65 Modular Starter Homes Planned to Tackle Housing Crisis

A NEW concept in modular low-carbon starter homes, launched by ZED Pods, is kicking off 2019 with 65 units in planning or pre-application at sites across the UK including Lincoln, Essex and London.

Manufacturing has also started on the first 11 prefabricated homes at ZED Pods’ manufacturing partners site in Peterborough. This includes nine one-bed and two two-bed units, all designed for installation raised above the ground, normally in car parks.

Modular Starter Homes Planned

Dr Rehan Khodabuccus, ZED Pod’s Operations Director.

Dr Rehan Khodabuccus, ZED Pod’s Operations Director, said: “Local Authorities and developers are particularly attracted to the fact that our Pod homes can be built over existing parking or on land outside the development plan to deliver rapid, affordable, low energy housing solutions for sale or rent.

“ZEDPod housing can add to a Local Authority’s existing housing stock, while existing car parks continue to function. A flexible design approach with different housing styles to maximise each plot, combined with rapid installation, a design life the same as typical timber frame buildings and the fact that Pod developments can be designed to be moved to different sites if requirements change, are also important factors for many of the councils we are talking to.”

Currently it takes the ZED Pods team 10 days to build a single unit ready for transportation and delivery to site. By overlapping production and further experimentation the team hopes to significantly improve this, with the goal of four Pods per week.

The company will be showcasing at FutureBuild, 5-7 March 2019, at Excel London- Stand F1.

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