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Prefab homes are affordable, stylish and just may be the solution to your housing woes. By Gail Goldberg
SURE, IT WOULD be nice to design a new house from scratch in the Bay Area, but that just ain’t in the cards for most of us. There is good news, however: Affordable and stylish prefab homes are becoming more readily available. And they’re not just slapdash, cookie-cutter designs. Proof is right this way. Here, we round up three of our favorite Northern California prefab builders, which offer luxurious
and eco-friendly dwellings in a range of sizes, teensy to palatial. Fab, indeed.
Blu Homes In business for almost 10 years,
this Vallejo builder knows prefab homes better than most—and combines the best of American craftsmanship with high-tech innovation. Blu Homes offers a dozen or so styles for full homes, all of which stand out for their beautiful design, premium
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quality and eco-friendly bent (e.g., solar panels, low-flow faucets, cutting-edge thermal insulation, energy-efficient stainless-steel appliances, etc.). Whether you seek a 450-square-foot home (starting at $170,000) or a 4-bedroom, 4.5 bath, 4,400-square-foot house (starting at $1 million), Blu has you covered. à A1205 Club Dr, Vallejo (866-887-7997,
bluhomes.com)
AVAVA Systems Think of Berkeley’s AVAVA as
the Ikea of the prefab-home set: All the components of each
Britespace microhome are delivered in flat-packed boxes. (No, you don’t have to put them together with annoying plastic tools—AVAVA’s professional builders do that for you.) The best part? Your dwelling should arrive in about six weeks. A kitchen, closet and bathroom space are included with each low-carbon-footprint model named for the square footage it provides: Model 264, Model 352 and Model 480. Base prices start at $59,000, $71,000 and $89,500, respectively. Clean lines, rich wood detailing and lots of light lend a chic,
Blu Homes
PHOTOGRAPHS: TOP SPREAD: COURTESY AVAVA HOMES; BOTTOM CENTER: COURTESY YELP/MICHELE K
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