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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ben on March 06, 2017, 11:26:00 AM
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For any kids going off to college that need a house to go along with their IKEA dresser and futon:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/ikea-launches-86500-flat-pack-home-but-dont-worry-theyll-build-it-for-you/
Holy crap on the price though! I've seen much nicer prefab homes for less, and much larger ones for that price.
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There are some pretty nice Amish prefab cabins/lodge style houses for a lot less. If I was single I'd be getting one. Since I'm engaged I just brought an 1850 sq ft house for $92k instead...
The IKEA one is styled for the modernistic hipster crowd.
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It sounds as if it's fully furnished.
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It sounds as if it's fully furnished.
Oh, I didn't catch that.
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Article is from 2012.
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Coming soon to a trailer park near you.
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Looks like a doublewide. Except doublewides come assembled, and hipsters don't like them because they are practical.
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How bigs the box?
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Article is from 2012.
I blame Gentlemint. :P
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The IKEA one is styled for the modernistic hipster crowd.
Looks like they're targeting the "tiny house" crowd.
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Looks like a doublewide. Except doublewides come assembled, and hipsters don't like them because they are practical.
And except that doublewides are double wide ...
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Stupid design. They waste a lot of space on those storage closets that open to the outside.
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Looks like they're targeting the "tiny house" crowd.
Too big for them plus...
If it doesn't have a composting toilet and a trailer to avoid taxes the tiny house crowd isn't interested
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How bigs the box?
About the size of a double-wide.
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Nothing new under the sun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home)
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Stupid design. They waste a lot of space on those storage closets that open to the outside.
And, as usual, guests have to walk through the bedroom to get to the bathroom.
Also sucks if you have different sleep schedules, since it forces the awake person to go through the sleeper's space.
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We've got 2 full bathrooms in the house. One off the master bedroom and one off a hallway on the other side of the house.
I work nights.
My wife has to walk by the other bathroom from her "office" to use the master bathroom every freaking day.
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Does this come in the kit?
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And, as usual, guests have to walk through the bedroom to get to the bathroom.
A bit more than a centiry ago it would have been referred to as a "shotgun house."
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Nothing new under the sun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustron_house (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lustron_house)
Steel factory made houses. There's a few around here.
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A bit more than a centiry ago it would have been referred to as a "shotgun house."
I've always heard that used to refer to a house with a central hallway from the front door to the back door, with all the rooms on either side.
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I've always heard that used to refer to a house with a central hallway from the front door to the back door, with all the rooms on either side.
No, not necessarily.
That's one variation.
Apparently the earliest version had rooms stacked next to each other with adjoining doors and no hall way.
All the doors, and the front and back doors, would line up.
OK, here's an illustration of this type with a couple of variations.
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More elaborate versions (often in the South and associated with New Orleans, had a central hallway with rooms arranged to either side, and sometimes with a parlor across the front of the house and a kitchen or dining room across the rear of the house.
Floor furnaces were popular in the central hall shotgun house because you could get heat to the entire house without needing ductwork.