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Hip pre-fab homes… with built-in networks I hope

How weird is it that people who attended the Sunset Celebration Weekend stood in line for +2 hours just to file, Lenin-mausoleum style, though a pre-fab home, the Sunset Breezehouse? They did it last year, I heard, and certainly did this year. The queue was enormous, though I didn’t think take a picture. So you’ll just have to believe me. You can see photos of the display here (via Flickr). Mike and I cruised by, but did not wait in line.

Is it the “green” vibe? An acknowledgement that it’s the land that’s most important out here, or what?

It seems a Silicon Valley extension of a pre-fab fascination that we saw in a Business 2.0 write up on prefab London penthouses - created by lifting units onto rooftops. Interesting business model in light of the increasing chatter about how now it’s not just a question of getting Fiber to the Home, it’s about the bandwidth that will necessary within the home. I daresay prefab could help out.

But you’d need some serious manufacturing chops here. I told my little old dad about this, and he, a retired GM chief draftsman, said he always wondered why GM never got in the business of pre-fab buildings, considering their supply chain and competencies. If we are looking at cars as platforms (in all senses of the word), it’s true that houses follow along nicely.