Designboom sings, “ÖÖD promises that in eight hours anyone can build up their own pre-fabricated house or even start an accommodation business similar to AirBnB. The concept, born in Estonia, introduces the ÖÖD house / hotel room as a well-designed, mini dwelling offering a compact but comfortable 200 square feet space composed of a bed, kitchenette and bathroom.”
Treehugger trumpets, “Mirrored glass prefab from ÖÖD is an instant AirBnB.”
Meet ÖÖD, $50,000 Estonian Mirrored PreFab
The unit is designed to be a hotel room type of structure. With stylish mirrored glass, and iconic styling that oozes class, the units are a cool $250 per square foot, so no threat to HUD Code manufactured homes most aggressive price point.
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ÖÖD is another reminder, though, that the media croons over prefab, tiny houses and even pricey prefabs. In a recent report, we noted that CNN favorably touted modular and prefab homes.
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Some industry pros might wonder…where’s the love for manufactured homes?
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Love for the HUD Code’s manufactured homes is out there, increasingly, to be sure – as MHLivingNews routinely reports. But there’s more downer stories than positive ones, a fact the industry’s professionals must routinely respond to as they arise.
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But the hunger and thirst for stylish, affordable factory built homes is there for those in the HUD Code industry – and other parts of factory built housing – for all of those with the eyes to see. ##
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