A new modular house has been developed by a Scottish entrepreneur; it can be assembled in less than 3 weeks and costs under £60,000.


Jennifer Hope set up The Wee Housing Company with the help of her father Ian who is a construction industry veteran with over 25 years’ experience.


The home are modular timber framed unites which are manufactured art a base in Ayrshire and later transported to the customer’s piece of land.


The houses can be transported anywhere in the UK and come in the form of one bedroom or two and the company says the Wee House is ideal as a Granny annexe, holiday home or for those looking to downsize.


Hope lives in a Wee House herself and commented: “The Wee House Company can handle the entire process from applying for planning permission, to the construction of the house, to installation of services, providing the customer with a self build experience for those who do not have the time to actually self build.


“The construction time of a Wee House takes only eight weeks, with just three weeks work spent on the customer’s plot of land. With the majority of the construction time spent at their manufacturing base, the whole process is made easy and stress-free for the customer.”


The company's solution should offer an alternative for those looking to solve the UK's chronic housing shortage, whilst the company could benefit from the Scottish government’s Hutting Legislation which will make it easier for people to live in “huts” in the Scottish countryside for holidays and leisure; as such the company is busy working on a 30m2.


There is a stigma in the UK surrounding pre-fab housing, with huge numbers of them being built after the Second World War to accommodate returning soldiers and those bombed out during the blitz. These houses were typically of poor construction and limited insulation.


Today’s prefabs are much more complex than those built after the Second World War and often feature glass panelling, steelwork and even brickwork.

 

It's great to see more innovation in the construction industry - we'll wait to see how The Wee House Company develops.