prefab home dreaming

Prefab homes are a category of new homes that come from a factory pre-assembled to some degree. They can come in flat packs, appearing like an Ikea home purchase. (and ikea is making a home community in the UK). They can be brought on trucks and hoisted down pre-assembled from a tall crane.

What all prefabs share is the spirit of DIY construction, including the ability to work and expand your new home as you like. Many are highly customizable, like legos, into configurations of multiple stories, cantilevered sections or l-shaped courtyards.

The Katrina Cottage is one such new prefab. Built for hurricane refugees, it is now available at Lowe's and has been configured in many styles and floorplans. This is a flatpack style of prefab, so there is a joining and aligning process early in the construction.

The Katrina cottage sports a quaint southern style of design that belies it's modern underpinnings. It's also a refreshing alternative to the modern direction of most prefabs. There is a whole collection of panelized construction homes, of which the Katrina is just one.