Prefabricated homes are hugely popular in Germany, Australia and the United States, but so far they’ve only managed to corner a relatively small part of the UK housing market – despite presenting the big developers with an opportunity to benefit from speedy construction and economies of scale. The government has clocked this and has been pushing for greater uptake in a bid to help solve the housing crisis, but the fact is that until recently the main group investing in offsite-manufactured homes has been (you guessed it) self-builders. And some of us don’t even realise we’ve technically gone prefab.
Meisterstueck- Haus completed the structural design and premanufactured shell for this 200m2 contemporary selfbuild. The main house was erected in two weeks, while the internal fit-out took 14 weeks
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