Modular homes

Kaida

I'm looking to buy a house sometime in the next couple of years with my partner, and I really like the idea of things like the Huf Haus, and modular homes are supposed to be cheaper then traditionally built houses. But Huf Haus are very expensive, they seem to focus on the higher end of the market, as do other modular house builders I've found. Are there any that would build something more modest within a more average budget?

MX5huggy

Do you want to build your own home or buy an already built home, alot of new houses are wooden frame which are built off site.

Pssst

What a good question and one i was discussing only the other day with someone.

I saw a "grand designs" program about a HUF Haus and it looked very nice but as you say,it was very expensive.

In my opinion,the British concept of building houses from concrete raft up using brick and block is very old world.

I think that houses should be manufactured in factories as modular systems.

This would mean they could be made to greater accuracy and quality since there would be a good QC regime in the factory.

In addition,houses would be cheaper,better value,better made and more easily built.
At present,some new builds are part modular but the builders are not passing on those cost savings to buyers. They are charging premium rate brick and block construction prices for part modular construction.

Kaida

MX5huggy wrote: »

Do you want to build your own home or buy an already built home, alot of new houses are wooden frame which are built off site.

Building our own would be the plan.

ScouseIrish

If you are building and designing your own home, there are so many off-site manufacturers that will prepare it off site and then bring it to site. There aren't many that are as easy as the Huf Haus though. They range from simple timber frame manufacturers (such as Prestoplan or Kingspan) who will just build the frame, put it up on site and let your contractor carry out all other trades (putting brickwork up, plastering, electrics, etc...). If you are looking for structural panel manufacturers (Kingspan offsite TEK system, Panaloc, etc), these companies will just bring panels of your house to site (usually already insulated) and put them together. The panaloc system even has electrics & plumbing in-situ and each panel is just connect to the next. Your contractor will still need to add external finishes.

If you are going down this route, you need to have the house fully designed beforehand and thought through in great detail so I would suggest there may be a lot of up front expenses to architects, Mechanical & electrical consultants, etc...

Richard_Webster

I'm looking to buy a house sometime in the next couple of years

This implies that OP doesn't own any land. Need land first to put house on.

Then need planning permission etc......

Then a specialised self-build mortgage....