Anybody know of this co. ($100 per sq.ft.

[Charles Dean]

It's cheaper because it's prefab and because you need to buy the land, as stated by others.

Does that also include the costs of all permitting and taking care of hooking up to the grid and to sewers? Also, do you have to be your own general to get it done? That's how some places like that work.

It's also much more difficult to finance a prefab house. Both for purchase and for refinance. That doesn't make it a bad house, however it can make it very difficult to refinance in the future, get cash out, or sell the place.

Typically if you're financing the construction, most banks want to see stick built on lot. Not prefab.

So, there are alot of things that make this not quite as good of a deal as it seems on the surface.

[Ubersalad]

[Ubersalad]

[MikeC5]

Basically, what you're saying is that prefab homes may be lower quality? If that is true, I just dont understand how one group says that onsite stickbuilt homes are better, while their gaurantee says off-site is better.

So, what is actuality. You read a thing about how prefab homes are "precision built and high quality, etc......." and then you have people telling you its not. How can someone actually gaurantee something like this?

all I can think of is a warantee or a contract. If I decide to buy this home tomorrow, whats my step in getting a gaurantee?

[hesotriflin]

[MikeC5]

Must have been the picture on page 1 that gave me that idea. So, generally speaking, what type of homes are better on site or prefab?
or ar they simply the same product built with a different approach?

[WestSideBilly]

[Ubersalad]

Prefab is a bad idea, period. You get what you pay for, and you don't get much options.

[Charles Dean]