Posted on 11/21/2017 11:09:24 AM PST by mairdie
... The M.A.Di Home was created by Italian architect, Renato Vidal. It is earthquake resilient and has the eco-friendly capacity to become completely off-grid with solar panels, LED lighting and rain water systems.
The home can be built at any location without the need for it to be constructed on concrete foundations.
The assembly process takes a team of three people just six to seven hours, and involves each module being unfolded before roof pitches, interiors walls and flooring are added. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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Why It's Becoming Cool to Live in Your Car - Or a 150-sq. ft. Apartment
Sears used to sell houses in a kit many decades ago.
These would be perfect emergency housing for places like Puerto Rico after the hurricanes....................
In America, they’re called “mobile homes.” And 55,000 pounds isn’t that cheap for a 950-s-f mobile home. Besides, Brits... y’all really want tornadoes? Because that’s how you get tornadoes.
Does the 6-hr build include wires and plumbing?
My mom lives in one. Most of the houses are near the railroad because that’s how they were transported.
Those are actually pretty nice!
Yep. They don't call mobile home parks "tornado magnets" for no reason!
Sears?
Oh yeah,,, I remember Sears.
still have some around in this area.
http://www.sears-homes.com/2016/03/the-sears-homes-of-lombard.html
One of the speakers at a seminar I attended recently in the modular construction market talked about some absolutely amazing things being done in factory built housing.
I’m privy to one that hasn’t really been heavily publicized yet and am part of a non-disclosure agreement, but it has the potential to seriously disrupt the building industry, although it will take many years to have a huge impact.
Yes, it may take 6 hours to assemble, but there are hundreds of man and machine hours in the factory. I like that the foundation work is minimal.
Assembled, not built.
I’ve seen several instances of prefab “tiny houses” built on pontoon platforms over the past year or so, with two outboard motors and an electric retractable “helm.” What’s driving it, or at least what’s driving it on the east coast, is the TVA threatening to ban floating houses on TVA lakes, so they’re now making them navigable houseboats.
I’ve rented one before on Fontana Lake in North Carolina just west of the Cherokee reservation, it was very nice, only accessible by boat but a standard size pontoon boat with it’s own sheltered attached dock came with it, and the owners would take you out for a walkthrough and demo of features upon checkin.
But, you’d have to be familiar and comfortable with marine or RV-type appliances and power since it had no shore power, just solar panels, a generator with propane tank and a battery bank. Marine toilet with holding tank, too, which work quite well usually but you can’t go turning on the exhaust vent fan until after you’ve flushed, otherwise you’ll be drawing odor into the house from the holding tank rather than expelling it. Flushing a marine toilet isn’t all that simple either, foot pedal halfway down to put water in the bowl, foot pedal all the way down to flush.
I could live that way, it’s not bad really, you just have to plan your power use and your water use, not a big deal unless you have a large number of people in the house. Becomes second nature pretty quickly and easily, don’t even have to think about it after a few days. A bit of a pain running through the propane on dark rainy or snowy days though, I’d imagine.
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