This Beautiful Home Took 24 Hours to Make and Cost $4,000 to Build

3D technology has improved by leaps and bounds, but no one ever imagined it would be used to print out tiny homes in 24 hours.

Well that’s exactly what New Story, a housing non-profit in San Francisco, California, and Icon, a construction-technology company did and it cost them less than $4,000.

A 3D Printed 350-Square-Foot Home

In March 2018, a 3D printed company named Icon created a 350-square-foot home in 48 hours. They did it with the help of New Story, a housing non-profit in San Francisco, California.

The finished prototype was released in Austin, Texas, and it cost $10,000. And they were a lot more impressive than anyone could’ve predicted.

More Affordable Than Average Homes

It’s far more affordable to 3D print a tiny home than buying a tiny house on the market for about $25,000 or more.

But before they allied themselves with Icon, New Story tried building tiny homes without the 3D-printing technology and it was a hassle.

Building 100 Homes From Scratch

It took New Story eight months to build 100 homes from scratch. Each property cost around $6,000. And this was only the beginning for them. There were bigger and better things waiting just around the corner.

But first, they needed a 3D printer capable of meeting the house building project’s demands.

Icon Believed in Their Printing Capacity

At the time, Icon’s printer, the Vulcan, was printing at 25% speed. But the company believed they would eventually be able to build 600 to 800-square-foot homes for $4,000 or less in only 24 hours.