4 ms·
"Node’s smallest unit, at 400 square feet, is $150,000" Around here that would get you the median house. It's 1000 to 2000 square feet and it includes a 0.25 a
by souprock 7y ago
"Node’s smallest unit, at 400 square feet, is $150,000"
Around here that would get you the median house. It's 1000 to 2000 square feet and it includes a 0.25 acre lot. It's also pretty solid, with concrete block walls.
The biggest they offer is 800 square feet for $250,000. Normal houses are 2 to 4 times as large. The pricing looks like $50,000 plus $250 per square foot. My house would thus be $827,250 without the land, which is just silly for anything less than ultra-luxury.
The pricing would be acceptable for a certain quality level. Can they deliver?
One way to help justify the price would be a believable long-term guarantee (like 50-years) that parts will be available with prices that only change with inflation. If I can say "ship me a new ceiling for a model NZKL4332" in the year 2075 and get that to show up a week later, I'd be very happy. Of course, with the actions of bankruptcy court, it may be impossible to make a believable long-term guarantee.
Another way to help justify the price would be an unusually solid design. Go far beyond the Miami-Dade standards for wind and water. Be able to withstand a car tossed by a tornado. Be able to withstand being in a forest fire.
- bradknowles 7y agoAnd three months? Any regular home I know of can easily be built in three months. Make it take three weeks, and you’ve got my attention. Make it take three days, and you’ve got a money printing machine.