Friday, February 20, 2009

Prefab House

Prefab House


For many years this property at Ålsta had a plant nursery. It was one of ninety-five (95) family owned plant nurseries that Tungelsta has seen over the last century. It was owned by the Wall family. When it closed a few decades ago the greenhouses were left abandoned. Then in 2004 Ålsta became a busy building site as a new housing area, Kryddgården was built here. Two years after that new roads were built in the second phase of construction and three other nurseries closed as many more houses were built. And then, last year, the elderly owner, Erik Wall finally decided to tear down the old greenhouse skeletons and sell some of the land. The property was divided into five smaller lots and two days ago a team of builders arrived to set up this house. I counted five builders, one lorry driver and one crane operator.I have created a flickr set called Wall's Place with photos that I have taken here over the last few years where you can see the old greenhouses and the builders setting up this new house.


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7 comments:

Louise said...

I don't think I've ever seen such a large prefab house!

Lowell said...

Hard to believe so much could be done in so little time - prefab or not!

Walker said...

Nice looking house.

Unknown said...

That's a big one. I hear that they are built better than the real thing in many cases, and also more affordable. Like any other house its what you put in and around it that makes the difference.

Stefan Jansson said...

They are of course the real thing these days. Most new houses are produced in this way. There are many companies and hundreds of different designs to choose from. It will take a team of builders one or two days to set up the house. Then you can choose to do the interior work yourself, or have the builders fix that as well. That will usually take a few months.

Anonymous said...

interesting shot! i'd have a hard time fitting the whole crane in the frame. nicely done.

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