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Re:Building a modern home in the woods by JALTU on Thursday February 03, 2022 @12:23PM (#30195394)
In my short experience, there is a very practical difference between "manufactured" and "modular" which is explained at the Ideabox site link below.

We have seen/stayed in one of these Ideabox homes and they seem a good balance for a house when you're not a "I want to build my dream castle" kind of person (that's me).

https://www.ideabox.us/

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Re:Building a modern home in the woods by mleonhard on Thursday February 03, 2022 @11:12PM (#30202770)
Ideabox's cheapest home is a 780 sq ft 1BR for $230K. According to their cost estimate, the total cost would be $420k. This seems over-priced. Pre-fab homes should be cheaper than custom-built homes. A new home of that size will not cost $400k in Wyoming or Kansas.
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Re:Building a modern home in the woods by moralestapia on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:05AM (#30203409)
>Pre-fab homes should be cheaper than custom-built homes.

Yeah that's my main pick with all pre-fab proposals that eventually pop-up here and there, some of them even winning awards for "affordable" housing. Every. single. time. the total cost of the project is on the 6-7 figures range ...

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Re:Building a modern home in the woods by JALTU on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:02PM (#30198775)
To clarify a little: Where I am interested in building, there are county-wide laws or code regarding mfg vs mod homes, effectively taking one of those options off the table for me.

And, just to be clear, I am not a build my castle person, but I do want something more modern than the usual cabin in the woods. Hence, Ideabox...

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