Prefab homes are a way many people see as how they can get a less expensive, more eco sustainable house, and a big part of the cost that remains with a prefab home once money has been saved building it in factory is transportation of the modules.
So to save money on shipping their prefab homes, a company called Connect Homes is building their modular parts to fit inside shipping containers.
Yes, you’ve heard of people building houses out of shipping containers — so-called shipping container homes — but these ones are just a bit smaller. That means, according to the company, they can ship each module anywhere in the world for around $5,000 (rather than the up to around $25,000 per module it costs to ship some of the bigger modules used for modular homes currently.
Whether you’re building big or small, that cost of shipping is one you’re going to be looking at, so this is an interesting point Connect Homes is raising.
When you consider many prefab modular construction plans include 4 to 10 modules, that cost adds up. To see more of Connect Homes, visit our Directory of Prefab Homes (click here).
