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

Idea For A Mid-Century Pre-Fabricated Home

Jean Prouvé

Olá,

This morning while reading the December 2013 issue of Elle Decor, I came across the an article that caught my attention about the mid-century architect and designer, Jean Prouvé .  

Dismantable House, Jean Prouvé

In 1944, he won a commission to design temporary housing for those displaced by World War II.  The wood and metal parts that made up the structures could be sent to locations in need and assembled by three people in one day.

Tropical House by Jean Prouvé

The project did not get past the planning stage and Prouvé used the same designs  to fashion prototypes for more permanent homes.

Since I have become interested in modular building, I thought it was a current concept.  But as I become more and more immersed  in modular building, I am learning that this concept has been around for a very long time!!!


- Eddy