Comments on: KATRINA RECOVERY SPURS MODULAR BUILDING

By: Vivian Hamer

Vivian Hamer — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:06:24 +0000

I just watched the feature about Safeway Homes being built in Mississippi. The concept of building hurricane resistant homes in a very short period of time is great. What worries me is that the show stated thet over 500 pounds of construction adhesive is used on every home. That means the house is saturated in glue! I hope this is non-toxic, no or low VOC adhesive, or I can envision a lot of people becoming sick and having resoiratory problems after inhabiting the homes. I can’t seem to find anything on the Safeway site about the contents of the adhesives. Anyone out there have any information about this?

By: Jim Kennedy

Jim Kennedy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:46:10 +0000

Do you folks know where the hell Ricky Newcomer is. I have been trying to find him to see if he has a slab foundation plan for his Katrina Double Cottage II.

By: Darrell Lucas

Darrell Lucas — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:31:39 +0000

I cannot find information on price and plans for the safeway modular hurricane proof house

By: Bobby Ingram

Bobby Ingram — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:40:12 +0000

As the GSM for Safeway Homes of Lexington, I deal with investors, developers, and contractors who have taken a trend toward using our home in their own projects. To date we have close to 500 homes in the Katrina disaster region. We are currently in place or permitted in every major city and municipality on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and have recently expanded our territory to include Louisianna, Alabama, and Florida. With our innovative design we have bridged the gap between factory built homes and conventional site built perks. Our homes are the only modular designed to sit on a conventional slab foundation making it more receptive with code offices, mortgage institutions, and insurance firms. With the highest wind rating of 160 mph winds for a wood frame structure we have been spot lighted as the formidible solution to hurricane prone areas. Safeway Homes prides itself in making quality a standard. As disaster victims ourselves, we understand the importance of having a home that you can feel safe in.
I would personally like to thank all who have made our product such a huge success. For more information on Safeway Homes of Lexington email me at bobby@safewayhomes.net. Thanks again

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:01:54 +0000

Hmm, as someone who is working on reconstruction in the Gulf Coast, I can tell you that the Katrina Cottages have taken only the national media “by storm”. No one is buying them down here. As much press as they have recieved, there is little evidence of them here, aside from a demonstration site where people can visit them.

By: Robert van Aller

Robert van Aller — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:51:48 +0000

Send some information please! Have cleared slab in Pearlington, Mississippi and will rebuild very soon.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:44:40 +0000

If you scroll to the bottom of the Safeway homes page you’ll find a video about modular homes in the south. Naturally Inhabitat readers won’t find much of interest aesthtically, but there are a few worthy bits in the piece.