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Prefab Houses Bomb

Remember the big push for prefabs? There have been several iterations of the “Structural Insulated Panel” idea. Then there was the house delivered prebuilt on several trucks. All you had to do was plop it down on your foundation, hook up the utilities and sewer, and you were done.

Great idea, right? Well… Not so much. Despite the entrance of famed architect Daniel Libeskind into the prebuilt fray, Build LLC is declaring the whole prefab fling dead.

Read the whole article and their 10 reasons why: here.

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