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Quotes by Michael Sylvester

“A surprising number are older, retiring baby boomers.”

“Whats changing and why more people will adopt this, is … choices in housing. As long as there are people unhappy with the status quo in housing choices, there will be an opportunity for well-built prefab or factory-built housing.”

“This is really an economy-of-scale question. This is a niche market.”

“Theres still a widely held misconception that anything built in a factory is a trailer home. Thats a stigma of prefab that we have to overcome.”

“Theres much more efficient use of materials [in prefab] than in site-built construction. Go by any construction site and youll see enormous scrap wastes getting thrown into Dumpsters.”

“The number of people actually living in one, I can count on less than three hands. But that will change quite quickly. Several of the architects have sold dozens of homes.”