LivingHomes is a company in Los Angeles that develops Modern, Green, Architect-Designed, Prefabricated Homes. Started by Steve Glenn, a tech entrepreneur who happens to also be an architecture enthusiast, the company's goal is to build and sell healthy, luxury homes at lower prices and higher value by employing prefabrication technology in the construction process. Pricing of these semi-custom homes ranges from $180-$250 per square foot, which does not include design costs, permit fees, engineering, transport, installation, or foundation. The additional services add another $70-$90 per square foot. As you can see, these homes are relatively expensive, although LivingHomes estimates that their prefabricated construction process saves anywhere from 20% to 40% of the cost of an equivalent stick-built custom home. All of their homes are at minimum LEED Silver and they offer options such as cistern and water reclamation system, photovoltaic system, solar water heating, home automation systems, environmental home monitoring system, denatured alcohol-based fireplace, and motor-driven window shades.
The website does a great job of presenting their product and also helping a buyer understand the steps necessary to build a LivingHome. One of the coolest parts of the website is the ability to configure the home with real-time updates of the price, LEED rating, and renderings. This is exactly what you would expect when visiting a car website and configuring the options for the car. Once you have your home configured to your likings, they provide a handy budget worksheet to help calculate a rough estimate of how much the entire project will cost. A few other prefab developers like Marmol Radziner Prefab offer similar configuration sites, but I really like how LivingHomes setup their configuration interface.
Click Here to begin configuring your future LivingHome.
Image taken from LivingHomes.com
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