I want a 2 bedroom prefab house on land in Towson. How much?
budget is 100,000
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Prefab kit houses can come with various levels of completion, allowing you to have a completed house or do some of the work yourself. 100 K is not a high budget, but we do have models that may work. There are currently 2 designs that may fit your need – the Abri, and the Refuge, see them here –
LEED and Passive House ready prefab modular Eco home Kit house models here for Canada and US
There are additional costs to seat the house that I hope is not part of that 100 K budget, specifically – land purchase, permits, excavation, digging a well, septic system, power hookup, and even having a foundation, slab on grade or screw piles (posts). If the models on our kit pages don’t meet your needs or budget, I would suggest getting on the mailing list (get a quote at the bottom of model pages), as we will have more models coming online in the near future, so if not now then maybe soon we will have something that suits you.
I'm a retired builder from the area, if you're speaking of Townson, Md. in Baltimore County, in which case I'm very familiar with the pending issues.
There are pre-fabs and modulars that can be set or erected for $100,000 or less, but, there's a lot of wiggle room in a $100,000 two bedroom box build, so I would ask, why do you want a pre-fab in the first place?
There are a lot of highly energy-efficient construction methods available that could fill the bill that are not pre-fab, so is there a scheduling issue driving the bus, or has someone pursuaded you that a pre-fab is just the best way to go?
I've built and erected many examples of both, along with traditional stick builts, SIPs, ICFs, berm, log cabins, and even straw bales, and I still contend that panelized and pre-fabs have a poor reputation for a very well deserved reason, but if you're already sold on that concept, I'm not going to waste any more time trying to convince you otherwise, I'll just wish you luck.
If you'd like anymore of my heavily opinionated insights or advice I'm available for free. I retired fairly young, and I'm not trying to sell anyone anything, but it just so happens that I have four adult children who live within and around the Towson zipcode, so I'm up that way pretty frequently and I enjoy sharing what I know.
Hi James, Prefabs from the past certainly were a lower quality build that what was being done on site but things have changed. The quality, performance and cost of homes built in a factory are now at a point where it exceeds what can be done on site for the same price. Have a look at our models in the link above and note the wall systems and performance statistics. They are LEED and Passive House ready, and are delivered and installed usually for less.
Having built homes as well for decades and using many of the same methods you mention, and been involved with delivery and installation of prefabs, I can tell you first hand that prefabs are now in general, better than site built.