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Node?s net-zero modern homes take three months to assemble Across the country, cities are facing an affordable housing crisis that has left people unable to make a down payment on a home or pay rent. Solutions can be approached from multiple directions?rethinking policy, raising wages, getting creative, and, of course, creating more housing stock.
Seattle-based Node, like other prefab housing startups, is looking to chip away at low housing stock with a kit home that comes fully fabricated and easily assembled.
Node?s first product, a 400-, 600-, or 800-square foot home that starts at around $150,000 for installation, is a simple, sleek rectilinear module, with a timber clad facade and modern interior touches. Solar panels line the roof and a rainwater catchment system ensures the house zeros-out its energy consumption. Node is also working on more complex designs, which will include multiple stories, extra windows, and spacious decks.
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Node?s first model, the Trillium.

The parts fit inside a standard shipping container, making the house easier and cheaper to ship. All of the hardware snaps together and mechanical systems come pre-installed, which means the modular homes mostly won?t require skilled labor to assemble (you will, however, need to hire a plumber and electrician to finish the job).

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Node is working on a new design called the Madrona.

The goal, as Node?s co-founder Bec Chaplin explains t...