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日本の家作り(据え付け作業)Japan builds house in 1 day

日本の家作り(据え付け作業)Japan builds house in 1 day

Rachel and Jun
1 HN recommenders · discussed 2016–2021
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About this video

Rachel and Jun film Toyota Home Aichi installing a prefabricated house unit in Japan, with the assembly and roof waterproofing completed in about half a day.

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Cited in prefab and housing threads as proof that high-quality modular homes can be assembled on site in hours.

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sithadmin · 2018-06 · rec

Here's a cool video of ToyotaHome (yes, that Toyota) assembling a modular home in Japan: [VIDEO] Their website: [LINK] (JP only, no English)

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Mindless2112 · 2016-12 · reference

Toyota manufactures houses in Japan [1]. If they sold them in the US, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. [1] [VIDEO]

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tekacs · 2017-03 · reference

It might come down to culture/demand? In Japan where it's preferred to make a new home rather than buy a pre-owned one (outside the big city), pre-fab seems to have taken off rather more (13% of new builds in 2013). For example, a house built in a day (customisable, moderately expensive but very high quality): [VIDEO]

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Mindless2112 · 2021-03 · reference

There's a good chance of not seeing one being built since it might only take 6 hours -- see [1]. [1] [VIDEO]

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