The best built HOUSES in the world....

colm_mcm

I read with great interest that Toyota are starting to build houses,
Using their automobile technology to advance the design of residential units.
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/more_than_cars/housing/index.html
It got me thinking, If major car makers, particularly VAG started to produce their own brand of housing,what indivuality would each marque bring to the design of these houses?

I'm guessing that the Skoda branded houses would share the same basic structure as the Volkswagen platform, but would focus on the practical side of things, a somewhat delibaretly unsightly attic conversion which would offer more space than the equivelant VW offering, and a deliberately plain design, not minimalist, mind. Just done in such a way as to make it's practically identical siblings look like value for money.

The Volkswagen branded dwellings would be a little more swish than the equivelant Skoda house, although specifications seem
similar, the designers have gone out of their way to distance this one from the somewhat budget image of the Skoda house.

In the Audi corner, you'll be forgiven for thinking you've walked back into the VW house, granted the fit and finish of small items such as the door handles and electrical fittings is slightly better than on the VW house, and there seems to have been a lot more thought put into the overall look of the house, It's hard to see where the extra 15% in the price tag has been spent, seeing as all the houses were built by the same people and feature the same heating system, although most of the appliances and soomm of the roof geometry in the Audi house seem to be from the previous generation VW house,

Then there's the SEAT house, which is arguably better looking than the Audi house, and in fact shares a lot of its interior design, and all the appliances and seem to have been lifted out of the Audi-haus too. fair enough they look the same, but seem to be made from slightly cheaper materials.... Use of Italian designers has created a look similar to that of older type Alfa Romeo houses, most of which have blown away by now.

jayok

Then there would be the:

BMW House: Near perfect balance, but with an extortionate price for even just a 316 sq ft house it's really just for twats who like to think they have money

Hyundai House: Accomodation for the masses. The fastest growing manufactuer of house but no matter how you dress it up they are pre-fabs

Alfa House: So cool. Really stylish but no homebond guarantee and the snag list will go on forever

Mercedes House: Very comfortable, though leaks and problems are begining to show around the critical areas like sewage and roofing lately

Honda House: A bit light, but well built and will still be a house in 250k years. To get full joy out of the house you need to turn on all the lights, taps, washing machines, stereo's.

Opel House: No matter how many coats of paint get applied, it's still just a mid-terrace mass produced bog standard house of moderate but acceptable quality

Anyone else...

KdjaCL

jayok wrote:

Then there would be the:

BMW House: Near perfect balance, but with an extortionate price for even just a 316 sq ft house it's really just for twats who like to think they have money

So that would be in Dublin yeah ???



Fiat always something fuciking breaking and requiring a part that possibly doesnt exist.


kdjac

dahamsta

The BMW houses won't indicate, and the Merc houses won't let you merge? Obviously the Fiat houses will rust anyway.

If I get a Toyota house, can I call it Dunroamin?

adam

jayok

KdjaC wrote:

So that would be in Dublin yeah ???

Well on the North Side you might find the "more" reasonable 520 or 740 sq ft houses, but on the south side it's primarily the 316 sq ft ones!

crosstownk

Chevrolet and Kia would make magnificent tents with terrible resale values - a new concept for the Irish housing market.

crosstownk

Then, of course, there is the Maybach > http://www1.myhome.ie/search/property.asp?id=252231

jayok

crosstownk wrote:

Then, of course, there is the Maybach > http://www1.myhome.ie/search/property.asp?id=252231

Yeah and the Stamp Duty (aka VRT) is a killer!

mike65

The Jaguar house modeled on XJS principles would look huge from the driveway but then as you go through the front door you step straight out the back.

Mike.

KdjaCL

jayok wrote:

Well on the North Side you might find the "more" reasonable 520 or 740 sq ft houses, but on the south side it's primarily the 316 sq ft ones!

But if you the same model outside of dublin you find yourself a couple of hundred K richer.


kdjac

crosstownk

mike65 wrote:

The Jaguar house modeled on XJS principles would look huge from the driveway but then as you go through the front door you step straight out the back.

Mike.

And the first thing you see is the wheelie bin. Then you find out its not too different from your friends house - His is a Ford.

maidhc

Ford would build the Pinto style house which would blow up when you lean a garden rake up against the back wall.

bazz26

I noticed nobody mentioned French houses!

lomb

the renault house would short circuit after 12 months and the lights would flash on and off, it would possibly be dangerous if say a tree fell on it. opinions vary on this point, but personally i think if a tree did fall on it, it would be curtains for the occupiers. sad really as the house packs in alot of hi tech for the money.

unkel

Tiny site in a sh!te area of Dublin: €400,000
Toyota built sh!tty prefab house: €40,000
Being a home owner: Priceless

colm_mcm

It's an interesting concept though, just as the Model T started real mass production of cars and phased out coachbuilding, real mass produced housing could intergrate plumbing and wiring in the factory. It'd probably be a long time before it happens though.

Plug

A Lada house.

unkel

colm_mcm wrote:

It's an interesting concept though, just as the Model T started real mass production of cars and phased out coachbuilding, real mass produced housing could intergrate plumbing and wiring in the factory

Indeed on a more serious note, I fully agree. And with the cost of (semi-)skilled labour in this country quadrupling over the last decade, a lot is to be said for prefab

maidhc

unkel wrote:

Indeed on a more serious note, I fully agree. And with the cost of (semi-)skilled labour in this country quadrupling over the last decade, a lot is to be said for prefab

Its not a new concept really, Rofab did it back in the 70's, and the results were truly awful. Timber frame houses are based on similar principles, but at the end of the day are not remarkably cheaper.

mike65

Er Off Topic! Still that said have you seen that 80k house that won an award for energy efficency?

Mike.

unkel

mike65 wrote:

Er Off Topic!

Not off topic, Mike. Off forum