Details Homes

Pre-fab continues to get better and better, with Details Homes claiming construction costs between $110 and $200 per square foot. The houses, like this one from the Cottage Collection, are a bit different than the modernist pre-fabs we've been seeing: perhaps that's a better fit with a market that seems to strongly prefer (some might say hell-bent on) traditional styles. No matter what the style, you get the advantages of factory construction:

Less waste
faster, lower-risk construction

Will Details Homes take off? It's hard to say—we've seen too many prefab companies founder, and now is not the best time to be starting a new homebuilder in adjustable-mortgage-riddled California. But perhaps the combination of high quality, low energy use, and lower cost is just what's needed in the market right now.

Here's another elevation from the Timberline Collection:

Houses are also available in neo-Traditional, Craftsman, or Monterey/Spanish styles, and designs can be custom, so a rowhouse development or duplex with granny flat is not out of the question.

Can you see a development of homes like these near you?

Comments (2)

A prefab house is of great interest to me, but the ones on the Details site don't seem to come in anything under 1000 square feet. What they call a "cottage" is hardly what I would call a cottage.

posted by kuroneko on December 16th 2007 at 5:33pm
view kuroneko's profile

I visited their web site, http://www.homesbydetails.com, and their "Lisette" model comes in at 614 sq. ft. "Coho" at 1218 sq. ft. and "Egret" at 1150 sq. ft.

These are adorable houses although I cannot find their pricing info which would give one a better idea of the cost per sq. ft.

My suspicion is that these are on the upper-end of the scale.

posted by linbo on December 17th 2007 at 6:30am
view linbo's profile