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RE: cheap housing construction - csgray - 05-14-2012
Speaking from experience, the two most expensive things in the world are cheap mechanics and cheap building contractors.
Carol
RE: cheap housing construction - Wuzzerdad - 03-07-2013
Yes! [
]I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
Mahalo
Rick
RE: cheap housing construction - john the architect - 03-11-2013
What about affordable and still high quality? Isn't that a better goal than "cheap" and all it entails? I have worked THAT out. If anyone wants it, contact me. There are three lots in HPP,
at the lower cost scale of equivalent lots, being sold with customizable plans, and some with customizable permits and building materials. Pricing is less than I charge for house plans ALONE on the mainland. Cost savings over starting from scratch, very real time savings with
pre-engineered plans and some approvals in place. Semi-custom, but if the designs (and there are many options even with the permitted ones) are the same high quality as my own projects. If you love solar, rational construction and architecture that evolves naturally from the building methods, this could be for you.
John Maloney
310.562.0362
johnmaloney3@me.com
Hawaii Architect AR8082
www.jmagreenbuilding.com
RE: cheap housing construction - YurtGirl - 03-14-2013
Add a permit process in and there isn't much that is 'fast' as most people think of it. Yurts are a good option. There are plenty of others too. Research and go with reputable people. Then put on your patience and determination and work through it.
Melissa Fletcher
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"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973
RE: cheap housing construction - john the architect - 03-20-2013
I think this is the fastest possible build. We received a permit to erect three structures that are steel prefabs. Pour a reinforced and thickened pad, bolt the structure on, done. We have two more we would sell at $1500 each. There are designs and renderings to expand them into (one) a modest house, (two) a larger house or two small ones connected by a breezeway.
John Maloney
310.562.0362
johnmaloney3@me.com
Hawaii Architect AR8082
www.jmagreenbuilding.com
RE: cheap housing construction - YurtGirl - 03-21-2013
A slab takes prep, then pour, then curing, then bolt the steel building... But then for res permits you start interior walls, plumbing, electric... Time wise I don't see how anything beats a yurt, but a residence takes more than a shell, that's what I meant. I like the metal buildings too, so much can be done with them! Just avoid those US steel building yahoos...
Melissa Fletcher
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"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973
RE: cheap housing construction - john the architect - 03-21-2013
Yurts are fast ways to make maximum space, and that is good if you can use that kind of, shape of space and materials and finishes. I really enjoy my cousin's yurt in North Carolina for its spiritual qualities. If you cannot use what the yurt offers, then you are dealing with seismic and wind forces and building codes and the tower system I have permitted gets you to that place quickly and securely. No solution is completely universal, all have plusses and minuses.
John Maloney
310.562.0362
johnmaloney3@me.com
Hawaii Architect AR8082
www.jmagreenbuilding.com
RE: cheap housing construction - YurtGirl - 03-21-2013
^^. True that!
Melissa Fletcher
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"Make yurts, not war" Bill Coperthwaite, 1973