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Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:56AM (#27688561)
>but their video shows a crane used to unfold it. By the time you get all the heavy machinery out there to prep the land and assemble the structure you're most of the way to just building something unique.

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But many municipalities prohibit it because if you make housing too cheap the "wrong kind of people" might move in. In the desert you shouldn't have problems though.

[0] http://www.illmoveit.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG_1521...

[1] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x9MwVxBK254/maxresdefault.jpg

[2] https://ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/994f83b/21...

[3] https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BhU7yhMVdfE/hqdefault.jpg

[4] http://www.pacificwalkhomes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/a...

Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by gangstead on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:39PM (#27692037)
The Boxabl house folds up much more compact and in their render at least it is being delivered behind a pickup truck. So it seems they are solving a different problem and might be able to get these things into places a large tractor with an extra-wide load might not be able to access. Though that is negated somewhat if you need a crane to deploy it as the video shows.
Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by iso1631 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @01:35PM (#27691287)
Isn't the insulation on those types of homes terrible?
Re:Modular Homes for Under $50k by EricE on Thursday July 01, 2021 @10:43AM (#27699509)
It doesn't have to be. They have a video where he hits the exterior with a propane torch - not all construction materials are the same. These appear to be quite well constructed and as long as they have figured out how to prevent air infiltration at the joints once it's unfolded and fully assembled these should be far more energy efficient than the vast majority of tract housing being mass thrown up.