prefabs homes

They cannot be that bad. The parts are assembled in a calm, controlled environment, properly finished and made resilient, whilst outdoors a building site would suffer the effects of unkind weather and more mess and disorganisation, in general.

They can be assembled at the most convenient time.

What are your thought about it?

 

I think they a wicked!! If you ever want an extension you just buy one and clip it on they are ace and really cheap too I seen I programme about them once. Would not be surprised if see more of them in future.

Are you getting one??

 

Construction is one of my interests...I am a bit of a builder in that sense.

 

We still have a few prefabs in my neighbourhood, left over from WW2 when the germans kept missing the nearby works and wiping out the neighbourhood instead.

In fact the church hall next door to me is a prefab.

I hate to say it, but its as ugly as sin, and there'd be no way they'd get planning permission for it if it wasn't already there and they wanted to build it now.

When you need to replace homes and community halls as fast as a hostile force can destroy them, prefabs are the way to do it because they are very quick to assemble compared to building a proper building.

 

Yea prefabs are rubish who'd want one of them:D!

 

I read an article which was mentioning a couple of architects with not so exciting websites and this German company:
http://www.weberhaus.co.uk/

 

Prefabs are alive and well - only these days they're called 'mobile homes' (even if they are incapable of moving an inch).

 

Me!!!!:yess:

Val

 

Haha I thought that yesterday Val when I seen this thread

 

flat pack houses

flat pack is the new name used in no small part due to the TV program my flat pack home
I have seen some that look futuristic some cottage stile an some that look like a barn conversion

 

Yes, as there is a housing shortage now, just as there was when JWK's parents needed accomodation. So surely with modern materials & techniques it should be possible to build 'nice pre-fab homes' on so much on the derelict and disused land which can be seen in many of our town and cities.

 

Good point. I hadn't thought of that one. Static caravans (mobile homes) are indeed prefabs, and they are also very nice.

The word 'prefab' to me conjures up images of concrete slabs slotted together to make a sort of large concrete shoe box.

 

Good point. I hadn't thought of that one. Static caravans (mobile homes) are indeed prefabs, and they are also very nice.

The word 'prefab' to me conjures up images of concrete slabs slotted together to make a sort of large concrete shoe box.