cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/64063873
Spanning about 71.5 sq m, a flat-packed house will arrive move-in ready, complete with a bedroom, kitchen, independent bathroom – and even preinstalled windows.
cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/64063873
Spanning about 71.5 sq m, a flat-packed house will arrive move-in ready, complete with a bedroom, kitchen, independent bathroom – and even preinstalled windows.
A friend of mine lived in a hillside neighborhood. Wanted a small ADU (standalone unit, usually pre-fab, for office or in-laws). Reasonably priced prefabs. Since it was on an incline, couldn’t just plop it on cement blocks. Got an estimate for a poured foundation. Slab was too heavy. It had to be the lighter kind that traced the exterior edge, with anchors into bedrock to comply with code.
$300K, just for the foundation.
Noped right out.
I can’t say that really surprises me. Things on a slope really want to be at the bottom of the slope, and it generally takes a lot to convince them otherwise. Also, whether you dig a hole to put the thing partially in or build a platform to put the thing on, it will be more than just putting a slab on more-or-less level ground.