Prefabricated homes with their low cost and efficient installation have struck a chord with people. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Spanning about 71.5 sq m, a flat-packed house will arrive move-in ready, complete with a bedroom, kitchen, independent bathroom – and even preinstalled windows.

    • Tiral@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      What exactly are you remodeling? The walls are paper thin, you have zero idea what building code if any they’re going off of or if it’s even truthful if they tell you. What are you going to sue them in Chinese court for lying? Good luck with that.

    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      Good luck getting a bank to give you a $275,000 loan on a house that costs $25,000. You’d also wind up paying $400,000+ for a $25k home (plus land) which isn’t tne wisest decision.

      • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        I don’t think you’d actually have to pay another $275,000 to fix those problems. The point was that even if you have to spend more money on fixing them, it’s still gonna be cheaper unless it’s more than that. It’s probably not anywhere near that amount.

        • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          7·
          2 days ago

          I get that it was a sort of tongue-in-cheek comment but it is something to consider if you were to consider buying one of these homes.

          Mobile homes are a perfect stand-in for these prefabbed houses and are generally considered bad investments financially but also a pain to work on because they don’t use any of the building standards used in traditional homes. Your toilet or faucet goes out and you can’t just buy one at the store because they’re specially made just for mobile homes meaning you’re going to have to special order and pay 5x the price.

        • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          That’s your $275,000 plus interest. When people buy homes they generally don’t have that money available as cash and get it loaned them witn the structure and property as collateral. Therefore they wouldn’t automatically have that money available for remediation of a $25k home without taking out a loan.