Prefab cottage home kits are delivered in panels or sections and then fit together. Here's everything you need to know and a list of prefab cottages you can buy for under $100K, ...

A kit home is a type of prefabricated home where all the parts are built, pre-cut, packaged and sent to you to build. Here's how they compare to traditionally built homes.

IF you think prefab means a double-wide trailer home, think again. These days, it may be an eight-bedroom, eight-bathroom villa. Prefabricated housing has come a long way from the kit homes of the ...

Learn More › Kit homes, also called catalog or mail-order homes, come shipped to your door in flat-packs with precut (and ...

Many prefabricated homes cost around $200 to $250 per square foot with construction costs, but SmartHomze ranks in at just $150—not including permits, site work or the foundation—making it one ...

Urban prefab home called HOMB gives modular homes a new twist with triangles . Updated: Mar. 08, 2013, 7:30 p.m. ... (cost) problem, and you still have this kit of parts to play with.

Zip Kit offers up a variety of compact homes – from studio sized houses to three bedroom homes ranging in prices from $40,000 to $185,000 depending on finishes. Timberhawk Homes has been ...

Some ambitious home purchases prefer to buy a prefab home as a kit and assemble it themselves, with the help of a few (very good) friends.

“[Prefab home] kits are attractive because you're basically utilizing the expertise of the company,” she said. “That just seems like a simpler, less stressful process.

Prefabricated homes are less expensive than conventional custom houses, but they are not as cheap as people think. The kits need to be assembled, with traditional construction methods and labor.

Prefab may seem modern, but kit homes go way back. Ordered from catalogs, thousands were sold in the early 1900s. How to tell if you own one: Look for numbers on lumber.