Posted on 07/09/2018 6:38:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In socialist europe. Remember the location. Taxes thru the freaking roof on everything.
I had about a month or so in a british house. All the dimensions are smaller. Got moved to on base housing for the remaining two months and the dimensions were much more normal, american size.
My manufactured home is 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,475 square feet.
Is it that post in front of the sliding glass door?
Sure can't be that twig further out.
Q: How do you know that tree is 100 years old?
A: We cut it down and counted the rings...it'll grow back.
I hate to bring bad news but two of those trees are going to lift the slab and break it.
WTF do they think they’re doing?
500.1 miles from home.
Have a safe trip your most Honorable Nullness. Resist the void meeting the null.
If only they were in America, 1900 sqft, 4 bdrm, 2 bath modular for only $51500 or 43,009 euro.
https://www.mobilehomesdirect4less.com/product/trumh-tyson-pride/
$239k for 1022 sq ft is all you get when you’ve given over all your housing stock and building land to immigrants. And this for one “lucky family”.
4 bedrooms in 1000 Square feet and it’s generous?
This American does. We just don’t want to live in closets.
I sat in a presentation last year by a guy who talked about the future of housing, especially factory built housing. The entire building materials industry is changing rapidly.
These newer factory built companies are as he described, “digital companies who build houses” A lot of them aren’t construction guys but tech guys who think they see a better way.
There’s a new company in Baltimore, Blueprint Robotics. It’s amazing how they use robotic technologies to build the housing components that are basically snap together in the field. I’ve only been in their factory a couple times and may still be under a non-disclosure so I wont’ say more than is publicly known but it’s really cool.
There are other companies that manufacture bricks. Sounds kind of boring. Bricks are obviously heavy so transportation is a huge expense. What if the bricks were cultured from a bacteria and built in a trailer on site at a housing complex? It’s actually happening.
I’m on an advisory council for a building material installation training organization. We’re re-writing the training manual. One of my edit suggestions said that we need to include X, Y and Z, brand new building envelope technologies that are regional and moving nationwide fast. The industry can’t keep up with the speed of technology. The challenge is getting builders to adopt. Many are used to doing what they do and frankly, too busy to take the time to learn new techniques and products.
Those are the guys who are going to get left behind as the trade speeds by them like Dale Earnhardt. (Yea, I used an old legend because there are no drivers who are total household names right now)
I understand that. The reason European houses are so small is the cost. Houses are really expensive there, so they don’t build very big houses as they couldn’t sell them....too expensive. My in’laws home is less than half the size of our home, but likely worth half again as much as ours. And wages there are not even close to wages here. I worked in Britain a few decades ago and was making peanuts compared to what my salary was here. And I had the pleasure of paying 50% of my salary there in taxes. You have to pay for all that Socialism somehow.
Lucky you! Larger than the bulk of houses across Europe! Not kidding.
And I forgot to say that one of the bedrooms in my in-laws house can only fit a single bed (smaller than our single beds) and a small nightstand. The dresser is in the closet (you are expected to hang your shirts over the dresser and the other foot in the closet is for hanging dresses, etc.) It is a really nice house, but the rooms are microscopic compared to rooms in American houses.
Not Dick Trickle?
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