Audrey Tempelsman
Audrey Tempelsman
Prefab Price Point
When it comes to prefab, how cheap is cheap?

In England, a green housing development called Oxley Woods is populating its 7-acre premises with prefab homes for $118,000 per unit—significantly less than most prefabs we’ve seen.

Pritzker-prize winning architect Richard Rogers, designed the houses in partnership with developer Taylor Wimpey. Each unit takes only seven days to build—five days in the plant, two onsite—with an additional four weeks for finishing work (electrical, plumbing, etc.). As of now, 90 units have been built, with 55 more to come.

The homes are insulated with recycled paper and built with wood harvested from local, sustainably managed forests. Each is topped by an EcoHat, a self-contained unit whose small 10-watt fan circulates fresh, solar-heated air into the home.

Via Wired





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Posted by: Audrey Tempelsman on May 20, 08 at 12:25 PM PDT

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Posted by naz on 11/28/08 11:02PM PST

While the target was for the materials to cost £60,000, the houses sell for significantly more, and only a percentage of those on the site are the lowest cost to build. Prices for customers go up to in excess of £300,000.

Posted by Paul on 11/02/08 10:59PM PST

hurmm.. i wonder when will it make into here in malaysia as the price of houses here cost more than 100K.. Nice design too..

Posted by emphbone on 05/24/08 05:46PM PDT



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