A modular “show home” has been installed on our next door field:
Preparing area for building
This is two units, end-to-end, each intended to house a single worker. It all happened very quickly in the week before Christmas. First, measurements were marked out and concrete slabs laid, then the pre-built unit was delivered.
Delivering the unit
Made in Nelson, they are built and promoted by Ecotech Homes, and intended to be temporary relocatable accommodation for rebuild workers. They are 2.9 metres high, have a glass door and windows at the front, and a tiny deck area.
Front of Ecotech unit
I haven’t been inside, but Stephen has and says there’s room for a bed and a small table, plus a kitchen area, and a bathroom. The idea is that multiple units could be installed side by side, or even on top of each other, to make up a workers’ village.
Apparently Ecotech have resource consent to leave these ones here until March. No-one is allowed to live in them and they may not be staffed full time. Anyone interested will have to phone and a salesperson will come and meet with them.
“It’s like a single person’s hut
with privacy when door is shut.”
Isn’t that so clever?
I remember the railway workers “sheds” that used to line a section of the Wellington Railway yards. They were small squares rather than oblongs. Would these ecotech units be hot in the summer I wonder?
Apparently the buildings are “thermally efficient”, designed to cope with extreme winds and the hottest and coldest temperatures in New Zealand and Australia, and have much better insulation than required under the building code.