Modular Homes Creating Dreams, Building Hearts

Houses from Daiwa House Modular Europe can be built at a glacial pace. At the same time, the homes are high quality, comfortable, durable and safe. This makes Daiwa House Modular Europe's modular homes the ideal solution to our housing problems. Even when the houses become obsolete again, the solution remains ideal. In that case, the circular houses are disassembled and reused.

Within Daiwa House Modular Europe, the expertises of Jan Snel and Daiwa House Group merge. With over 60 years of experience, the organizations are making a difference with modular and circular construction. Jan Snel delivers every modular and sustainable building solution other than houses. Consider schools, offices and healthcare facilities. Daiwa House Modular Europe is the largest industrial house builder in Europe and builds student houses, apartments, starter, senior and family homes.

Qualitative. Fast. Durable.

A closer look at Daiwa House Modular Europe reveals that the builder differs from its peers in housing construction in many ways. For example, the houses are completely prefabricated in its own production halls. This provides impressive advantages. "The industrial processes take place under conditioned conditions and are therefore of high quality," says Head of Marketing & Communication Michiel Gieben. "Thanks to the industrial approach, the production speed 50% is higher than in traditional construction. In addition, all materials used - steel for the structure, wood for the walls and concrete for the floors - are sustainable and recyclable. Should the homes become obsolete, all modules are demountable and reusable."

Ready-made

So the secret is in the far-reaching, industrial manufacturing. Once the ready-made modules are ready in the production hall for a construction project, things move quickly. They are transported by truck to the construction site and placed in the right place, in the right order, and plug and play connected. Gieben: "Once a construction project is up and running, the trucks arrive every half hour. Because we do as much as possible in the factory (window frames are already assembled and glazed, kitchens and bathrooms are tiled and furnished, floors and walls are finished), the pace can be as high as several homes per day or: six hundred student homes in four months. And that with minimal man hours on site."

Earthquake-proof

If modular homes prove their quality anywhere, it is in Groningen. Here, affected homeowners are assigned temporary modular homes by the National Coordinator for Groningen during large-scale renovation work. "People experience so much comfort and safety in this, that they don't want to go back," Gieben knows. "The homes are gas-free. They can be connected to district heating, fitted with solar panels or a heat pump."

Original and innovative

As well thought out as the concept is, the homes are not remotely reminiscent of boring unitization. Clients and architects choose the colors of their facade, tile work and wall finishes themselves. "For us, it's a seasoned concept. We have been doing this for 60 years and have dealt with all the problems. At the same time, modular construction is still new and unknown to many parties. And that while it is the solution to so many problems we are currently facing."