Knowledge is still the number one priority for people who plan on building a prefab house, and reading books might be the best way to acquire it. The best books on prefab homes and modular homes can help understand the pros and cons, get new ideas, and generally understand better the actual building process while getting the basics of financing this type of house build as well.
There are many good books about prefab homes that would grant you with great floor plans and examples of what can be built in almost every situation, yet for most of us, the really best books about will be the ones that would get a total novice to a level where he or she can understand perfectly the ins and outs of the process and especially what they wish and able to achieve at their own prefab build.
Best Books To Get Ideas For Prefab And Modular Homes
We all have that idea in our minds about what our dream house should look like, however, not all of our desires are possible. Additionally, there are some aspects to prefab homes that we might have not considered and could turn out to be problematic or impossible.
So to help you get some ideas about your dreamy prefab home I have collected these top books that make decisions about prefabs more precise.
The first book is – Prefabulous and Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy-Efficient Home
This book will help break the negative myths surrounding prefab homes and expose their beautiful side. Getting this book will definitely help you define what prefab house fits your needs and dreams.
Additionally, this book can be associated with our next green building genre as you will find information on the suitability of the prefab homes and how you can make your future home greener.
The second book to help with the process of framing your ideal prefab house, in reality, is this great book – PreFab Houses DesignSource
This book exposes the most innovative and great architectural designs of prefab homes. This book just like the one before can help define and narrow down the search for the right prefab home supplier. Moreover, it will help you get a more realistic understanding of your budget and where you might be able to save some money by finding affordable solutions.
As the process of finding the right prefab house design and features evolves, getting the right ideas (those that will keep you grounded) will get you moving faster as you become more decisive.
The third book I would recommend to help with the early stages of the personal prefab house design is this helpful book – A House in a Week: Prefab Houses
Here you will find many new prefab homes that are considered to be highly innovative and sustainable, again this will help get you grounded and understand what is possible and what is the meaning of dreaming too big.
Now that you have some idea about how your prefab house might look like and what features it may or may not include, it’s time to get some information about the sustainability of prefab homes.
Books about prefab homes, green buildings, and sustainability
We are in the middle of a global change in our climate, we all feel it, we all share some responsibility towards our planet, and we all wish to leave our children in a better situation than we lived through. For those reasons, it is important to search and use as many green and sustainable technologies as possible.
How green your new prefab home is determined from the beginning of the process, which is how it is designed and manufactured, continues with the materials picked, and concludes with how much it can bear its surroundings and protect you in the process.
Now there is more to it than that but in fact, these are the major issues you have to solve while planning your prefab home.
Other things that can be improved later are electric systems, water management systems, cooling and heating systems and more. If you have the opportunity to choose these features as well, please do so as it is a bit of a pain in the ass to do it later when you already live in the house.
The first book on this category is this one – PreFab Green, it will open your mind to the combination of sustainable green building and prefab homes. This book might not contain floor plans but it does put you in a higher level of knowledge to help you figure out your own house build later.
Our next book will teach you even more about why it is important to go green and how you could do it. It is this book- The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Building Options (Chelsea Green Guides for Homeowners)
The last book in this category is 150 Best Eco House Ideas, it may not be a fully prefab house book however it does shows the best new and innovative sustainable home designs out there so you could really use these ideas to improve your future prefab home.
This is it for now. As I have put here some really good sources for your coming research I will let you dive into them before bringing more books to the table :).
In any case, I believe these books can really improve your knowledge one prefabs and houses in general, which will make the following steps (that do cost hourly) to be shorter and save you lots of money in the process. This is thanks to your learning and understanding your needs and wishes in advance.
Lastly, I would like to emphasize that I am still posting here quite often and will keep doing so as I believe that the prefab homes are the best way we can impact this “old” industry. If more people will turn to prefabs it means that we can have a greater positive impact on our environment and really cool stable homes, a win-win.
Best of luck
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