Prefabricated (or ‘prefab’) homes have had a bad reputation in the past. But don’t feel bad – they earned it. For many years, prefab homes were a beacon. A shoddy beacon. You could easily spot their ...

So much of what is in our homes these days is factory-made – toasters, furniture, toys – but not the homes themselves. Most are still built on-site, as opposed to being prefabricated and trucked in.

So much of what is in our homes these days is factory-made – toasters, furniture, toys – but not the homes themselves. Most are still built on-site, as opposed to being prefabricated and trucked in.

Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whichever name you choose for it, there’s no denying ...

Ty Sharp, a 26-year-old software consultant from Aspen, Colo., is building a 2,876-square-foot vacation home in Ventura, Calif. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom custom home, for which he’s paying ...

Jill and Bruce Johnson of Lovettsville, Va., had no luck working with a conventional homebuilder for nearly two years to gain county approval to build on their "mountainous" property with "steep slope ...

Design magazines love them. So do movie stars and environmental activists. New technology, including the use of robots in factories, makes them even easier to build. So why are advocates of prefab ...

California-based Connect Homes specializes in prefabricated houses. The homes can accommodate families in urban, suburban, and countryside locations. Greg Leung, CEO of Connect Homes and a former ...