Full home unfolds in 1-hour, kitchen & bathroom included

The Boxabl Casita is a $49,000 home that begins as an easily-transportable 8-foot wide box and unfolds into 375-square-feet of living space.

In under an hour, it unfurls to reveal a kitchen with a refrigerator, double sink, oven, and dishwasher and a bathroom with a shower/tub, sink, counter, mirror, and sliding glass door.

Father/son team Paolo and Galiano Tiramani have been prototyping the idea since 2017 and have recently moved into a 170,000-square-foot factory in order to mass-produce their “instant house”. Galiano explains, “Ford builds one F-150 every 53 seconds. We want to beat that.”

Galiano calls the Casita a universal building block and says that they can be stacked or placed side by side to create other housing configurations. They plan to release other box sizes in the future: "likely 20x20, 20x30, 20x40, 20x60".

[susanwithyahinthemist]

AMAZING, for those of us almost senior that have never ever owned a home. This is a dream! I am in tears at how joyous this can be for so many! Simply beautiful!

[TeresaTeresaTeresa-to]

That’s an affordable price. If they can stick to this price, so many people could benefit. Great work.

[m.v.]

If the homes can be kept affordable it would make a world of difference for many of us. Thank you for the innovation. They are beautiful homes.

[riazzaman]

This is actually a revolution in the housing market for so many that can't afford a standard home.

[Brickcellent]

I did my construction management thesis on the use of modular housing as a solution to Ireland's homeless crisis. This is exactly what I hoped to see being used in the future.

[AndrewEames]

As someone who lives in a country where we typically build with bricks and concrete, I was sceptical. But color me impressed. I probably said wow at least 10 times during the clip. This is awesome!!

[mojo]

The military has been using this design concept for a long time. Their expandable shelters were lightwieght so they could be air transportable and deployed anywhere in the world. They had hookups for all utilities as well as heating and cooling units. I used one in New Mexico during the summer and winter months. They are fantastic shelters. They had removable wheel kits and four people could set up the entire unit without heavy equipment. Glad to see this design concept being used outside of the military.

[robertkeyes]

Looks to be a good start! However, still need: 1) versions with differing levels of insulation for differing climates 2) pitched roof to shed snow 3) variety of heating systems

[normanrowe]

I would love to see a follow up video. One that includes on site prep work, electrical and plumbing hook up. And the final installment. I look forward to your update. Thanks.

[Teaganderry]

I see this as a perfect way to design a retirement village/assisted living community. The houses are livable, yet manageable.

[nathanhurley]

I would love to see a follow up video. One that includes on site prep work, electrical and plumbing hook up. And the final installment.

[draxxes]

Most states (like California) if the sq ft is under 400, you can register it as a trailer. Just attach a fake trailer/frame to it with wheels and you're exempt from a lot of building codes and regs. Or have it where it's on a skid and can be dragged to new location and have it deem as a shed. 1 of my friend has 6 of them in his property, he has them on a skid. The city went to his house to check to make sure it was "portable", which he did, by showing them they were all built on top of a 6x8 beam and can be pushed/dragged with a tractor to a new location at anytime. This is in California, and he passed the inspection.

[Nerd]

Seen more innovative stuff, but never ever at this price point! That is just briljant and can improve the life's of many! If they pull this off on a reasonable scale, they should get a nobel prize!

[ashley_engle]

Remember the old cartoons where the suitcase popped into a home? This is actually amazing 🥰💕

[brianc.]

This right here is the future of affordable homes for hundreds of thousands of people. Goog job Boxable.

[cynot]

I love the architectural creativity that goes into building these boxes. Best of all, they are AFFORDABLE!

Keep up the good work and keep them coming, Kirsten!!

[lizhoward]

We just had a factory built modular home done (big—-3500 sq ft). It is the best, overly built home we have ever lived in. Nothing stick built compares to this. We added brick to the exterior, a screened in porch, and garage. The house itself was around 250K including delivery (that doesn’t include foundation, garage, screened in porch and brick siding). We even did quite a bit of modifications at very little cost. People are in awe with our house because it is so beautiful. Will never go stick built again

[vilanyas.]

This has got to be some of the coolest homes I have seen in a long time!! 🤩

[janetmcabee]

Just imagine buying one of these, getting it home & the instructions saying “some assembly required”, it almost like having a livable lego house. These are beautiful, finally a solution to the very expensive housing crisis. These are about the price of some flimsy mobile homes but these seem to be better made. Thank you Mr. Musk for such a thoughtful invention.

[sheelathackorbhaga]

Building of homes is definitely going in a new direction. I'm loving the new.
No one should be homeless!! ❤️