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.
Absolute fucking madness.
Now compare those homes to other homes of similar size nearby.
Let’s pretend I did.
What would I find out?
Presumably even higher costs than that
That it’s about market value for a new construction home in that zip code.
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/?searchQueryState={"pagination"%3A{}%2C"usersSearchTerm"%3A""%2C"mapBounds"%3A{"west"%3A-98.18429382666017%2C"east"%3A-97.14539917333985%2C"south"%3A30.44052856850738%2C"north"%3A30.937121333769284}%2C"isMapVisible"%3Atrue%2C"filterState"%3A{"sort"%3A{"value"%3A"globalrelevanceex"}%2C"ah"%3A{"value"%3Atrue}%2C"sqft"%3A{"min"%3A1750%2C"max"%3A2000}%2C"built"%3A{"min"%3A2022}}%2C"isListVisible"%3Atrue%2C"mapZoom"%3A11}
Mind you the georgetown development was by Lennar an established homebuilder, as other companies(particularly those new the industry) scale up, the prices should come down.