3D-printed homes being built in Georgetown | FOX 7 Austin

Wolf Ranch Genesis in Georgetown will have 100 3D printed homes when it is built out. This also represents how the home building industry is buying into the 3D construction process.

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[thesoccertrotter]

This is just another way for Lennar to cut costs, and not offer any discount to the buyer

[chuckaddison]

you eliminate most of the labor (people) and charge half a million dollars! No thank you!

[normandothegreat]

Critter resistant, fire resistant, extreme weather resistant, affordability resistant!

[TejasKadale]

Checked these houses myself few days ago

Lennar doesn’t give flooring option (it’s difficult to have wooden flooring). There is just smoothened concrete floor . Which cracks btw and can be more over time . Checked their model home and the curves and texture seems to be bad ideas in bathroom. Also there can’t be 2 story houses. The structure can’t take it .

Overall it’s still a long way to be habitable imo

[kenway]

And.. they start at $475, 000, great...

[unclebadger]

I thought 3-D printing was supposed to make houses cheaper?

[austintx]

Wonder how they'll hold up over time? Will it prone to crack with heat and cold cycles?

[teresaalford]

$500K is That is not even affordable for $100K

[lwarteman]

So many questions... How do fix a burst pipe? How do you hang stuff on walls & patch if you move it? What if you want to add, change, repair electrical? I have looked at several videos of other homes like these that discolor over time. And these have concrete floors too in one of the videos & it's a huge echo chamber. What are flooring options? Yuck, these are fugly.

[zohairshelia]

what are the cost of this 3d kind of houses

[MissCertifiedKicks]

We had the first one built here in Austin Tx, it took them over 4 years to build it. It is the most hideous looking thing we have ever seen. Looks like a wasps nest house😂🤣

[mattysco]

Its interesting and has potential but needs work like finishing easily. Right now seems very complicated to do the drywall etc. Great potential, high tech but low finish. Also the set up the machine seems difficult. Might be good as is in 3rd world countries thar need 3mergency homes

[xevicxavier]

This will grow rapidly in the future, and there will be 3D printers capable of constructing tall skyscrapers.

[Monketk]

I heard on other videos that those 3D printed houses cost just a fraction of what building a regular house will be AND it can be build a lot faster also.
I even saw an architect saying that you could put $3500 dollars down and pay around $300/month and in 7 years will be yours instead of 30. So these guys are literally stealing your money.

[DA-zhgi]

They will still crack and require ongoing maintenance... don't be fooled, or foolish paying those prices.

[huggleberryhughs]

475, 000 dollars? So whats the point then if its so much more expensive than just buying a normal one

[SuperMassman]

There not selling 😮... Texas has a huge over supply of new homes sitting on the market. Unless they offer homes like this at significantly lower prices, no one will buy them, when they can get a traditional stick build home cheaper. ..its just a cement box. It sort of has the image of buying a mobile home.

[Stella-mxrg]

Lenar is a bad builder so this is going to be interesting.

[anchoredislands]

just buy a tractor trailer and put it on a damn land

[dcguy]

isn't concrete production super bad for the environment? ..major source of CO2 I believe


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