Official First Look at the Newest PREFAB HOME Factory in America!!
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- Last month I stopped by the brand new Connect Homes Factory in Mesa, Arizona where they're be building 3 types of Prefab Homes. While I was there I saw the Connect 1 from their design series, the Connect Shelter 3 and a C10 that was under construction. In this video I look at their new factory and tell you about the 9 step process they use to build their modular homes. Watch and learn more about Connect Homes new factory in Mesa.
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That will be exciting for both you and all your viewers to tour the finished home. That was a real stroke of luck for you and all of us that you ran into him!
Yeah I’m super excited 😁
Love that Connect Homes has such a intensive quality control.
Yeah thats a lot of checks
What a stroke of luck in addition to your full view of their build stations. Great interview with the customer, including comparing build costs in his locale. Looking forward to your walk-through of their unit in Sun Valley!
Thanks for watching 😃
I really like this video. One of your best yet. I tell my architecture students to watch this series on TH-cam. The production system is impressive. I like prefabs built indoors. Your description of the process is very interesting. Excellent.
Wow, thank you!
LOVE LOTS OF WINDOWS!1 GOOD CALL!, NICE CONNECT WITH JORDAN, ILL BE WATCHING(AS USUAL)4 THE TOUR IN THE FALL!
Thanks for tuning in!! 🏝️
I like this home. It seems to have everything you need and not feel claustrophobic. Thanks, Kerry.
Thanks John, glad you like it 🙌🏼
WOW!!!! This is a GREAT design. High ceilings!! Super bonus points. The channel-first interview, fantastic - plus the follow-up. Stupendous. This is a peak moment on your channel. So cool. !!!
Thank you 🙌🏼🙌🏼
The high ceilings are wasted space, because it's not usable. They need to come up with a design that is not rectangular.
@susango123 the modules have to fit on a truck that means 8x40 rhey have built up to 12.5 by 40 but prefab means it has to be transported in modules the final assemblies are not always rectangular. The modules have to fit on a truck.
Thanks, Kerry! My favorite past time, the 2hour afternoon nap, could be accomplished with appropriate floor to ceiling draperies to cover all that glass.
Very cool and it was great to hear you talk to a customer. I can’t wait to see that video in the fall. Cheers!
Excited for it!
Best PreFab Home so far .. and in the US!
Glad you like it
Cool! Awesome video! So excited to see your follow up tour.
Thank you! Yeah excited to see the finished product!
Customer interview. 🏅🏅🏅
Loved the factory walkthrough Kerry. 😎
Thanks Billy!
I liked this factory tour, because it showed the barebones, and the models were in styles that I like.
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Glad you enjoyed!
Quit watching this video when I discovered they were 100k+
Thank you for the feedback
Dude, $100k in California is cheap! $25k per unit is really, really cheap!
Crybaby get a job
Me too
@@molassescricket6663You won't get one in California for that price. I was looking at getting a tiny home for 50k, after all the taxes, fees, installation and other robbery, it would be 200k said and done... It's absolutely ridiculous. 90% of it is regulatory bullshit
It turns out the prices for these things is relatively obscene…to the point of being comical!
But the designs are interesting as well as the video, and they’re always worth a chuckle when the prices are revealed!
I love watching the videos and the tiny homes, but I would never pay these prices either. You can hire a builder to build a small 800 SQ ft house which isn't large by any means, but bigger than these for $80k in rural / country areas that aren't expensive areas to live in. You can find 1 acre for $10k in a lot of country areas. Worst case if you did everything separate and bought your own land first then had to pay for power, water, septic. $120-130k ( in a country area ). Almost 3x the SQ ft and 1 acre lot everything included ready to live. It can be done cheaper if you buy a prefab 20x30 metal building and finish it yourself and contract out the utilities. Probably half of 120-130k.
Hey Terry, Berry, Zerry, whatever, have you thought of expanding to more alternate building methods? Lego style, 3-d printing, etc...? You have the following to do anything you want.
Yes, I'd like to see some sort of Lego style building block system. I've read and heard a little bit about Hempcrete building blocks.
I have considered it, so many cool options to look at
Quality all the way from the top of the organization to final products. Thanks for the tour
Great post, Kerry! If it weren't for your dedication, funding and willingness to travel to these sites, we would not have benefited from a candid customer review. I look forward to to follow-up review when you get to go to Sun Valley!👍🏼😉
Thanks Joe! Im excited to see the finished C10!
Thanks, Kerry.
thanks for watching!
All non profits and other builders should pay attention to this company the shelter series is special that could be a modern hostel great review as usual!!!!!
thank you!
fine looking modular designs.. looking forward to the interview in the fall. Thanks for sharing!
You and me both! Excited to see it. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the tour 🎉
Any time!
Those are gorgeous
glad you like it!
That looked real good!!
Agreed!
Very efficient
Great look👍
Thanks for watching
Wow! That’s impressive! The designs and processes are getting better, more efficient, and hopefully at some point, cheaper 😊! Did the customer ever actually say if the prefab build was cheaper per ft.?
I can’t wait for its completion and and a follow up tour. Great job, as always, on the video. Thank you for posting.
Yeah he did say it ended up being a cheaper option. Thanks for watching!
Whoa!!! I really like these
Glad to hear it
good video. very informative! thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
thanks kerry
Thanks for watching 😀
They can build whole house in 14 days and it's taken the crew my landlady hired 6+ days to replace one wall😮
haha
Great Stuff !
Cool 3 room emergency housing unit
"Like a calzone"🤣
Can't wait for the follow up house tour!
Haha. Thanks for watching 😃
Jordan spending that “start up company capital” like a boss 😂
Loved it wow things are getting much better on the home front isn’t it Kerry ?
Absolutely
I love this… ❤️
Glad to hear 😃
Thanks!
Thanks George 😃
Very impressive..!
Thanks for watching
Shipping container design. Really creative! Add the absurd California pricing and.......
Nice video. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙌🏼
Really enjoy these deeper dives Kerry. Thanks!
(As an aside, we've always been curious why anything intended to be moved would use drywall. It seems like it cracks easily (I say this while looking at cracks here from years of exposure to earthquakes in Cali in a structure built in place and not intended to be moved), ...aren't there better options than drywall for interior walls and the joints connecting them?)
True, but mobile homes are built with drywall as well. Seems a pain to me, though, especially all the sanding, mudding, and painting.
Ive had 18 x 66 manufactured homes arrive with minimal cracks. Most of these structures ship smaller and with the steel frame I bet they dont crack much at all.
This is why Connect Homes uses the steel frames. It gives much more stability and allows the drywall to stay intact during shipping. We have shipped the Connect 1 you see across the US over 50,000 miles. Yes there is some cracking, but there's needed to be very few patches needed in that time.
Price of all these that you show weekly is usually about 3xs what most people would be willing to pay and that does not include shipping most likely or set up.
Thank you for the feedback
I love it.... and good pricing
Glad to hear 😃
@KerryTarnow homes like this in a island..
Thanks.
Thank you
Can you do a follow-up on the plans this Jordan is working on? His build looked amazing!
Good idea
The home models look amazing. But, I was not expecting that kind of pricing when I just went to their website. Very beautiful homes though.
I’d be interested if you find various people who have bought prefab homes and break down the total cost. Land, plumbing, electrical, cost of prefab etc. Everything that contributes to the total cost is still a bit of a mystery to me.
Thats a good idea
Sun Valley is the land of extra zeros. It's nuts. Half the homes in the town 15 min. south of SV for sale IN 2018 was were for over a million each.
Wow!
@Kerry Tarnow have you ever heard of Volferda? I just saw a vid on it and thought it was pretty interesting; just passing it on.
How do I find out which manufacturers of prefab homes build to the IRC? Thanks!
"...kinda like a Calzone." Kerry... your informative content about prefab homes is valuable enough, but I am going through some tough, stressful stuff and your self-effacing, humorous delivery... is often a day-changer for me!!! Thanks for what you are doing!!!
Hey Patrick! Sorry to hear you’re going through a stressful time but glad to hear my videos are an outlet! Thanks for sharing 🙌🏼
It would be nice to see a step by step build.
Thats a great idea
They're beautiful but.. what happens when a tornado comes around? Are they any different than a regular mobile home? Or are they built more sturdy to where they might be able to last through one?
Connect Homes aren't mobile homes. They are prefabricated on steel frames in factory, then shipped to site and welded to stem wall foundations put in by a GC. We have a design team that ensures all our homes meet local code, and currently have homes being built in the of hurricane belt in Texas
Curious how they're able to ship without the drywall cracking in the transport delivery process?
Our steel frame is the key there. It adds so much stability there's very few cracks in the road. The Connect 1 you see in the video has travelled 50k miles across the US to various events with very few cracks ever!
Thanks Kerry,
Is it possible to have Customized design ?
I mean the clients to be able to change the design of home ,during ordering process?
With our design series it certainly is able to be customized. We have a team of on staff architects and engineers, whose job is just that!
What they said 👆
Love you so much, Kerry, but this is like watching cars getting built. Yup, I bet the architecture and engineering folks are ecstatic but it's a bit snoozy for me. I prefer seeing the finished product with just a bit of a dive into the reputation of the builders. But thanks for going on the road, as always❤.
I appreciate the feedback! Thank you 😃
LOVE IT ! ,,,,, If it costs less than $ 75,000
It does not
Very nice to see one that they're putting together to create a large house.
Did they give you an estimated date as to when it might be finished so you can get that tour he promised ?
In the video, he said in the fall.
@@tclearytcleary thanks !
It’ll be done sooner but planning for November hopefully
@@KerryTarnow I'll keep watching !
Must be nice,mahalo
Haha!
I'm shocked.
Kerry actually made it through an outro without getting cut off? 😆
Haha!!
Do you have a searchable list of companies with links by chance??
No but thats a good idea
Looks beautiful, but with all the glass and steel, wonder what the average R value of exterior walls is. My guess is Rs are quite low and may not even meet local codes in some regions unless glass is triple glazed .
I'm also bothered by all the prefabs with floor to ceiling glass. It's the weakest part of the structure with the most heat gain or loss per unit of area. Also, at night with the lights on, it's like you're living in a fish bowl where you can't see out but anyone passing by can see everything going on inside.
For outside visibility, most of the time a couple of feet below and maybe a foot above eye level is more than adequate.
We build to California code, and ensure that all our builds met local codes. We have homes in Truckee, Tahoe and Jordan's in Sun Valley, so we know how important R values are.
He mentioned it's 30% cheaper then 500 per sq ft. So it's about 380 per sq foot. Pretty penny. 160 grand for one average sized 400 sq ft tiny home
For their dormitory or worker units that would be to a corporate market. We might just be too poor for them. 😊😂
Pricey
Yeah a lot of these are too pricey, but I do like the design and tiny homes. These are a little too small for me though I would want at least 2 of them put together. Depending on the area you can hire a builder to build you a regular stick home but approx 800 SQ ft and be way cheaper and you can find cheap land for $10k an acre in more country areas. All said and done it can be done way way cheaper than going prebuilt or modular like most of these tiny homes are. You are paying a premium for modular or having most of these built faster or on site quicker than a conventional home. I'd rather pay half as much even if I had to wait 6 months for a little 800sq ft stick home.
Think a bout your house. What’s expensive. Kitchen. Baths. A/c. Electric. So you can build a house with 4 bedrooms. Has only one kitchen. Bath up to you. But that’s your expense. Shower. Toilet. Sink. Faucet. Water heater. The bedrooms cost is nill…. .
Design = Mediocre
Impressive, although I would prefer a sloping roof to avoid flat roof leaking problems later on.
Thanks for watching!
Flat rooves are not always flat. Some have a subtle slope that is not evident in photographs.
Maybe it's just because i grew up in the a city but.... That's a lot of glass. Prying eyes can see EVERYTHING that's in there. Wouldn't dream of putting that place in most of the areas that need affordable housing the most
Looks perfect for a guild navagator. 😂
Whats that??
So, what is the estimated sq ft build price? The customer you interviewed made it sound like these units won’t be within reach for most folks…
I want to see the home complete on site with final price.
Going to see it this fall 👍
Interesting 💜🐬🚘🏡🎶
Thank you!
the company is like a calzone!
Haha
I would love to see Jordan's home actually being erected on its final site.
Oh that would be cool
Looked up this company in hopes to take a tour in Phoenix, however, I'm guessing this is only a production plant and not able to tour or have a show room floor/sales.
So these are moved to each "station" during the build? Seems like a lot of shuffling around.
Yeah they're moved at the end of each day. It's either move the units or move the tools/materials. I think eventually they'll have a more automated way to move them down the line but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
@@KerryTarnow interesting process. Thanks for the video!
Someone here doesn’t know who Henry Ford is
Yeah in Palo alto its 1500 a sq foot
WOW!
Maybe one day we will see economy of scale reflective in prices 😞
In olden days manufacturing on an assembly line with prefab parts dramatically reduced the cost of a product and made it affordable for the average person. Think Ford model T.
Welccome to the brave new world where that same concept doubles or triples the cost and is sold to only the most cost unconscious among us. A pity really, as having an off grid prefab would be a nice thing for so many.
Off to the tennaments with the 98 percenters.
The prefab homes you want are just as expensive or more expensive than homes built on site.
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@@KerryTarnow 🙂
Not including the site work or the lot you’ll need to purchase it’s the same as buying a new build from a developer if not more actually.
Thanks for watching
All nice but a lot of municipal codes will not allow for housing like this with in city limits.
When did you shoot this? Pretty sure that's my house on the line. Did Jerry take you on the tour?
Great video!
It was at the start of April. I was on Craig’s tour
You were on the line (sort of)!! You were the empty mods at the start!
I love these Prefab homes but if the price isn’t right it’s not worth it. Some people are desperate for a place to stay and are homeless right now. Average young person or a single parent or family of two can’t afford that price . The interest rates are through the roof on traditional homes and some are stuck renting apartments. My husband and I are stuck renting an apartment for five years now after selling our home before the pandemic . I have lupus and had an Aneurysm in January of this year my husband is paying all the bills it’s rough right now. We would like to buy some land in Mississippi and purchase one of these homes if they affordable. If the price is 100,000 or above that’s too expensive. The builder might as well donate as a non profit to combat homelessness around the world. The idea is awesome but may need to be donated. I’m sure a business like that could get the Government funding because the project is helping with a solution. Or the Government could partner with maker of these buying them and providing special financing for people with low incomes and make neighborhoods of the Prefab homes…..
Cry more baby
300k for a storage container is wild 🥴🥴
Thank you for the feedback
I walked the model at the home show too and the price is wayy too high for the product offered. I get that modular homes are new but the model was a mobile home with extra windows and in no way justified the price. It was well over $100k for the 1bed plan and that wasn't even delivered or land cost. Btw, the buyer " just happening to be at the factory" is kind of cheesy man. Obviously it was set up to market their homes and that's ok, but just say that up front. We're not dumb. As more companies ramp up production, more cost-efficient processes will keep the overall cost down and make products like these in the future something interesting for sure.
I like the idea of smaller and more economical homes, but all the windows make them look like store fronts. I'd rather have some privacy.
Connect Homes Are so Expensive compared to competitors
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Great option for rich states, but too expensive for regular states
Thank you for the feedback
1:04 - let's get a tape measure and center the outside light between the door & window 🤔
2:12 - 6x soap dishes in the shower? no one needs that, unless you're a rock-climber
2:54 - beautiful factory & assembly line, but there's still plenty space between the units... seems like the buyer will pay the price for the "inefficient " assembly space?
7:51 - 500 USD/ qft - that can't be right!!! what???
Kinda like a calzone😂
Suddenly, I’m hungry for Italian.
Haha!
Can a person actually buy one, though? Have been watching you for about 18 months and have only seen one place where a person can buy one of these places.
Yes
Ummmm nope....i doubt they stay in business long with the prices i saw on there website
Thanks for watching! They’ve been at it for over a decade
The shelter unit is so small that you have to go outside to change your mind.
It's a lot nicer than a tent
Why are we always reluctant to quote price ranges????
I usually do! I guess because this one was more about the factory
@@KerryTarnow I know you try. Disturbingly both tiny and 3d homes end up being not the affordable option as promised i think. King Greed rears his ugly head.
The building looks like the Boxabl building . I give them a D for originality.
The factory building not the unit themselves
Yeah they do. In both cases they're pre constructed commercial spaces... I don't think either had any say in what the exterior looks like. Every building in the business park matched theirs.
100k? 😂😂😂😂
and yet the housing market will still be in crisis because of artificial inflation.
Most cool, er, hot, I mean, AZ 'n all, Tempe, really hot, aw, y'know what I'm sayin'....
Haha
To much glass...
Appreciate the feedback
@@KerryTarnow welcome bro...its nice...dont get me wrong...n i love d concept...but abit to much glass for my taste...keep postin bro...
100k is too much for this
Thank you for the feedback
But on the model shown looks like prison cell
Thank you for the feedback
Very expensive - brush up on your Spanish and check out VMD homes
Will check them out
MITE AS WELL BUY A PROPER HOUSE...THESE PRICES ARE GETTING OUT OF ORDER...THE CATCH WAS ...UP IN NO TIME AND CAN BE MOVED...BUT FOR A 160.000...THATS TAKEIN THE FUCKIN PISS...