I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with one of the founders of Blu Homes as they scouted locations and scoured the country finding the city with right fit for their innovative, new, prefab homes. Happily, they chose Salt Lake City, Utah (my home state) as one of the first locations in which to build, the rest of the country is not far behind. Not only that, the first home should be delivered and completed by late fall here in Utah and a personal walk-through for interested parties will be a reality.

What Blu Homes is building is a very innovative, prefab home that will be manufactured in 4 weeks and the keys will be in your hands within 10 days of the home being delivered to your lot. How is that for fast and convenient?

Blu Homes will be green. Very green. Not only will they cause 50-75% fewer carbon emmisions in the construction process, they will also have 40-75% lower annual utility costs.

Affordability often comes into question with projects like this and in the case of Blu Homes these homes will be very affordable. priced from $50,000 – $350,000, based on amenities and size, these homes are very affordable and can realistically be built at about $150 a square foot.

I think Bill Haney, Co-Founder and President of Blu Homes speaks best about the company and there mission in the video below.

In addition, to building wonderful homes, that will be built quickly, Blu Homes is building these homes affordably and Bill Haney explains some of the benefits and savings you will see from these homes in the second video below.

Blu Homes has launched the website this week with three basic home designs and what is called Blu Flex.

First the three designs are a studio, one bedroom, two bedroom urban and two bedroom rural. Finally, the Blu Flex feature is a series of add-on modules that will allow you to customize your home further with everything from media rooms to garages and more. You can see example of all of these here.

The process of buying a Blu Home is also quite simple and has been spelled out in this diagram.

Basically, once you have acquired your land and building permits, the rest of the steps flow easily with the build of your home taking 4-6 weeks, the setup taking 1 day and you getting the keys to your home in 10 days. You can read the full details of the buying process here.

So if you are looking for a home that will take you away from the suburbs, fill an urban lot and provide you, quickly, with a modern, sustainable, affordable home to live in, then Blu Homes are for you. Take a moment to jump over to their website and see what they are all about and please leave your comments below. I look forward to hearing them.

Finally, I leave you with a video of Maura McCarthy, Co-Founder and VP of Sales and Marketing for Blu Homes explaining the move away from urban sprawl.