Is This 400 Sq. Ft. Tiny House The Future Of Housing?

Today we are touring a pre fabricated/prefab home in Los Angeles. This is a one bedroom one bathroom backyard home build by Cover. This is what about $200,000 will get you in Los Angeles (excluding land cost) for a luxury pre fabricated home. Note - this is footage from February, I initially wanted to tour another larger pre fab to show the differences, but due to current circumstances I am going to wait until it is safer to do so!

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[KHudso]

Shelby thanks for actually doing your research and talking about the Sears part instead of reporting it as a brand new thing. Gives you way more credibility and was really interesting to see!

[CousinTito]

Nice, but it defeats the whole "affordable" aspect of home buying. They should really try to strive for an affordable price point, $50K to $100K

[bobbyvidal]

"traditional homes take 3-6 months to construct" however "prefab home take roughly 8-10 weeks in the factory and 4-6 weeks on land" ...so nearly the same amount of time for the average home

[kidzanimalskidz]

I live in a 1948 Sears House - very solidly built! All the 2 bedroom houses in my neighborhood Glenmont, MD were Sears kits. These were post-WWII houses built in DC suburbs to house Federal employees in 2 bedroom starter homes. I love my house, it has been improved by various past owners including me.

[jonathanbenowitz]

$500 per square foot construction cost not even including land is stupid expensive.

[Mrs.elizabethslawson]

My mom still lives in a sears home. She loves her house and it has a lot of character.

[kcroeder]

Less than 400 square feet for over $100, 000? That defeats the purpose of it.

[arolls]

This is not affordable living? I’m struggling to understand the purpose of this video other then advertising for the company. She forgot about pre fab double wide houses that are all over the country. They cost under 15k for over 800 sq feet. Also wolf subzero are elite brands this is more of a house for rich kids who can’t handle living further then the backyard from their parents.

[dawnyprestom]

200k is an outrageously high price. spend another 100k (375 a mont) and get the land, and a house that's 6x the size.

[swiftyswifster]

"cost of living is too high, so people are looking at tiny homes"
"oh btw this home costs $200, 000 and only fits one person"

[lightkira]

If Ikea made a home this is what it would look like

[DutchClawz]

“The size of normal houses” NO! That is a mansion wtff.

Tiny houses are actually the size of a normal house in the Netherlands.. US houses are like castles to us

[MarinaBrumpton]

We are having one! Starting hopefully next month. It was a bit delayed but we can’t wait to move in. Ours is a little bigger though :). Big thumbs up so far for this start up!

[ISpeakHTML]

Yoooo...they’re tripping!!! I built a simply tiny house in my moms backyard for 2.5k, not 250k...sure I don’t have floor to ceiling windows but jeez dude

[claudiagray]

this actually looks super cozy and also yep never heard of a pre fab! so interesting

[simonef.]

Her surprised face about the induction cook top
Just wondering: Is the concept of using induction for cooking not that common or known in the US?
Is it also not common to have a build in fridge? I see a lot of free standing ones but I thought that's just the expansive version

[Freiheit]

The real problem is that people's wages can't keep up with costs....

[DM-gsvo]

I love how he "lives" there but everything i can see there tells me nobody lives there.

[arrowlogproductions]

My great-grandmother’s house was a sears house, and it is still standing today!

[dangerdee]

The reaction in the kitchen is priceless... dear Americans, this ist last century technology...😉