We're turning 225,000 sqft of empty warehouse into a machine that can build 3+ homes a day, 365 days out of the year.
Today marks the first step in that journey.
Today marks the first step in that journey.
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@DeveloperHarris Turning an empty warehouse into a factory for 3+ homes a day is quite a first step. How far from Austin can you ship those panels before a second factory makes sense, and when does the East Coast get to see some of this innovation?
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Our building system is designed to fit in intermodal shipping containers and shipped around the world.
We’re focused on Austin specifically for next year, but will begin expanding to new markets shortly after that.
We’re focused on Austin specifically for next year, but will begin expanding to new markets shortly after that.
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Harris Rothaermel retweeted
We're turning 225,000 sqft of empty warehouse into a machine that can build 3+ homes a day, 365 days out of the year.
Today marks the first step in that journey.
Today marks the first step in that journey.
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The open secret of the homebuilding industry is that it's fueled entirely off illegal immigration - every builder in the US depends on it.
Moving homebuilding into the factory means we can boost productivity, increase wages, and know exactly who we're hiring.
We build homes for Americans by Americans.
Moving homebuilding into the factory means we can boost productivity, increase wages, and know exactly who we're hiring.
We build homes for Americans by Americans.
🚨 UPDATE: Vice Chair of the South Texas Builders Association is THREATENING Stephen Miller with political destruction if he keeps up mass deportations
"If you want to continue harassing our communities?! These same communities you're now harassing will make sure you LOSE THE WHITE HOUSE!" 🤡
Of course they want their CHEAP LABOR and more FOREIGN INVADERS.
Those days are over. Ramp up worksite enforcement and let ICE hit new records daily! x.com/cspan/status/2…
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This is 1000% false. I’m a home builder and a carpenter in Texas. Not all of us use illegals but a lot do.
Not to mention. Precut and pre built kit homes are God awful in quality
Not to mention. Precut and pre built kit homes are God awful in quality
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I am a fan of prefab homes. But prefab homes don’t pass zoning or code requirements, and are difficult to insure and finance. You have to fix those things for prefab homes to have a chance.
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Manufacturing homes is the easiest part. The problem is permits and zoning. But by all means go for it. Even is your reasons are suspect.
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Labor is 50% the cost of a home. In many places around the US construction costs are what kill projects
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Not at all, we build permanent structures with the goal of people never even realizing it came from a factory
Introducing Demonstration House 2.
Our first home built with our completely redesigned building system, engineered for automated manufacturing and rapid assembly.
Demo 2 – Proto Town, TX
- 2 Bed
- 1.5 Bath
- 1 Office nook
- 1,100 sqft
How we got here... 🧵
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Any builder would much rather hire legal Americans who speak English, but unfortunately many Americans don’t want to move to big cities to work. They'd rather stay in their small towns, and those who do move don't want to do manual labor. I live in Los Angeles; the people who move here want to be writers, actors, entrepreneurs, etc.
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This is partly because housing in cities is so expensive in cities that it often doesn’t make it worth it.
We’re trying to fix that
We’re trying to fix that
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Not at the moment, we do all speculative builds, but once we’re at rate we’ll be doing presales and the ability to customize to an extent. Very similar to a car’s different optional
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What do you mean by moving home building into the factory? This is likely a stupid question, but do yiu mean that literally?
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We, specifically The American Housing Corporation, build homes completely ourselves.
We are the developer and the builder, we buy land, build a home, and sell it - the only difference is we pre make all the home parts in a factory, pack them into a shipping container and ship them to site where they’re craned into place like big legos.
We are the developer and the builder, we buy land, build a home, and sell it - the only difference is we pre make all the home parts in a factory, pack them into a shipping container and ship them to site where they’re craned into place like big legos.
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Omens are real. The Romans understood this.
Although many will try, the United States of America refuses to sink. We must save her.
Although many will try, the United States of America refuses to sink. We must save her.
The symbolism of sinking America's flagship on veterans day and the symbolism that she refuses to sink and gave proof through the night that she was still there
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Back in the day, we used to have mail order catalog houses, and people just built their own houses with kits from Sears. Many are still up today
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Sears has been a big inspiration for us, I have a replica of the first edition they ever sold homes in and show it off in the office.
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We learned this very quickly. Its why once we start scaling, I want to institute better internship, apprenticeship and training programs.
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Fundamentally untrue. Americans are more than willing to do the work, but these builders exploit the fact that because illegal immigrants can’t work most other jobs, and they don’t pay income tax, they pay them significantly below market rate.
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Austin would rather shutdown ambulances than not fund their ineffective and wasteful non profits
Austin is giving $2.1 million to a Seattle NGO to get landlords to rent to recently evicted people with low credit scores and criminal histories.
The NGO (called Housing Connector) lists apartments on Zillow and landlords get "$5,000 damage mitigation" and "1-month vacancy loss."
The city's criteria for choosing the org included "experience in cultural competence and racial equity."
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Creating data systems and evaluation capacity for the sundry interventions City Council deploys is a very hard problem. This does not excuse sub-optimal performance but this sentiment that they are careless with general fund allocation and tradeoffs is not fair. Austin Justice proposes essentially zeroing out local general fund social service spending. That would be a disaster for EMS.
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Ask any EMT or paramedic and they will tell you very clearly how ineffective and wasteful the city’s programs are.
They all want the city to properly fund ATCEMS and yet the city refuses, and instead throws it money at left wing patronage networks disguised as social services.
They all want the city to properly fund ATCEMS and yet the city refuses, and instead throws it money at left wing patronage networks disguised as social services.
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Also, the numbers on the amount of new homes that are built poorly should factor into this conversation. If these builders are cheap paying their labor they are also cheap in materials and quality
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