Hot property: Pop Up a flat-pack home

Petaluma, California – A new Pop-Up House concept lets people customise their own prefabricated house.

After customers choose the doors, the layout and the furniture to go with it, houses are shipped flat-packed and ready to assemble.

Committed to creating affordable green housing, architect Hally Thacher designed the Pop-Up House to deflect heat, saving customers around $10,000 (£6,745 at current exchange rates) in energy costs over 10 years. The roof construction allows for good air circulation to enable natural cooling.

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