Cost Effective Prefab Homes
Prefab homes could be the answer to your housing needs in this economic downturn. There are multiple benefits in building a prefab home and prefab home construction is growing more popular every day. These homes are a well-constructed and economical choice in housing today.
One major benefit of prefabricated home construction is they tend to be more affordable than traditional frame built homes. Prefab homes are primarily constructed in pieces in a factory. This method reduces the waste of materials as well as the amount of contractors and builders needed for the job. Materials can be purchased in bulk bringing down the cost of overall construction using prefab home construction.
Another benefit is the efficiency of of prefabricated home construction. Most of the labor is done indoors in a factory, removing the weather and climate factor from interfering with completion of construction. The reduction in labor also aids in making the process more efficient by eliminating so many different contractor groups having to coordinate their part of the job.
These factors translate into great savings of time and money to you, the consumer. Manufacturing prefab homes only requires 90 days maximum from start to finish and at the least 30 days to completion. This savings is passed along to you in saving 20-40% on the construction of your prefab home.
PREFAB HOME NEWS:
- Dwell and Marmol Radziner's Slick Prefab House, but Will It Sell? (Fast Company Magazine) - The design magazine and the architecture firm team up for another modern home. Over the weekend, Dwell, the design magazine, wrapped up is "Dwell on Design" conference, and unveiled the newest project in its own line of prefab homes: The Skyline series, designed by Marmol Radziner . The Skyline series offers six floor plans, which can be mixed and matched based on the layout the home builder ...
- Prefab homes go green (Courier-Post) - Michelle Kaufmann couldn't find an affordable, eco-friendly home in the San Francisco area in 2003, so she built her own.
- Clearview helps Habitat with local build (Simcoe.com) - The township has passed a resolution directing staff to reduce the development charges that Habitat for Humanity South Georgian Bay must pay in connection with the two homes it’s building in Stayner this summer.
- Design Green (Interior Design) - This weekend, thousands convened at the Los Angeles Convention Center for Dwell On Design . Amidst the usual conference buzz, news of Marmol Radziner's new prefab design was astir.
- Chicago's Sears Tower Goes Green (Interior Design) - The tallest building in the U.S. will also receive a new name, Willis Tower, by late summer 2009.
- Startup's prefab homes aim for zero energy bills (San Francisco Chronicle) - Prefabricated housing seems an unlikely ally in the fight against climate change, but a new San Francisco company is setting out to construct factory-built homes that create as much energy as they use - reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with... Presented By: You Need the Speed of Norton 2009 Introducing the revolutionary Norton Internet Security 2009. With a one-click, one-minute ...
- Startup's prefab homes aim for zero energy bills (San Francisco Chronicle) - Prefabricated housing seems an unlikely ally in the fight against climate change, but a new San Francisco company is setting out to construct factory-built homes that create as much energy as they use - reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with... Sponsored Topics: inconvenient truth - Greenhouse gas - San Francisco - Environment - Climate Change
- Economic slump shakes foundation of prefab housing (Contra Costa Times) - High-design prefab remains a highly specialized market with products that make the most sense as a second-house option.
- Excel Homes Introduces Interactive Floor Plan Design Site (BuildingOnline) - CAMP HILL, PA -- Excel Homes, the nation's largest custom modular home manufacturer, is always working to break down the outdated assumptions that modular construction is boxy, cheap, and generic.
- Cardboard homes could solve Africa's housing woes (New Kerala) - By Ernest Gill, Hamburg, June 23 : Building homes out of cardboard may be the way to resolve Africa's housing shortage and recycle precious resources during the 21st century, according to German scientists.
