Hat tip to Sol and daytrip for sending in news about Ikea/Ideabox collaboration, this from psfk.com: Swedish furniture company IKEA, has collaborated with Oregon architectural firm Ideabox, to launch its first line of prefabricated houses in the U.S., named the...
From cnbc.com: Baby Boomers putting their house up for sale could flood the market in coming years, while the younger generations may not be interested in buying, a new report says. "It's already happening in some states like Michigan," says Rolf Pendall of the Urban...
Hat tip to daytrip for sending this along from interiordesign.net: The TED series’ 2012 conference last week in Long Beach, California was the backdrop for the unveiling of a new project from a unique collaborative team of designers and manufactures. C6 is a prototype...
Here's a tour of the modular we saw assembled back in February. While many may have a concern about the quality of construction, it will be compounded by the noise and somewhat uncommon look inside:
Hat tip to clearfund for sending this along - isn't it just a matter of time before we'll see these here being used for low-income and/or senior housing? It seems difficult to overstate the versatility of the humble shipping container. Just recently we’ve seen it used...
The youtube tour of the other modular home recently erected in Carlsbad:
Hat tip to Clearfund for sending this along, from Forbes.com: Last weekend after Berkshire Hathaway released Warren Buffett’s annual letter, there were a flurry of articles and blog posts hanging off Warren’s every word. One part of his long letter that didn’t get a...
How do you price a modular? Are they nice enough that they deserve a new-house premium, or should there be a discount for being "not-stick-built". I think the price that buyers would be willing to pay depends mostly on what's happening around the immediate...
Earkier today this was a vacant lot.....
