I wanted to take a further look at this prefab house company we touched on last time — they’re called “Sunhouse” and they design prefab homes in a variety of sizes, and their main design point is that they want their prefabs to be “hidden” from outside (so you aren’t distracted by the house when you want to experience nature) but once inside the home, there are ample views of the nature around.
The prefab house designers offer sizes from around 26 meters square (floor space) for small one room with covered patio units to around 50 square meters floor space for the average-sized prefab, and up to around 180 for their larger units.
They also make a few two-story prefab modular homes as well, although they seem more focused on one-story plans.
What do you guys think of the dark — almost black — exterior of these prefabs? I’ve seen this around a bit, but I’m not sure what to make of it. I’ve never lived in a dark house like this. I guess as far as the company’s design philosophy of “hiding” their prefabs, or making them nearly invisible, the dark color helps, but I also know that a lot of people like to see a natural finish on their homes — either colorless stained wood or color-stained wood. They have at least one with a light maple-like finish, though, and I think I’ll share that one as well in the near future.
So how these guys work — and they’ve been building prefabs houses for a while, and have a lot under their belts — is they take a look at the land the prefab buyer wants to put something on, and they plan out the house in accordance with the customer’s wishes but also with their experience in what they’ve done for people already.
Prefab buyers have the option of buying a ready-made plan from the company’s catalog of prefab and modular house plans, they move on to working with an interior designer / decorator, but there’s also the option of building a prefab house that’s more unique if required.
This company is in Finland, although they do build prefabs for anywhere in the world. Anyway, id doesn’t matter much, because their designs and their idea of what a house can be from outside and inside are maybe worth thinking about when planning out any prefab plan.
Here’s a couple of their prefab designs that caught my eye (below and picture above). To see more of their work, find them in the Building Homes and Living directory.
