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Originally Posted by canucklehead2
What I want to see is a mass produced container-based housing much like Honomobo has created in Edmonton but on a MUCH larger scale... https://www.honomobo.com/
I personally could live in a 160 sq ft micro flat (8' x 20') never mind a 320 sq ft one (16' x 20 or 8' x 40'). Stack these up at mass transit sites or spread them up as backyard cabins. Either way it would be the easiest and least invasive way of adding units. Is it for everyone? No but increasingly people live alone or in a DINK (Duel Income No Kids) situation it could be a great fit. At least 50% of the market these days in some places... I would personally love to keep a small downtown Edmonton apartment as well as build my dream house in the BC mountains.. |
while it's an interesting concept - and a pretty decent website with pretty good photography - 'm not sure they qualify as affordable other than providing small units. pricing isn't offered on all of the units but the ho1 starts at $75k for 160 sf or $470/psf to which you probably need to upgrade heating and cooling and insulation for our climate. on top of that, you still need to provide water, sewer and power connections, a foundation and a site to place it.
if you're going to "stack them up" at a transit site, you'll also need to construct shaft space for utilities, add corridors, exit stairs and elevators etc. and you'll lose one of the glazing walls. by the time you move in, you're probably a great deal pricier than typical frame construction whether that's purpose-built on site, panelized or factory built.
in a non-urban location where labour and material are both difficult and expensive to acquire and supervision may be difficult to obtain, these look like really good options to either building on site or reverting to back to a traditional mobile home.