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Having a chat today about building etc etc, and we were wondering why they aren't building prefabs again. We had a small estate of them in our town and the people I know who lived in them loved them. We lived in one in Cheshire while we waited for a new house, and my Mum said it was so cosy. I've seen that some are now even protected buildings. Surely they would help the housing shortage. What are your views?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I lived in one along with the rest of my family from the age of about 4 years until twelve. We had to move because the 2 bedrooms were not enough for parents, 2 brothers and a sister. They were simple practical and easy to clean being fitted out in aluminium. They were very well insulated for the time, though the lack of double glazing meant ice inside the windows often in the winter.
Most modern houses have plenty of pre-fabricated elements in them anyway. (For example, carpenters no longer build roof structures; they're delivered to the site largely ready-made).
Further, the materials used the old pre-fabs wouldn't meet the thermal insulation requirements required from modern homes.
Regrettably too, there seems to be something about pre-fabs which can make people look down upon their occupants. I can't explain it and I'm certainly not seeking to justify it, but children who lived in pre-fabs were bullied mercilessly by the other children in the school I taught at.
Further, the materials used the old pre-fabs wouldn't meet the thermal insulation requirements required from modern homes.
Regrettably too, there seems to be something about pre-fabs which can make people look down upon their occupants. I can't explain it and I'm certainly not seeking to justify it, but children who lived in pre-fabs were bullied mercilessly by the other children in the school I taught at.
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A well written article:
http:// www.gua rdian.c o.uk/ho using-n etwork/ 2013/ap r/04/pr efab-ho using-b enefits -costs
and showing how it's possible to have an individually designed house erected within a week:
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and showing how it's possible to have an individually designed house erected within a week: