They seem affiliated with palantir

That's why we use linux here.

It’s a tad disingenuous to compare windows here, and I think $25k is still a bit of an exaggeration.

$25k would get you top of the line shit and enough area for making a “glass house” of that size when looking at material costs alone.

Talking triple pane, extra thick, argon filled, tempered and impact resistance panes with a UV filter and any additional cost adders for the (foam filled) anodized aluminum frames.

Labor costs are another thing.

Builders also often cut corners when building a standard build-on-site house too. If you have a newly built home, do you really think they're going to take your calls if you find an issue with the construction 6 months later?

It's probably worse if you order something prefabbed from China where they don't have to worry about their local reputation, and they're far from any legal consequences. But, where I live at least there are a lot of very powerful builders who are extremely well connected to the government. I can't remember them ever facing consequences for shoddy building.

fixing stuff in newly built homes is so standard you normally have scheduled visits as soon as you take possession of a home… so having to fix some stuff in these prefabs is not even any worse than buying a regular home

i'd like to know how they hold in time though

I can't say that really surprises me. Things on a slope really want to be at the bottom of the slope, and it generally takes a lot to convince them otherwise. Also, whether you dig a hole to put the thing partially in or build a platform to put the thing on, it will be more than just putting a slab on more-or-less level ground.

According to market research firm Mordor Intelligence

I think you know the answer to that

What are you talking about? This is all fault. They're stealing all of our ! We need reverse taxes for billionaires, where the government gives them money instead of them paying taxes, so some of it will finally trickle down to us. And, we need to deport all the . Make America Magic Again!!

That doesn't even solve anything. Where am I going to put that house? On a parking lot?!

I’m down. Our standards are their revenue streams. Yeah… let me buy a house in such a way that fucks the current real-estate industry just a little bit. What are they going to do if enough people follow along? If it’s bad enough, they will loose money on their real-estate investments. Hopefully, if it’s really bad, they eventually default while we’re all cozy in our “lower standards.”

I don’t need a big fancy home. I prefer the outdoor air and view anyhow. Not to mention, I’m sure there are passive benefits to not making your home into a den where you can comfortably avoid grass and societal-problems.

Edit: worst case; they ban foreign home kits like they did with Chinese EVs. This won’t happen overnight, though. If we can create a small movement, then we can use its momentum to fight back when the time comes.

Gosh… I just really want to see a bunch of people say “fuck it. We’re going to try building our own sovereign common-welfare infrastructure.” Move somewhere remote, find ways to survive as a community, start off like the Amish if you have to. But, effectively, most importantly, remove yourself from the American consumer market.

That would create a huge fucking tension between your rights as an individual and the big-boys source of income/power. The attention it gets might have more people supporting/joining the community, as a kind of solution they’ve been long looking for.

There would be tradeoffs. I’m willing to bet that those tradeoffs are reasonable though, if you have a sizable enough community. In fact, I’d go as far to bet that people in this remote community would have better health on average than city dwellers. Given the shit food we’re sold, the abundance of calories and sugar, …

People have been living in prefabs for 80 years

Increasing standards is part of the problem. We think we need more space because we buy too much shit.

And sewer, water, and electricity.

Like the internet just found out about doublewides and singlewides.

My tiny country has multiple manufacturers of those, some sell globally. Seems there's enough demand.

Because the cheapest manufactured homes in the US are now 100k shipped from the factory.

Inflation in the US (i.e. pure greed) is off the charts. People that think manufactured homes are affordable haven't looked in 20 years.

Why not both? Move to China!

Please don't. Containers are strong top to bottom for stacking, not side by side for earthworks. Buried alive is a bad prep.

unground

Like peppercorns before I put them in the pepper mill?

lol

The problem is permits and hookup to utilities. Can easily be 6 figures.

More like a Lustron house