3D home printing has matured enough as a technology to be viable. Yet despite the global housing shortage, chronic to so many countries, has yet to take off. Here the $37,600 price includes finished rooms inside. The company is aiming to build on cheap land in Japan’s smaller cities. They specifically mention targeting remote and work-from-home workers as customers.

This way of doing things could work for 10’s of millions of other people around the world, especially as starter homes. The pandemic accelerated a permanent shift to WFH for many people. If some of them had a choice between never being able to afford a home in big cities, but but getting on the property ladder with this option, it seems obvious to me millions of people around the world would choose it.

  • @books
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    51 year ago

    Have we? Why can’t we do it then?

    • @momocchi
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      141 year ago

      We do, it’s land prices that make houses expensive, not the house itself. The price listed for these homes is not including the land

      • @books
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        21 year ago

        How so? I can buy land in my area for 50k, but it’s gonna cost me 450 to build.

        • @glimse
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          41 year ago

          450 in an area where land is 50k is expensive as fuck, have you gotten quotes?

          Lots here is 100-150k and I got a rough estimate of 250-300k for a 4br/2ba with a full basement and 2 car garage

          • @books
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            11 year ago

            I’ve haven’t but family has. A few builder were looking at roughly 400-450 for a small 1.5k slab home without finishing.

            without outing yourself, where are you located(roughly) I’m always curious if a lot of our high cost comes down to geography/laws/red tape. Im in Northern Minnesota.

            • @glimse
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              11 year ago

              I don’t mind because my living plans changed drastically - I was looking to build 30-45 minutes outside of Chicago. Not a super rich suburb but one with a highly rated school system

    • @Pipoca
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      11 year ago

      Gigantic swaths of exclusive mcmansion-only zoning is a big problem in most cities.