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by slm_HN
3780 days ago
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>EDIT: To clarify, I basically feel like in order for this business to work at all, it has to be a much cheaper option than a normal home, because there is an accompanying huge risk in investing in one of these. It's resale value may be next to zero, and all it's fancy gadgets will be out of date by the end of next year. Bingo. I've never lived in one house for more than 7 or 8 years so planning to own a house for longer than 8 years is foolish. If I had to choose between this house and the $20,000 house that was featured on HN a while back, I'd take the 20k house and save 380k for retirement. |
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Love the homes, have followed their work for some time and would certainly consider for $20K.
You'll notice it was actually $135K to build, not their 20K "aspiration". That would take them to $128/sq ft which is close to our last home which you can find in our news section. We'll be able to offer that at scale, at a net zero performance level next year.
Beyond that, to remake our housing industry, it'll take many different builders and architects offering different products at different sizes and price points. Definitely not a one size fits all market.