They quote a cost of $1,000 per square meter (S100 sq foot). So I arrived at my calculation assuming a size of 100 sq m/1,000 sq feet for an average ‘starter home’ 2-bedroom dwelling.
The fact that housing crises are occurring in so many Western countries suggests to me that there is something very fundamental that is broken and wrong with our system of supplying housing - one of life’s most basic human necessities.
If the system is the problem, then the system can’t provide the solution, perhaps only radical new ways of doing things can?
Germans have a system of purchasing property called “Wohnungsgenossenschaften”. It is where individuals come together in a not-for-profit cooperative, to build and finance their own apartment buildings and housing complexes. This technology seems a perfect fit for that, maybe we would all be better off in other western countries if we adopted this system more?
A problem is zoning laws. When they don’t let people build in places people want to live, what can you do?
In most countries, people elect the local officials who make zoning decisions. It’s not a fundamental barrier.
Yes. They got rid of single-home zoning in the big city nearest to me, recently. Check back in 10 years to find out how that went.
Not just where they want to live but also how. Don’t forget the amount of responsibility Ninny’s and HOAs have in denying new houses or more dense housing. Most neighborhoods for instance ban any kind of Multi family housing because “iTlL rUiN tHe ChArAcTeR oF tHe NeIgHbOrHoOd”
I’ve never seen that kind of language in an HOA. Not that I’ve seen a lot, but that’s certainly not common. That kind of stipulation is usually at the city or county level, with zoning laws.
Which are actually mentioned in here! Obviously it’s not a barrier everywhere, though. They don’t really do it in the same way in Europe.
So the main original thing I’m hearing is just the software that streamlines a lot of the process. Other than that, people have been designing factories as a service for a long time, and factories have been making prefabs for a long time. I’m curious how their prefab concepts compare to existing ones, as well, which the blog didn’t go into (instead opting for a lot of manager-speak and Ford worship).
Instead of paying workers hourly, Cuby pays them based on the quants of the tasks completed. When workers complete a task, they push a button in Cuby’s app, and after three tasks, a supervisor checks the work to confirm satisfactory completion. Once confirmed, payment is automatically sent to the worker’s account.
Well, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised they’re going with the gig model. It’s just too good of a deal for the employer. We made labour rules for a reason, though, and it’s up to regulators to actually enforce them.
For reference, they’re still expecting workers on site during their shift.
For sure there is a certain amount of hype here. That said much of their thinking seems like it could be sound. But I want to see stuff like this working in practice, not just theoretically. I guess we will have to wait and see.
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