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Re: Toyota Looking to Expand Stylish Prefab Homes Unit

Tanaka — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 22:22:35 -0000

You might want to add the financial benefit with staying with the same company that one gets in Japan. House, car, insurance, exc cuts down the price for everything. Something US companies cant do because of anti-monopoly laws. In our case, we had a similar home in Japan everything was the same company even the bank that held the loan down to the maker of every appliance as well as the maker of the air filters in the stove.
It is the extreme of pre-fab.

Yes re another post about houses expected to last only 30-50 years. It is hard to get a loan for a house over 15 years.

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Matocca22 — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:25:22 -0000

this is definately the way to go. my next house will be prefab and i would buy from Toyota if i could.

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maris — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:33:13 -0000

would appreciate information on purchasing for shipment to lebanon. need contacts if anyone can find. have been looking, but only found articles about Toyota prefabs. thanks

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Preston — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:36:03 -0000

Dani3lle - I like your website!

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acadmin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:51:33 -0000

Do you think Obama can help Ford retool and bring the housing market back to the US?

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Kevan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:34:23 -0000

Great photo & journal find, Thx,
"hummer house" love the comment~ adapting to the American lifestyle is what makes America. However, lets not throw the baby out with Texas bath water.
mmcc is right on, the story book icon of home (box with gable roof) is something that still endears us.

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dani3lle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:03:49 -0000

Great design but they`re a bit expensive

www.designshell.com

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Kiro — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:12:04 -0000

I think they would be cheaper in the US as buiding materials are less expensive than in Japan

www.thepollroom.com

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manujarch — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:08:34 -0000

Nice. Would like one for me.

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YokohamaGaijin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:11:11 -0000

Panasonic homes are nicer and cost less.

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Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:12:10 -0000

Interesting styles, but the windows are too small for my taste. It doesn't look like they open, either. I'm curious as to the houses' energy efficiency.

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Designatedagent — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:10:07 -0000

can you imagine a "Hummer House"

;)

Just a thought.

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Preston — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:06:23 -0000

Apparently they built a development of 50 homes near the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio, but that was just an experiment and I'm not sure if the above designs were used.

The end of the WSJ article linked to above says that Toyota won't think about expanding beyond Japan for a while. We'll see though. Plans always change.

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mmcc — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:17:34 -0000

I really like the look and feel of these designs - they are nicely modern but with occasional traditional elements (the pitches). If Toyota brings these to the U.S., though, I think they need to find a way to bring their price points down comparable to that of their cars -

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AM825JP — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:36:16 -0000

Those prices are a bit iffy 'cos that's just the basic module then you need to add land price, fitting out etc. etc. double glazing, insulation (quite a novelty in a Japanese house)and they end up at twice the price. Most Japanese homes from the major builders are pre-fabricated it(s the usual way of building, Toyota are very small in the market, check out Sekisui, Misawa, Mitsui. You will also find the same house shapes - they get a bit boring after a while. Also a house here is only expected to last about 30 years recently some have gone to 50 years

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Jocelyn Shannon — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:54:17 -0000

Bring them to Southern California. I'll line up!
Jocelyn

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hello — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:31:21 -0000

Any word of Toyota expanding this into the US market?

Doug
ThePreFabs.com

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Preston — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:18:27 -0000

I know, the homes are all pretty incredible ... it'd be nice to see prefab get to this level here in the U.S.

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Andrew Stone — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:57:14 -0000

Preston, SWEET find! I had no idea either. Very cool!