Housing Market Near You

Camping World is working on modular pods that work like a hub and spoke. A larger pod goes in the center, and you add smaller pods as needed. It's supposed to run about $40,000 and the add-on pods will be 12-15,000 each. It's overdue and back ordered last I looked at them.

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Just live in your car.
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I live in a fifth wheel and have no plans for anything else. I have an amish shed I'm using as an office and a storage container for what's left of my stock. My trailer is 38 feet and I might downsize it a bit. I don't want to spend 70K on a big pickup to haul it around if I go in that direction.
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i think the future is 3d printed homes, but printed in basic polygon shapes that can fit together in multiple combinations, and assembled and disassembled and shipped across country on flatbed trucks that you can put on property using standardized plumbing and electrical bases Standardized wiring and plumbing will be put in during the printing.

Afterall, a rectangular living room of a 5-million-dollar house can have the same basic frame as a 250k house, just better exterior and interior external bits (and larger and more rooms) And if you want a octagon room with a 30 ft walls and domed ceilings you can order it.

Plug n play houses' No reason to sell or buy, just ship the modules for as long as they last.

Don't tell Elon, he's always stealing my ideas.
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Is this Lustron revisited?

(The transport costs will be ridiculous, and damage in transit will be a problem if replacement modules cannot be obtained.)
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Damage? =Insurance.

Going to float the modules across the country with giant balloons. Heh, okay, maybe it would be cheaper to reprint. But seriously moving a regular house is obviously more problematic than solid modules. Houses aren't initially designed with moving the whole thing at some point.

If you have a truck and trailer you could move one module at a time yourself. Maybe you have to rent a small crane.

I messed up the formatting of this reply, and if I try to fix it wiill probably just be worse.

Not so much Lustron as Lego, if I understand correctly. Also, there are companies 3D printing concrete houses right now: iconbuild is one example.

My mom grew up in one of the Lombard Illinois Lustrons. Which is still standing, mostly unmodified, 70+ years later.

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Is this Lustron revisited?

(The transport costs will be ridiculous, and damage in transit will be a problem if replacement modules cannot be obtained.)
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Damage? =Insurance.

Going to float the modules across the country with giant balloons. Heh, okay, maybe it would be cheaper to reprint. But seriously moving a regular house is obviously more problematic than solid modules. Houses aren't initially designed with moving the whole thing at some point.

If you have a truck and trailer you could move one module at a time yourself. Maybe you have to rent a small crane.
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In the current mobile home scene, yes, transport costs are ridiculous.

If the modules you envision are more than 8' tall, there will be problems with standard transport. More than 15' tall, it gets even trickier.

If the modules look like shipping containers, they're easy to move, but cramped to live in.

Will your insurance cover damages if you drop something while you're dismantling your house with a crane you borrowed from a guy you know?

It's entirely plausible that the current production modular parts don't interconnect with the 12 year old parts that survived.

I'm actually not hating the idea of modular construction. I'd kind of like to see what comes from American Industrial Gumption when applied to the idea of a Unit Bath.

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Is this Lustron revisited?

(The transport costs will be ridiculous, and damage in transit will be a problem if replacement modules cannot be obtained.)
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Damage? =Insurance.

Going to float the modules across the country with giant balloons. Heh, okay, maybe it would be cheaper to reprint. But seriously moving a regular house is obviously more problematic than solid modules. Houses aren't initially designed with moving the whole thing at some point.

If you have a truck and trailer you could move one module at a time yourself. Maybe you have to rent a small crane.
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Snip.

In the current mobile home scene, yes, transport costs are ridiculous.

If the modules you envision are more than 8' tall, there will be problems with standard transport. More than 15' tall, it gets even trickier.

If the modules look like shipping containers, they're easy to move, but cramped to live in.

Will your insurance cover damages if you drop something while you're dismantling your house with a crane you borrowed from a guy you know?

It's entirely plausible that the current production modular parts don't interconnect with the 12 year old parts that survived.

I'm actually not hating the idea of modular construction. I'd kind of like to see what comes from American Industrial Gumption when applied to the idea of a Unit Bath.
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I don't think insurance covers anything unless it's in the paperwork you signed.. : )

So, how do you make an oversized box smaller? Perhaps have an additional mechanism to separate into two equal parts for shipping. Now everything fits on the road.

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Is this Lustron revisited?

(The transport costs will be ridiculous, and damage in transit will be a problem if replacement modules cannot be obtained.)
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Damage? =Insurance.

Going to float the modules across the country with giant balloons. Heh, okay, maybe it would be cheaper to reprint. But seriously moving a regular house is obviously more problematic than solid modules. Houses aren't initially designed with moving the whole thing at some point.

If you have a truck and trailer you could move one module at a time yourself. Maybe you have to rent a small crane.
link to original post

Snip.

In the current mobile home scene, yes, transport costs are ridiculous.

If the modules you envision are more than 8' tall, there will be problems with standard transport. More than 15' tall, it gets even trickier.

If the modules look like shipping containers, they're easy to move, but cramped to live in.

Will your insurance cover damages if you drop something while you're dismantling your house with a crane you borrowed from a guy you know?

It's entirely plausible that the current production modular parts don't interconnect with the 12 year old parts that survived.

I'm actually not hating the idea of modular construction. I'd kind of like to see what comes from American Industrial Gumption when applied to the idea of a Unit Bath.
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I don't think insurance covers anything unless it's in the paperwork you signed.. : )

So, how do you make an oversized box smaller? Perhaps have an additional mechanism to separate into two equal parts for shipping. Now everything fits on the road.
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There was a joke in the manufactured housing community where I grew up. Something like:
How do you know a kid is from the trailer park?
(drawling) "Momma... when I grow up, I wanna live in a double-wide."

Those half-sized boxes still require special transport.

Honestly though, double-wides are kinda cool. Not usually associated with the luxury housing market, but the technology fascinates.

Yo Dieter, stop shooting bullets at my baby. It's not even out of the crib yet. Dag Nabit!.

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Just live in your car.
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He tows his home around with his vehicle, same thing..

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Yo Dieter, stop shooting bullets at my baby. It's not even out of the crib yet. Dag Nabit!.
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Enjoy the day!

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Not so much Lustron as Lego, if I understand correctly. Also, there are companies 3D printing concrete houses right now: iconbuild is one example.

My mom grew up in one of the Lombard Illinois Lustrons. Which is still standing, mostly unmodified, 70+ years later.
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So for a new 3d printed concrete home that is 1574 sq ft situated in West Texas, Iconbuild states that prices start in the mid $400K. That doesn't include the land. Not sure how you handle things like a heating system or AC system. Seems kinda expensive to me. Maybe unit costs will drop in the future?