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- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Did anyone read the other sites? Look at the details here:
http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/quikHouse/quikHouse_main.html
It's two stories high, about 9 rooms (I think - look at the sample floor plan), and yes, it has walls.
Although I think the whole thing might just be an art project, based on the QuikHouseBooklet.pdf.
There's a checklist page called " - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Once you push the button, it has no walls? What kind of house is that? I guess that since the article is on a site named Tree hugger, taking a dump on an outside toilet with no walls is not embarrassing to its targeted consumers.
- jbwillia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1if you're stupid enough to get one of these then I please DO push the red one...please, we need fewer of you around
- OliverHough, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well if you pack up after taking a dump the contents will be spilled over your dinner table and where is the plumbing connected this is the most retard concept ever. sorry.
- clumsyninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LMAO
- rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1automagically, I suspect your right :P
Perhaps this thing is supposed to have walls and a roof built around it? And then the mains, phone and water connected. - bastawhiz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does anyone see anything wrong with putting a toilet on one of those folding walls?
- fanboy00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Cool website, i +digg for the website.
- dj_sea2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0its a tramps dream!!
coming soon to town centers everywhere! (if they can afford it first :D ) - uncle_dad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0NOT THE RED ONE, DON't EVER PUSH THE RED ONE!
- bsoric, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ohhh, when I clicked the link I was expecting something like Invader Zim's base. Big dissapointment.
Still cool though, digg from me. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I saw this house in a Bugs Bunny cartoon years ago, but I'll digg it anyway
:-D - TheAttacks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Awesome. . . But why would you need it? +digg anyways.
Jeremiah
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http://www.flackos.com - jbwillia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0umm, OK, but where are the walls? Is it truly a "fully functionaly [sic] house" without them? I kind of prefer a little privacy when at home myself.
- jbwillia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'll go ahead and digg it just for the comedy factor alone...
- HaYaBUSA1600, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Jackie Chan had a HUGE container house like this in one of his movies, i always wanted one, but now i see it is a big rip-off
- dhughes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@bastawhiz Yes, especially if "the button" still works.
Three months for to complete the house, most houses around here are constructed that fast. I thought this Quick house was going to be faster and cheaper.
See the house lower down on the Treehugger page? Made of cardboard!
- MDtech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just for some price perspective, a 3 bedroom townhouse goes for $300k - $400k in central Maryland. So no matter what you think of the idea, there could be a considerable cost savings in some areas of the nation (well, at least before you figure in costs for plumbing, land, etc.).
- argonlightray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0neat, but is it just one room? and why does it seem that the last sentence contradicts itself?
- aluminumpork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@Mdtech - "Just for some price perspective, a 3 bedroom townhouse goes for $300k - $400k in central Maryland. So no matter what you think of the idea, there could be a considerable cost savings in some areas of the nation (well, at least before you figure in costs for plumbing, land, etc.)."
Granted, the cost of housing in Minnesota in significantly cheaper than say California or Maryland. But for that additional $150,000 (to equal the $300,000 you stated) you get walls, rooms, a roof that has incline to handle the rain effectively, etc. Not to mention the plumping, power and other utilities. - Acill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"what are my final costs?
Depending on which package you buy, the QUIK HOUSE will cost between $150,000 and $175,000 finished plus taxes. This translates into a per square foot cost of between $73 and $90, about half the cost of a conventional house."
Lame, I live in Phoenix, AZ and I paid only $98,000 for my house. 3 rooms, 2 huge family rooms, a pool, work shop an 2 car garage. Half the cost of a normal house? Where? - Sthanny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What should you do when it rains? :)
- aluminumpork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Starting at $150,000!? That's ridiculous, here you can get an acre of in city land and a nice 3 bedroom house for that much. Hmm...
- carpespasm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0shipping container housing is an idea that has been around for a long while, but it's not very cost effective to insulate the things, and the plans for them usually involve containers which are too far gone for freight use. those containers are usually in pretty rough shape at that point. on the other hand, if some were to follow through with making the whole thing cost effective it would be pretty nice. only problem is the whole image of being treated as "freight" when you move into a freight box appartment complex... creepy
- browell172, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0treehugger.com? no thanks
- EliGottlieb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Looks more like an apartment.
- dduct, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0From the site: what colors dose the quik house come in?
Orange or natural "Rust Bloom".
lol!
ALso it takes 5 months to set up so how is it just a push of the button? - zenghost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0my portable house can fold smaller than that... =P
+digg - Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Most of this sort of thing is more in the idea stage. It's not meant to be an actual product for sale at this point.
A lot of the prefab housing concept is designed for urban areas, where space is more expensive. None of it makes sense for most of the US, where there's plenty of cheap space (by comparison to major urban centers).
Check out this article on prefab housing, it's kinda interesting: http://www.psfk.com/2005/03/prefab.html - Lighthouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"So no matter what you think of the idea, there could be a considerable cost savings in some areas of the nation (well, at least before you figure in costs for plumbing, land, etc.)."
if you tried to unpack this POS anywhere w/in sight of a traditional home where this container would be considered "economical" you'd be given the bum's rush by the authorities so quick you wouldn't even know what hit you. $150K for a steel box and some Ikea furniture? Are you outta your frickin' mind? it shoulda keyed you in when the article says this guy considers himself an "artist." i'll bet he'll even sign one of the walls for you if you toss in an extra $10K or so. - Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've seen portable houses that come free when you buy a refridgerator. For some reason most people throw them away!
- MattPerry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@jbwillia:
The walls and foundation are built on-site by a contractor. This house would be placed on the foundation and the walls and roof would be constructed around it. - wavesmash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Awesome! Command and Conquer in real life.
'New construction options...'
'Yuri is master...' - MDtech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Someone had commented, and provided a link to substantiate, that the price is for a 2-story, 9 room house (with walls). In any case, I'm certainly not defending the idea (especially with the speculative nature of this "house"), nor do I truly think that this idea is completely feasible; my intent was just to show that the listed price could be considered a "relative" bargain in some parts of the US.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this dude is sick..anything he posts is front page. Major props
- SniperX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0bravo to molecool
Am I the only one that saw the military, or private security possibilities for something like this? All of you (m ostly) are comparing this "quik" house's price to a regular house, in which it obviously isn't competing with! If you have the time and means to build a complete house then that's what you would do, although to build a single house on a lot it will almost certainly cost farrr more than this container even will. Think tools, man-power, supplies, permits, utilities, and so much more.
And someone said that it would only take 3 months to build a comparible house, well i take that challenge sir. You might only be thinking construction, with a large team. But you forget about acquiring the permits, designing the architecture behind the house, getting the house design approved, setting up utility fixture for heating/air/electricity/plumbing(both water and sewage)/gas. But prove me wrong, start today and have a finished 2 story 3 bedroom house but the start of march - Stopher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah I'm going to go take a dump right next to my dining room table in my wallless house. Why is anyone digging this?
- diggplusplus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Anyone else mentally hear the "Beee woo woo ree ree" sound the Transformers made while reading this story?
- skwhirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Next thing you'll know, they'll be selling double wides at wally world....
- molecool, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I only see cynicism in the responses. Doesn't anyone recognize that ideas like that are actually positive and should move us from this stupid paradigm of a house costing a large portion of your income generated during your lifetime? I mean, here you are signing mortgages forcing you to relinquish a hefty portion of your salary for the next 30 years or so - just so you've got a place to live? I know we are all brainwashed to a certain extend as well as victims of our own time, but I think there is a better way. Housing (like cars) should be cheap and affordable to anyone - this would also allow housing to be available to lower income groups and they might not have to all be perched into the same urban ghettos. So, you want to live on that particular hill and can afford to buy a small patch of land? Well, here's a house you can put up there and if a huge mudslide happens your container based house is probably going to fare better than any concrete structure.
I know I might be a bit on a limb here, but just wanted to add some food for thought - the comments so far have been a bit disappointing - if we geeks can't even see potential in this, joe-sixpack definitely won't warm up to it either. Some imagination anyone?? - Mantus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg... but i'll stick with my condo for now
- Spartacus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0So after you spend 150-200 grand on a freight container that opens to a tiny house with no protection from the elements whatsoever, you can use the other 150 grand to buy a hybrid SUV that still only gets 35 mpg.
Well, at least you could sleep inside it and stay dry... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Hippy *****
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