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4 minutes ago, troph said:

That’s a really cool pre fab unit though. Could solve a lot of affordable housing issues for a 1-2 person household. 

That was my first thought.

Cheaper than buying overpriced hotels.

Good time to buy Boxabl stok?

On 7/2/2021 at 9:09 PM, troph said:

That’s a really cool pre fab unit though. Could solve a lot of affordable housing issues for a 1-2 person household. 

It’s $130/sqft, doesn’t include land and utilities.  Im assuming the delivery and set up are at least free. I’m not seeing how this is better than a single wide. 

15 minutes ago, troph said:

you might be right, but from what I've seen with prefab (I only watched that video of this one), the quality is much, much higher and it can be put on a slab to be safter and last longer.  it was an off the cuff remark but when I made it I thought of 100+ of these in rows like row houses only smaller.  community spaces for quality of life and otherwise maximize the land for the units. folks are already doing that.  at some point affordability becomes as much about having to decrease land use and square footage as it does anything else. 

 

2 minutes ago, yoladu said:

Where the fuck is Boca Chica, Texas?

Right near South Padre.

2 hours ago, yoladu said:

Where the fuck is Boca Chica, Texas?

Option 1: Open maps, type “Boca Chica, TX” enter, see where it is

Option 2: ask people on the internet

I love this place.

5 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

Option 1: Open maps, type “Boca Chica, TX” enter, see where it is

Option 2: ask people on the internet

I love this place.

Siri doesn’t like it when I curse. 🙂

3 hours ago, yoladu said:

Where the fuck is Boca Chica, Texas?

SpaceX starship thread is —->

The boxabl idea seems cool if they can deliver on quality and have the ability to connect units to create larger homes. I live on my own in a 1600 sq ft place and I could easily drop 1/2 of the sq ft and not mind.

Assuming one can live a simplified life, then... sure. & I'm not even talking about no pictures on the walls or curios on the shelf.

If Elon wants a 2×4 cut in half, he doesn't even remotely think about walking to his garage & getting out a power tool, he calls someone.

Maybe he scrambles his own eggs, but that's probably as far as it goes.

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25 minutes ago, ROFL BOX said:

Assuming one can live a simplified life, then... sure. & I'm not even talking about no pictures on the walls or curios on the shelf.

If Elon wants a 2×4 cut in half, he doesn't even remotely think about walking to his garage & getting out a power tool, he calls someone.

Maybe he scrambles his own eggs, but that's probably as far as it goes.
 

Didn't he design a flamethrower after watching Spaceballs?

Elon Musk Flamethrower | Know Your Meme

He has my respect. 

'Walking Dead' Star Bought Elon Musk's Flamethrowers | Inverse



Didn't he design a flamethrower after watching Spaceballs?



I could probably design a lot with CAD software but leave the finer details to other minions.

Seriously, I doubt he has had to turn a wrench in years... Elon is a big picture "idea guy".

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This sounds like bs news.  Last I heard from two credible local realtors, he bought a 38m place on lake Austin.  He may also have this place for convenience but it’s not his primary residence.  

On 7/3/2021 at 10:47 PM, UT_OB1 said:

It’s $130/sqft, doesn’t include land and utilities.  Im assuming the delivery and set up are at least free. I’m not seeing how this is better than a single wide. 

A few years ago $130/sqft would get you a full custom home around here if you were judicious with the things you selected. A prefab unit better be pretty freaking nice to justify that cost.

On 7/4/2021 at 11:02 AM, troph said:

you might be right, but from what I've seen with prefab (I only watched that video of this one), the quality is much, much higher and it can be put on a slab to be safter and last longer.  it was an off the cuff remark but when I made it I thought of 100+ of these in rows like row houses only smaller.  community spaces for quality of life and otherwise maximize the land for the units. folks are already doing that.  at some point affordability becomes as much about having to decrease land use and square footage as it does anything else. 

I’ll admit I’m making some assumptions on the quality based on other similar stuff I’ve seen, and that may not be fair.

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I always am amused when some young people think they are getting quality construction if they buy an old “mid-century modern” house, when back in the day a few of the volume tract home builders cut corners, used cheap materials, and employed crappy labor. Some were downright crooked.

When my brother bought his second house on Eastcrest in far north Austin in 1961, for example, he watched  how new ones were being built near his. The usual procedure was for the crew to install the rebar for the concrete slab foundation followed by the city inspection approval. After the inspector left, the crew would come back and remove the rebar to put into the forms next door, then the concrete trucks would pour their loads into the first bare slab frame form. 
it is not a mystery why so many of those 60 year old houses have cracked foundations.

Not to mention many of those older cheap tract houses had sewer drain pipes that were basically made from just rolled up cardboard. Of course  many of them have had to be replaced in recent decades at no small expense. Then there was the time period in the late 1960s to 1970s when many  builders used aluminum wiring for residential construction  instead of copper. Quite a fire hazard, that crap turned out to be, and very costly to rewire with copper today.

Buyer beware, vintage or old doesn’t mean better quality all the time. That’s one reason why a competent inspection is a good idea.

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