is expected to achieve LEED® Silver certification. (I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!)

Modular buildings built in New York City must meet the NYC Building Code as well as all fire and life safety codes. Modular construction is also safer to build than conventional construction: this work method reduces work at heights and removes environmental factors (including snow, ice, water and mud). On-site workers are also safer as they are primarily working within finished, enclosed portions of the building, away from the typical risks of an open construction site.

TYPICAL UNIT IN B2 BROOKLYN

B2 will have 363 residential units, 50 percent (181) of which will be low, moderate and middle-income homes. The remaining 50 percent (182) will be market rate. The units will be evenly divided throughout the building and all will have the same quality appliances and access to the same public spaces, including a fitness center, bike storage, a resident lounge, game room, yoga/dance studio and roof terrace.  Each unit will have a washer and dryer.

Now to find my DREAM MODULAR HOUSE to build on my island of O'AHU!!!