*Note this is an article from Australia so all dollar amounts are in Aussie dollars; check exchange rate.
It is architect-designed, environmentally friendly and cheap.
It may sound like an oxymoron, but a new range of well-designed, sustainable homes can be installed on site for as little as $65,000 for a one-bedroom house.
But there’s a catch: they are prefabricated.
For architect Bill McCorkell and builder David Martin who late last year launched Archiblox, that’s not a problem.
The stigma once associated with ”prefab” homes has largely disappeared as cost pressures, good design and sophisticated construction make building off-site more attractive.
Modular houses connect together like toy blocks. Each component is prefabricated, driven to the building site, lifted off the truck, placed on screw piles and joined together.
The process is relatively simple, efficient, stress-free and, compared with conventional building techniques, fast. A home can be on site in as little as 12 weeks.
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