Comment by SoftTalker
1 day ago
It's sort of a blend. For many houses, the walls and roof trusses are delivered pre-built. Possibly even pre-wired, insulated, and drywalled. They are then stood up on site, and a moderate amount of connecting framing and finish work done by hand.
Labor and materials isn't the problem with housing costs. It's onerous permitting and zoning and code requirements.
Even the traditional style most of the studs are pre-cut to length. And much of a modern factory happens on the job side - they just move the tools the site each time. Of course houses are not built identical and so there are differences - but the variations are things that are not hard for the factory to deal with.
Can you give me an example of a code requirement on a modern home that you think is wrong or onerous?
Anything that requires a hearing as opposed to a clerk approving it as routine.