The $75K green mobile home
Tue, May 05 2009 at 7:23 AM EST
Read more: ECONOMY, GREEN BUILDING
Back in January I covered the buzz surrounding the Clayton i-house, a manufactured home with green features that was just entering the marketing phase with sticker prices rumored to be in the ballpark of $100,000. What I find most intriguing about Clayton's i-house is the (some would say risky) notion that the mostly blue-collar manufactured home market will readily embrace (read: shell out for) a decidedly upscale mobile home with green features.
As Preston over at Jetson Green reports, this past weekend the i-house was officially launched and priced (not too far off from the original estimates), bringing us one step closer to finding out whether the concept of eco-friendly mobile home living will sink or swim.
The Clayton i-house is available is in two sizes at two different price points: The 723 square-foot, one bed/one bath i-house I starts at $74,900. The 1,023 square-foot, two bed/one bath i-house II starts at $93,000. Both homes can be configured in at least seven different ways and include eco-friendly and energy-saving features like low-e windows, dual-flush toilets, butterfly style rainwater-collecting roofs, tight insulation, zero-VOC paint, and more. Not included are optional bells and whistles like solar panels, bamboo flooring, etc. and the cost of shipping the prefabricated home to the placement site.
As mentioned in my previous post, there are elements working for (the trend towards around small/prefab homes, an unstable mortgage market) and against (the whole mobile home/trailer park/blue-collar vs. green design thing) the i-house. How do you think a 75K green mobile home will fare?
Via [Jetson Green]
Images: Clayton Homes
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Comments(5)
Posted By Dale Hurtt - Fri, May 08 2009 at 10:31 AM ESTBuilding Materials
Per the website, the building materials are Cement Board & Metal Siding with an Investment Grade Metal Roof. The decking is made from recycled materials into a composite board.
Financing would be an interesting problem, given the high cost compared to traditional building materials.
Posted By Windman - Thu, May 07 2009 at 11:32 AM ESTThis home needs a Turbine
So when the tornado's come to pick it up it will produce electricity.
Posted By Anonymous - Thu, May 07 2009 at 11:17 AM ESTis it really "green"?
I wonder how it's made?? Regular mobile homes are made from lots of wood, particle board and other "nasties". To be truely green, it should have a small, or better yet, a negitive, footprint. Do these offer that?
Posted By Sean K. - Wed, May 06 2009 at 8:02 PM ESTDepends on who can get financing
Lots of mobile homes cost upwards of $50,000, but they have a lot more square footage. Biggest hurdle will be financing for these homes. Mobile home market is hurting pretty bad.
Please don't knock being Green
Little to no footprint required in order to be "green"? I do not agree. I believe that it is irresponsible to just so easily piss on the efforts of others--of ANYone doing the best they can RIGHT now--and taking considerable risks to do it--to save our world, Mr/s. Anonymous. Mr. Wind Man: if you don't need to live in a mobile home, due to storm risks, then DON"T DO IT. But they are out there and they ARE selling. It is no joke to give sharp kicks at any industry--or people--who are.... More