Modular Project on the Island, Supermod?
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kaelc
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No but shameless plug for cascadian. Higher end modular builds.
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Rain City
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I just highly recommend you have a full understanding of all of your sitework and service costs before you sign anything. It's never as simple as they claim it is. Get an ALL IN price for your build and make them accountable for it. There's a lot of pre-fab hoopla going on these days.
fish brain
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I would use Pacific Homes https://pacific-homes.com/
I have two friends that have used them and they both have nothing but good things to say about them. Both homes are going on ten years with no problems or defects.
I have two friends that have used them and they both have nothing but good things to say about them. Both homes are going on ten years with no problems or defects.
For sure. You'll live and die by scope detail and contract terms, provided the vendor can deliver on what they commit to. The capability piece is one I'm going to have to make sure I have well figured out no matter who gets the job. My expertise isn't in residential nor on the island so I've got some homework to do.
Aquaholic
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I am taking a seminar soon offered through one of my associations on modular housing. With federal and provincial pressure to produce housing, this appears to be a real movement this time, not something that was barely mentioned like years gone by. Initial thoughts are it will be for rental housing much more than ownership. You can already see pockets of modular rental or non-market units around Vancouver on city owned land.
Srthomas75
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Are you looking at an area out of town or why the interest in modular ? versus site built.
( just curious myself)
( just curious myself)
fish brain
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The Pacific homes my friends have are far from mobile home type buildings. one is a $3 000 000 custom built waterfront home and the other, also waterfront is a vacation home package. You could never tell by looking from the outside that these houses were built off site. For the record, I have no affiliation with Pacific homes.
The basis for going modular is I live off island so can't be there to manage a GC on a stick built house. Modular allows for less time on site and a more predictable and prescriptive process for a larger portion of the overall work. Site prep and install are still field work, but it cuts time on site down significantly.
That's what I'm going for, something that in NO WAY resembles a trailer. Pacific is a good option. Thanks for mentioning them.
It's definitely still a developing model here. It's a matter of style, the concept works. I've heard numbers as high as 40-50% of new home construction in Sweden and the Netherlands is modular now. I expect it will grow here in time, but will probably continue to be a challenging business to make work for many. There was an outfit in Squamish a couple years back that had really nice looking places, but went bankrupt. Some others that have really struggled but seem to still be in business in the region.
Maxpri
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Have you looked at backcountry huts? https://www.thebackcountryhutcompany.com/
Interesting, I had not heard of them. Thanks
They seem to be related to Cascadia Woodtech, same guy at least.
Maxpri
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No problem. They don't get any nicer than that imo.
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