Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all enjoy this episode and looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Only in America can someone take an idea like a tiny home, meant to be small, inexpensive, and efficient and make it cost as much as a three or four bedroom home.

350k for 450 square feet, not including land…. Nope

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$350k? Not a chance. If they don't get the price down to something reasonable like $80-100k, this company is going under.

The issue is the concept is amazing but the price is just excessive

The most amazing thing about this house is that you were able to get ten or fifteen minutes worth of words to go with the video of the place. You are a master presenter and I really like your channel. This video all things aside felt more like a commercial of the factory and the showroom example home. Any one with a hobby requiring space to build or work in would literally have to have an offsite space for it.

For 350k you can buy the property in a nice place + 2 bedroom 2 bathroom new home that you build with even better furniture than shown. This includes cost of getting a good architect, permits, and other expenses including taxes. Or a three bedroom home.

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So they consider 350K - 450K affordable? My house is 3 bedroom, 2 bath nearly 2000 sq.ft. & costs about 350K with the land it’s on. So the future of housing is less than 500 sq.ft., but costs about the same? How is that better?

I just love Enes's videos and appreciate the efforts he and his team puts in. The house above is a big joke though. And as soon as I heard the names Apple, SpaceX, Tesla and Ferrari, the joke was further enhanced.

I grew up in a prefabricated home in Germany, build in 1974. Apart from the basement-level build traditionally with concrete and brick walls which took some time to build, the actual home on top was completed in two weeks. My parents never had issues with the home and it is still good after 50 years. The exterior walls good significantly widened due to much better isolation (when the home was constructed, isolation was not an issue as it is today, due to energy cost). If I where to build a single-family home, i'd go prefabricated. It's fast, very cost-effective and the quaiity is very good. Today, I own a home in the center of a big city, where multi-story appartment buildings are the norm, so I am now living in a classical brick&concrete building, which was already there.

I feel like the idea of tiny house has gone out of context. Its definitely not affordable or sustainable.

A garage that is just as big as the whole home is *for sure* the future of living 😂

I guess we can all agree 350k is a ridiculous price for a tiny home. I'm praying people aren't stupid enough to buy this so it becomes a thing.

Enes, I always told my stepdad that I want to be an architectural modern home design, engineering. I can sketch a very modern house. My dad say that I am an artist. The videos you create gives me more awesome idea of sketching my own modern house. I always wanted to live in a very modern house.

These prefab home manufactures are absolutely INSANE. How they even have a business is beyond me. there is no logical reason to spend the money on this house this size unless you have so much money you just want to blow it in this.

that CEO gives off some serious cryptobro energy...

For $350k you can build something much larger with conventional building.

This price works as an ADU in California where median home prices exceed $1M and nice rentals with garages are few and expensive. Increase your home’s value and rent out the tiny house.

Man your voice is as soothing as the sound of a calm sea on a lakshadweep island resort beach...

I appreciate you trying to show us something innovative and under a million dollars, Enes. I know that’s not an easy task right now. Like, you show us all these houses that are tens of millions of dollars, and we’ll never afford those. That’s OK, because they are almost always marvels of engineering, or in astoundingly beautiful locations that are a pleasure to view (even if only through a camera). There’s just something a little off putting about showing us a home that 99% of us still won’t be able to afford, but calling it “affordable.” Better to just say “Luxury ADU” and let a few people be pleasantly surprised that it could offer us an affordable housing solution way, way, way down the road.

22:32 It's moments of editing/humour like this that make me appreciate your videos more. Kudos to the editors for this!

I like the idea of this. As efficiency increases cost will come down. Its a matter of scale right now. For a place like LA with skyhigh prices this is almost an easy button option that is more affordable.

Building a home doesn't need to be done from the convenience of your iPhone. You are not grocery shopping. For many people if at all this is a once in a lifetime experience and even though it can be stressful I would like to experience it and I think I am not alone

You lost me when you had some rich Silicon Valley bro tell me his goal is affordable housing but charges $350k for under 500sq ft.

It's insane that's 350k for 40 square meters

Regarding the first home: I love Silver Lake in Los Angeles. That home is definitely surrounded by multi-million dollar homes. My lender/homebuilder recently recommended these guys to me but I need at least 2000-sqft. I’ve worked in construction and know that the cost of this home is due to the [foundation] engineering on the slope with a retaining wall. Find a flat parcel and deduct 100-150k.

Spending less on a 3,000 sqft home in a nice area is truly efficient, and the money savings cover the extra utilities if it’s higher for many many many many years. That’s a storage container on top of a slab with a garage door under it.

This doesn’t feel right without Mikey.

I’m going to give this video a chance because you’re a great presenter, Enes. Though when I saw that this is a house designed by tech bros, I was pretty sure it was going to be a bad value proposition.

By the end of the process it’s a million dollar home

I'm guessing that you have to pay the company for repairs since the prefab means there will be no conventional wiring or plumbing? I'm also guessing that they'll make you replace the whole panel instead of doing repairs? Which I'm guessing will you more waste?

Sure, a small house that’s beautiful and has all the bells and whistles is nice, and probably makes sense to someone who has lots of money and limited space to build, or just wants a small weekend getaway, but for most people it’s simply too much money for a tiny house, especially when you can have a really nice tiny house built for $125k or so. To each their own.

This is absurd. I moved to Texas from Miami and purchased a 4 bedroom 3 baths home with a huge backyard for 340k. Brand new too.

I live in the SF Bay Area in a 600sq ft 1 bedroom condo community. My neighbor just listed his Condo for $350K. In all honesty, I would jump on this tiny home in an heartbeat, given the design and amenities. The kicker is that the unit price is inclusive. The next kicker is that you could immediately sell the unit for $700K in this market. Instant equity! Yea!

I used to live in a Sears catalog house in Philadelphia, PA. I don't know to much of the history of the house since it was already built by the time my family and I moved in. It was a 3BR 1BA house with a full basement. Lived in the house from '82-'96. The house is still there don't know who lives there though. The little house is great for an invest homes, where you can have small properties to rent out. Great job!!!!!

If it's less than 500 square feet, why would there be a need for a two-car garage? Would a one car garage be better suited with the remaining space dedicated to much-needed additional room?

Where has Mikey been lately? It would have been great to have him here

As a Mexican architect, I could build the same amount of square feet for 28k. I also think that the measurements of the house are wrong, because you are not taking into account the mezzanine slab (the roof of the parking lot) which in that case, would be at least double the square footage, so it would have a price of 56k . Of course, not including the land.

I like it quite a lot (ignoring the price). I live in an apartment so this is fairly close to being one in terms of space saving. The thin panels are what I really like, extremely good for space saving. My only complaints are the top light bar, it's a massive headache to work around it. Another issue is the potential sound proof. And there doesn't seem to have any normal window design as well. So either you open the whole window or you don't open it at all.

Only in America the garage can be as large as a house. As others have said the house is way too expensive. The Cover website only says something generic about "our homes pass the most rigorous energy standards". But there are no energy numbers or rating. My new home comes with pre-fabricated walls, too. But I will get 36 cm of clay and not plastic.

The house looks nice (besides price) but I’m curious how this ages and how repairable it is if something goes wrong. Overall cool concept and idea.

Fantastic, old-fashioned good fun! You guys had such a great time by the looks of things. And a most gorgeous little home indeed.

Remember where you came from Enes. Without your subscribers, especially the ogs, you wouldnt be where you are today. We love Mikey.

would make more sense if they were cheaper than real house, not MORE expensive then them

If it's build like a Tesla it would mean it's going to go up in flames.

Enes: Guys we are sleeping in on a super modern concept house Mike: Excellent, I always love those extra treats Enes: It is a modern prefab tiny house Mike: I just remembered we have a huge backlog of videos that I need to edit so I cannot make it, but for sure I will be available for they luxury Bahamas mansion stay in

The one thing I appreciate about this design is actually the garage. You rarely see a tiny house with a garage. Sure the design is cool, the layout is good, but the cost is ridiculous per square foot. Other builders may not use those materials, but could more or less build a tiny home with the same layout and size for 1/3 that price.

$823 per square feet for a prison cell, thats ridiculous. Especially when the avg cost to build a 40- story luxury highrise building is around $600 per sqft. Hell NO!

350K for that small of space is ridiculous.

glad I live in the country where I know 20 guys who can build something like this from scratch

The recessed light and plugs are very nice looking but... In reality they are a nightmare! They will eventually need to be changed if damaged or if the owner wants to add more plugs etc, that means that you will have to make a hole into the wall just to get them out

Take a drink every time the word “minimalist “ is mentioned.

that is expensive af for such a small house im assuming the land cost wasn't included.

REALLY EXPENSIVE!

Cover’s profit margin must be ginormous.

There is a saying that even though a sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. This mini-mansion can be described with this sentence! It’s great, we finally got to see a mini-mansion that the average person can probably afford, and I love it! I like the concept of it being surrounded by wooden boards, like living in nature or a tropical forest, it feels warm! I also like its sliding glass assembly, which allows the entire mini mansion to have plenty of natural light! The amazing thing about the studio was that it was alike a functional B&B Apartment, fully equipped! It’s great to be able to design your own mini-mansion. You must feel very happy living in it! The plot of playing the game at the end really made me feel happy. Happiness is actually around you, waiting for you to discover it at any time, it is just so easy! The only thing that makes me curious is how soundproofing it is? If this is okay, it's perfect for me! Thanks a lot for sharing, really great job! Enes, I wish you all a happy Christmas holiday and a great coming year! 👍🎅🙌❤🎁🎄🎉

Out of all of the mega mansions, I think this is my favourite!

I loved this build and design! Great video. The price is probably comparable, for this is in Los Angeles where home prices are already inflated. To be able to own a small piece of landscaped property and a newly built high quality turnkey home with a 2-car garage in an upscale LA neighborhood while not a being a millionaire or billionaire is rare and should be appreciated.

The big issue i see is security with this. They key fob system is a bad idea, cars are regularly broken into and stolen that have key fobs and no physical keys with the use of a repeater, with this system if you leave a extra key in the house, or if you are sleeping and have the key in the house the repeater can easily open up your sliding glass doors and now you are in danger.

Everything is perfect without cost 😊

These would make perfect mother-in-law homes to fit on her son's backyard. (I'm wishing)

Enes: Here's a half-hour infomercial on this company's tiny homes Enes fans: Wow, you're amazing showing us the latest and greatest, thank you so much. Love your production values, blah blah blah...

Half a million dollars for 800 sqft is wild 😂

I think the price is fair. It's a new home, with very high quality, very high efficiency, blended with innovation and thoughtful design at several scales. Yes, it's small, but for me, that's more than compensated for. A semi-central newly built 560 sqft. apartment in my city (Norway, 88k population) will cost you $450K, and while it's bigger, it's not as attractive or functional as this is.

$350K isn't that bad. I think for the price it could be bigger, but it's really not that bad and it's nice and modern! Definitely a cheaper starter home option than a normal house.

tesla notoriously has spotty build quality -- the comparison is not flattering.

There are tons of old Sears and US steel homes near Pittsburgh. Hope you can get a tour of one

For people talking about price being so high keep in mind they only build these in LA for the time being. Everything is expensive over there

Hold on, 350,000 USD for this container box????? i mean ok it may look nice and got all the tech in it but c'mon that price tag is not justified at all! i rather get a brick and mortar BIG house than paying this price for a matchbox. That's pure greed. I love how Enes can present anything and make it so professionally, whether a million dollar luxury house or a container home for luxury price. the presentation is always on point :)

when your garage is the same size as your home, something has definitely gone wrong. 🤣

Why isn't the light panel centered with the stove vent especially considering it's pre fabricated...???

Wow. Yeah you can build a beautiful 4 bed 2 bath for that much. Been getting quotes. One day I hope to discover an option that costs $100k to build. That will truly be a game changer.

A real brick and mortar residence in an upscale private neighborhood and a very nice car can be bought in my country with that kind of money, and still be set up for life putting the rest into an investing account. My guess this would only be viable in first world crazy expensive cities.

Yeah, unless you're talking about a condo in downtown Manhattan or Beverly Hills, this is way too expensive. I do think it looks very nice, and I appreciate the fact that there's just one company that takes care of all the paperwork (well, for California/LA) and then it goes up quickly on site. There are several questions/comments though. 1) What's the lead time before they start building? 2) You were using wide angle lenses that make everything look bigger. It was particularly noticeable on the outside deck. It looked like it was 100 feet long through the camera, but it's probably only 40 feet. So walking around the rooms saying "look how spacious" is somewhat deceiving. 3) As a realtor, you know when people look at houses that are over 15 years old they always talk about remodeling. This looks like you're stuck with what's there. If someone wants to remodel the bathroom, how is that done when everything is prefab? Is close the only company that can do the remodel?, etc. I just remodeled a couple of bathrooms that involved tearing down walls and rerouting plumbing. I don't see how that's doable here. 4) Those walls looked pretty thin. Insulation? Maybe the panels can be made thicker (don't know since I haven't checked out the manufacturer's website. 5) rooms always look bigger when there's nothing in them and no clutter. Have someone live in there for 9 months and then drop in unexpected to see how much room they really have to work with and not once you've cleaned everything out and thrown away, so it looks good when someone visits. 6) Kinda related to #3, this looks like your own personal apartment. Now, if you outgrow an apartment, you just go somewhere else. Is the intent here that every 6 years you sell a prefab house and go into another one? I really did like the look of the place ... and I think it looked great as an ADU .... but it looks like it's really only useable as an apartment alternative (and darn nice alternative) that you "throw away" when you've outgrown it or need a change.

I love your content as always Enes, but could you however give us an update on where Mikey is, we have been missing him for sometime.

My stick built house is 4 times the size and 100k+ less to build (8 years ago). What are the benefits of prefab again?

This was a beautiful project! It reminds me of the old Sears catalog homes, which were basically modular kit homes before modular homes were a thing. If we want to, we really can build a LOT of high quality homes quickly.

That's always what I've wanted "A high performance house designed from my iPhone"

Where is Mikey?????

i started watching enes when he had only 300 subscribers, and look at those 3 mil subs. This is inspiring!

Love the minimalist design and the seamless technology.

As many other commenters have pointed out, the tiny house itself could work out great and I like the idea but the price is out of this world. Either this tiny home is located in an area surrounded by homes that are super expensive so it naturally pushes the price of this tiny home to astronomical heights, or it is incredibly overpriced. From the looks of it though - these will mainly more than likely be used as guest houses on larger estates instead of a primary home. Great video as always!

I love the concept of tiny houses but unfortunately, they don't make much sense in our current markets. People need affordable housing. Get the price down of prebuilt houses to 50k-150k including the land and all the permits and small houses will catch on. Having said the above, most technologies are cost-prohibitive initially and get cheaper in time. I look forward to seeing where the future takes us.

I'm finishing up on a 275 square foot tiny house in Plant City, FL. Blows these houses out of the water 💧 It's called The Cosmic Cottage and has a 15 ft tall ceiling

500k for a 2BR? You can get a local GC to build way cheaper.

Nice to see something that is NOT $300m and does not have 95 bathrooms. It got tired , this is refreshing

This little house is beautiful, yes, it is a bit expensive for what it offers, but it is very good to experience utility, luxury and simplicity in one. It is a perfect home for two people, beautiful and clean. Special for those people like me who only invite true friends (who are usually few 😂) to the home and have a good time. I loved her. I hope Enes can show similar places, and the cover of two rooms that also looks interesting ❤

Did he say "easy and affordable for everyone" just a few seconds after they said $350,000???!!🤣🤣🤣

350k?! Waay too expensive for that small space. I need this in twice the size in lebanon for less than 100k

My grandparents owned a Sears catalog Home in VA. Later on I ended up working for Sears construction Division building the homes for a short time before it became Subcontractor only. It would shock you the amount of jobs they had available that had nothing to do with product sales.

I actually like this vibe a lot the outside is beautiful

Incredible Tiny Homes is the place for affordability.

The elephant is the room : Where is Micky?

The real future of housing is trailers and tents. Have you taken a look around at how people are living lately?

It feels as one vintage Sears Prefab. But... CB Homes have the Inteligent BioWeapon Defense air filtration that most KZfaqrs forget to mention. A Water Based Chiller/ heater Climatization technology we all need. Better to live in a small, but all ready living space than to live in a huge space where you will need to contract expensive painters, plumbers, and electricians. Better to live in a small, but safe, organized space where you have a smart Unified Services Ceiling. With CB Homes, the ceiling provides lighting and sound recessed tracks that also integrate with small air diffusers on their ends. The air ducts are connected to a smart Air Treatment Unit, comprised of concealed air filters. The ceiling panels compose a radiant cooling/ heating system, where a set of small tubes provide water based radiant climatization. That means a safe air to breath, as this Smart Climatization System keeps your skin and lungs safe, even when the outside air is heavily polluted. That detail for me is PRECIOUS and UNIQUE

Here’s what people in the comments are missing: 1. It’s California so these prices are competitive. 2. These guys are literally taking care of everything you can think of from zoning to design to build, etc. You’re literally getting a fully custom home, the zoning work is taken care of which by itself is such a big headache. Of course you have to pay a premium for all of that! And their goal is to get these homes to become more affordable which I think is possible in the near future. Overall, I think it’s incredible and I’d love to one day have one of these for myself.

Where is Mikey? Enes, you should tour a house by the people who have a contract to build houses on other planets. I think they were featured on 60 Minutes.

350k is affordable now? Thats news to me.