House: January 2008 Archives

And why prefab? There are many reasons why this type of building is possibly the only way we can make our dream of a little place in the woods a reality. We both work more than full time, live in Manhattan and don't have time to oversee the construction of a site built house. Having the house delivered already built will make the fact that we can't be at the construction site everyday during the process much easier. Prefab houses are built in a factory so there is less waste than a site built house; extra materials can be used for other projects. And they are manufactured in a climate controlled environment so you don't have to worry about weather delaying construction. WeeHouses are pre-designed so you don't have to pay an architect to design the house. Modern houses like the ones we are interested in would be expensive to have designed from scratch. And we are told the cost is 20% cheaper than a site built home, around $125-200 sq/ft. We also dig that the weeHouses come standard with bamboo flooring and Ikea cabinets, practical options we would have picked ourselves.

We have decided to focus mostly on the weeHouse for the Villa Straylight. The model we are looking at is the "large" model below.

14' x58'=812sqft.
2 bedroom, 1 bath
Pricing for the North East Region: $139K - $145K

All things considered, a prefab home will be the way to go for our Villa Straylight. We love the weeHouse the best, it satisfies all of our requirements. But we are still exploring all the options out there just  in case the weeHouse doesn't work out for some reason. Fabprefab seems to be the place to go for extensive information on prefabs from all over the world.