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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by dejv on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:08PM (#24758888)
We are buying house from company that is building them fully assembled: house is assembled indoor and include all electrical, plumbing, HVAC, insulation. Whole system is based on few types of modules that you can connect together and it scale from tiny house to standard house sizes and modules could be even stacked to get multiple floor levels.
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by yardie on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:18PM (#24760109)
This looks similar to the modular homes that were popular in the US in the 60s and 70s. Sadly, they went out of style because they earned the reputation of being cheap and flimsily constructed. This was because of all sorts of financial shenanigans.

At least in the US, banks are reluctant to back a mortgage to a home like this. Many of these modular homes are on leased land. Once the lease was up the house became worthless and had to be destroyed.

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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by floatingatoll on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:23PM (#24759047)
From what company?
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by dejv on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:37PM (#24759167)
It is local company from Czech republic called Freedomky. One example: https://www.dwell.com/home/freedomek-no.061-ce8de0e1
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by floatingatoll on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @06:18PM (#24770959)
I have one of those photos saved! I should have read the article more closely. Thank you :)
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by atombender on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @12:07AM (#24762180)
That's beautiful. I hope your house comes out as well as that.
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Re:Why hasn't prefab construction taken over? by daniellarusso on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:50PM (#24759295)
http://www.freedomky.cz/
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