SEH 2 Revenue Model Scenarios
Is the Seed Eco-Home more affordable than any other home available in the marketplace? There are several very compelling cases which make the Seed Eco-Home - a 10x better solution. Let's examine the financial model under various scenarios.
DIY Build Model
If one already has land, and does not live in the city, and one builds the house themselves - the costs are the lowest:
- Material cost - $60k
- Plans, engineering, build instructions - free download from the OSE site. See TOC.
- Electrical Connection - $10-30k. $500 for a subpanel if electric already exists.
- Off-grid system - $6k
- Labor cost - 2 people, 2-4 weeks - after spending a number of weekends building.
- Expected complete build time is 500-2000 hours, 500 for OSE-certified apprentices - 2000 for a complete novice. About half the time goes into module preparation, and half the time goes to assembly + finishing details.
What is the extreme example: a capable, motivated (hungry), DIY couple, who work full time jobs. Spend $60k on materials and their shipping onsite. They stake out and pour a foundation. They start on a flat lot with suitable soil.
Then over about 60 weekends - they each spend 8 hours on Saturday to build. They build the modules, and stash them. Total hour count is 1000.
This means that after about one year - while keeping their full time job - they build all the modules and are ready to assemble their house.
Turnkey Production
Lifetime Costs
Average household size- 2.65 [1]