Entries Tagged as 'Prefabs'
Manufactured housing is projected to achieve above-average growth through 2011, and approach $6.4 million. This is the result of a positive shipments growth after a long period of depressed demand during which easier credit and rising home value made site-built homes relatively more attractive (the wonderful housing boom that has since crashed the US economy. Those houses aren’t looking so attractive now are they?). Driving demand for manufactured housing will be multisection units, particularly those with three or more sections. Demand for multisection manufactured housing will benefit from increased market penetration, as households increasingly choose the economy of manufactured housing over site-built homes.
Shipments of precut homes are forecast to perform the best of all other types of prefabricated housing. Shipments are expected to grow about two percent annually to 20,500 units in 2011. Demand will be particularly strong in the growing Midwest housing market, but will also benefit from increased market penetration in the contracting housing market of the South.
The Midwest region is expected to be the fastest growing source of demand for prefabricated housing through 2011. This region accounted for approximately 18 percent of total demand for prefabricated housing in 2006, second only to the South. Rebounding from the poorest performance of any region from 2001 to 2006, demand for new housing in the Midwest is forecast to grow through 2011, providing favorable conditions for prefabricated housing. Strength in the Midwest will be particularly beneficial to manufactured and precut housing.
Would you consider a prefabricated home over a site-built one? What are your specific pre-requisites if you were to consider a prefab?
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The Cabin Series by Balance Associates Architects currently features two lines of models, the Method Cabin and the Balance S-M-L Cabins.
The Method Cabin is available in many different configurations and layouts from 1050 square feet and up. It features an innovative cantilevered roof system and a functional floor plan for modern cabin dwelling.
The Balance S-M-L Cabins is a line of three models of self contained cabins between 400-800 square feet that can go on or off grid. The line is designed to be delivered close to 100% complete and move in ready. It offers all of the amenities and features of a Balance designed home blending seamlessly with its surrounding.
Model #1 | 1811 Square feet
3 bedroom | 2 bath | 5 modules
Model #2 | 1234 Square feet
1 or 2 bedroom | 1 bath | 3 modules
Model #3 | 1471 Square feet
2 bedroom | 1.75 bath | 3 modules
Base Price Includes:
- all framing / roof / exterior cladding and trim
- windows / sliding glass doors / doors / decking
- interior walls / flooring / trim
- pluming and electrical fixtures
- appliances not included
- foundation, site work, and transportation not included
Method Homes Contact Information:
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1. FLATPAK www.flatpakhouse.com
FlatPak is a pre-engineered modular home design system. Using concrete, glass, metal or wood modular “menu” components, the FlatPak system allows home builders to create a wide variety of custom layout designs and material configurations – a sort of “hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us…” approach. The Flatpak House was created by Charlie Lazor, a founding partner of Blue Dot furniture.
(*Oh for heaven’s sake if this isn’t the coolest prefab system I’ve ever seen. I really encourage you to look around the web site and see what you think. I WILL own one of these homes someday soon.*)
2. Enovo House (the Intelligent home) www.enovo.ca
From Canada, Enovo homes are ecological and evolutional through their architectural design, the building materials used as well as through the revolutionary home automation system managing their interior.
Enovo, the intelligent home, is without a doubt THE construction of the future available right now. A house that evolves, a house that understands, a house that lives and adapts; a house that suits everyone, all cultures, all horizons, all preferences and all aspirations.
3. Joshua Tree by Hangar Design www.hhd.it/j_t.html
This steel clad prefab is a compact two bedroom mountain refuge with a welcoming, and surprisingly roomy, wooden interior. While the exterior finishes might be a bit busy for some tastes, inside are clean, sparse, modern spaces with plenty of natural daylight.
4. ZeroHouse www.zerohouse.net
New York architect Scott Specht has the answer to all of our zero-energy prefab dreams with the new ZeroHouse. This completely self-sustaining prefabricated house generates its own power, collects its own water, processes its own waste and is 100% automatic. Versatile, durable and site-sensitive, ZeroHouse can be erected in almost any location in one day with steel frame components and a helical-anchor foundation system that requires no excavation.
5. iPadhttp://www.ipad.net.nz/
The iPAD is a true kitset bach designed to covers a range of options; it could be a one bedroom holiday home, secondary dwelling, granny flat, office, studio or resort unit to name but a few. It can be grouped as a series of pavilions to form larger accommodation if required. A single iPAD totals 50m sq with decks of 55m sq and will retail in New Zealand for $125,000.00*. Various external cladding and colour options are available to suit individual taste and context.
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