Comments on: PREFAB FRIDAY: Home Factory in London

By: andrew cauthen

andrew cauthen — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:28:57 +0000

just squat! there’s plenty of free houses in the city if you have a good crowbar and a little initiative! Maybe get a guard dog as well to keep out the money grubbing terrorists! ..there are just too many perfectly good homes going to waste because the current cult -ure is so greedy, immature, and inefficient.

By: S van Heerden

S van Heerden — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:44:33 +0000

Like to find out more ( costs, etc. ) for stackable prefabs in SA ?

By: Mr Kamal

Mr Kamal — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:32:46 +0000

i would like to find out about manufacturing prefab home in uk

By: alex

alex — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:22:42 +0000

I am Alex one of the co founders of Home Factory. Please check out http://www.home-factory.co.uk which should give everyone all the info they need. The space next to the bathroom is a cupboard for your washer dryer. The one bed unit is 46sqm or roughly 475 sq ft. We do 1, 2 and 3 beds all the sizes are on the site.

We also called it a designer pre fab home deliberately at our launch so as to reclaim the name in a positive way. We feel strongly it is about time people design homes for themselves. Designing homes from the inside out enables the optiumum living experience ! Using prefab techniques also enables quality to be upheld and standards raised overall. If you paid that much money for a car it woud have to be pretty special why should we not expect the same from our homes!

Take care all

Alex

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:11:27 +0000

Im a new reader, so forgive me if I sound ignorant, but how does the transportation of these pre-fabs compare to that of normal construction material transport. Is it a more efficient means of delivery?
How much impacts on residents would adding additional pre-fab units to a site already occupied?
The indented windows of the first photo seem like bad design, as it decreases the amount of availilbe natural light.
It seems like a good way to avoid the nuissance of construction for neighbors in high density locations by doing the construction off site. Does off site construction provide a net gain in efficiency?

By: PinkRobe

PinkRobe — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:59:34 +0000

It looks to be about 16′x24′ for the single – just under 400 sq.ft. Here in Calgary, something ~500sq.ft. within walking distance to the downtown core is $180k – $250k, and many of those are conversions of crusty 1960’s 3-storey walkups. The space beside the bathroom could be a laundry, but it may just be a closet. Many English homes have a combo washer/dryer unit in the kitchen that takes up the same amount of space as a NorAm dishwasher.

By: Maggie van Rooyen

Maggie van Rooyen — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:34:13 +0000

O.k. I have discovered the bathroom but what about the space right next to the bathroom. Is that a laundry?

By: Maggie van Rooyen

Maggie van Rooyen — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:25:30 +0000

This design is great but I would love to see the bathroom. I suppose it is designed with either one or two persons in mind.

By: Kirsty in England

Kirsty in England — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:10:19 +0000

I would just like to point out that currently the UK has plenty of land which is currently being developed using brick and mortar, which are old fashioned, small and ugly. It is about time the UK and the rest of the world embraced prefabs for their sustainability, aesthetics and design innovation. Prefabs should be available for detached family housing as well as high rise blocks.

By: tim from modular today

tim from modular today — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:00:21 +0000

prefab defintiely has come a long way. the most useful advacne is that now you can have multi-level prefab buildings. i made a quiz here http://www.modulartoday.com/quiz.html to show how hard it is to tell the difference beween modualr homes and traditional homes

have a good weekend

By: andrew k

andrew k — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:30:18 +0000

What is the square footage? Also, it’s interesting to see non-architects taking the lead on pre-fab design projects. I’m loving the above, though. Looks really nice and very practical.