With 'i-house,' manufactured housing goes chic

ABC News ^ | August 17, 2018 | Duncan Mansfield and the Associated Press

[Jonty30]

They are cheap to build. Your daydream is probably closer than you think.

[9YearLurker]

Yeah, I didn’t like the colors either.

[9YearLurker]

Actually it is.

A couple of steps up from the tiny houses movement.

Actually, I’m surprised Buffet’s company hasn’t cashed in on that one, too.

[9YearLurker]

They could be, but at least back in the ‘80s they were shoddily produced. I imagine because any purchasers thereof were so price sensitive.

[9YearLurker]

That is my immediate association—with the tornado and hurricane risk of “mobile homes”.

[9YearLurker]

I think I’d go for a sandals model—for more light!

[9YearLurker]

I think a lot of local zoning would rule them out in New England.

[Jonty30]

The new ones use strofoam as a mold and the cement is pored in between. It looks inexpensive to build, with the most part being the Styrofoam that connects like legos.

https://www.concreteconstruction.net/projects/residential/how-to-build-an-affordable-concrete-home_o

[2111USMC]

[Songcraft]

:-)

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(Or, you might prefer one of those glass homes...)

       

[9YearLurker]

Maybe with enough acreage...

[9YearLurker]

Or this:

https://theyurtstore.com/products/20-ft-fiennes-dome-kit-with-50-year-lifespan?variant=54424428693&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpMHI1ZD33AIVzgOGCh2-vA92EAQYASABEgJuLfD_BwE

[9YearLurker]

Or this...http://www.monolithic.org/domes

[Jonty30]

Or this.

https://greenmagichomes.com/#modelos

[9YearLurker]

Could always go full hobbit:

https://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/green-magic-homes-are-probably-neither.html

[9YearLurker]

Might have ended up here, had Hillary won:

https://www.petprosupplyco.com/products/little-cottage-cozy-cottage-dog-house-kennel?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpa2GjaP33AIVQUwNCh2h7w0hEAQYAiABEgJr-PD_BwE

[Pelham]

I was just having some fun with the pretentious flavor of the i-House thing versus regular manufactured housing.

My absolute favorite manufactured housing: the Sears, Roebuck & Co. “mail order” ones of a hundred years ago, many of which are highly prized today.

They were delivered in numbered pieces like a model and you assembled them onsite. And IIRC the pieces benefited from the same advantages that you note in modern modular construction, being manufactured in large buildings where they weren’t subject to the elements.

http://www.arts-crafts.com/archive/sears/

[Songcraft]

Yeah, with that kind of transparent home, if you want a little privacy, and you want to pull down the shades, or close the blinds, it is a bit difficult to know where to begin...       :-)