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RE: Austin Startup Is Working To Transform The Future Of Housing With 3D Printing
I think the technology is definitely very cool, but I imagine it'll be some time before this is actually something functionally available to people, on the level of picking up the phone and calling someone: "Yes, I'd like you to come over and build me a house on my land."
The thing that also worries me (being a bit skeptical here) is the marketplace this will be brought into. The promise is fast and low cost housing... but will the reality be companies saying "Wow, we can now produce something we can sell for $200,000 for just $10,000, instead of the $60,000 is cost before. More profit for US!" As a result of which we might have faster housing, but ultimately nobody is better off...
I agree it's going to take some time,.. :) and they've been working with nonprofit organizations to try and get the housing to those who need it and can't afford an overpriced unit, also many of the tiny home units are already being sold at those low $ numbers. They are trying to provide something that can compete with the more overpriced units, so if they are going to price it at something outrageous like 200k then there are probably many more options that people would go with in the market in their area, for that price that would get them more space etc? I doubt they'd sell many if they were doing that, but there's nothing to stop them from adopting such a profit margin
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