MODULAR CONCEPT

First of all, it has to be said that A+HOUSE is a whole new modular housing concept. Far from tradicional modular houses, A+HOUSE gathers High Energy Efficiency, Awesome Design, High Quality, it is Customizable and based on E-commerce.

It can not be said that modular houses hasn´t been successfully commercialized so far. The fact, is that from the 60´s, thousands of houses have been made this way. The problem is that until now, modular houses have been sold as “low quality houses” and most of the time they have been installed as “social houses” or “temporary homes”.

But there are a lot of advantages about modular houses over in site houses:

-         speed of construction and return of investment. (reduction the overall completion schedule by 50%)

-         Indoor construction. (Independent of weather, increase work efficiency)

-         Ability to serve remote location. (Not many facilities to be move to assembly)

-         Low waste. (Industrial process with optimal material control)

-         Environmentally friendly construction process. (Reduce time, waste and noise in site)

-         Environmental benefits.(Uk goverment, recognize modular houses as extremely enviromentally friendly compared with a new equivalent manufactured house.)

-         Flexibility. (easily to extend or to change its configuration)

-         Healthier. (Indoor and controlled process prevent from risk of mold, mildew, rust and sun damage and human respiratory problems. Risk at site are also much lower.)

Then it can be say that if we can cross the psychological barrier that already exists about modular houses, and we can present it as a High quality product, full of advantages, and in this case, with A+HOUSE, High Energy Efficient, a great future could be waiting for this product.

Some steps has been done, and in UK (out of major cities) and in Australia, modular houses are being accepted. In china there is a company that is rising whole precast building in record time ( http://www.idealista.com/news/archivo/2012/01/10/0379973-como-construir-un-edificio-de-30-pisos-en-15-dias-video)

It is time to place A+HOUSE in the market with a modular concept full of advantages and with an innovative design, customizable, and high energy efficient houses.