Green Building Forum - Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:24:38 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201833#Comment_201833 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201833#Comment_201833 Wed, 14 May 2014 11:34:34 +0100 Triassic
The Y:Cube is a 280-sq-ft (26-sq-m) studio-like apartment made for single occupancy. It can stand alone, or be stacked into bigger housing blocks.

The units are constructed in a factory and arrive on site ready-made, with water, heating and electricity incorporated into the unit and ready to be connected to local facilities.

The YMCA plans to open its first Y:Cube Housing scheme with 36 of the units in the London borough of Merton by the end of 2014.

A unit costs £30,000 ($50,000) to build, and the one-bedroom homes will be let for £140 ($235) per week - around 65% of the usual market rent.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27381656

Check out the video.....]]> Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201835#Comment_201835 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201835#Comment_201835 Wed, 14 May 2014 13:18:26 +0100 SteamyTea Posted By: Triassicand the one-bedroom homes will be let for £140 ($235) per week - around 65% of the usual market rent.
So unsuitable for a single young man on benefits then, as that is capped at £265/4 weeks.]]> Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201838#Comment_201838 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201838#Comment_201838 Wed, 14 May 2014 14:14:01 +0100 Triassic So unsuitable for a single young man on benefits then, as that is capped at £265/4 weeks. Looks like its back to the card board box then!]]> Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201840#Comment_201840 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201840#Comment_201840 Wed, 14 May 2014 14:54:20 +0100 Peter_in_Hungary Or a bit over 8 years gets your money back then..........profit

I wish my pension fund could get a ROI that good!

By the way what happened to the shipping containers converted to flats idea?]]> Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201842#Comment_201842 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201842#Comment_201842 Wed, 14 May 2014 15:32:26 +0100 Triassic http://www.technology4change.com/page.jsp?id=453]]> Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201850#Comment_201850 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201850#Comment_201850 Wed, 14 May 2014 17:30:07 +0100 PaulJ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521879/Shipping-containers-open-temporary-accommodation-homeless-Brighton.html]]> Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201878#Comment_201878 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201878#Comment_201878 Wed, 14 May 2014 21:56:20 +0100 Ed Davies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_City

Mostly artists' studios and the like but some residential as well, I believe.]]> Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201880#Comment_201880 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201880#Comment_201880 Wed, 14 May 2014 22:08:48 +0100 Mackers Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201898#Comment_201898 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=201898#Comment_201898 Thu, 15 May 2014 10:22:00 +0100 Triassic Y:Cube: Is this London's £30,000 house of the future? https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=202132#Comment_202132 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=12082&Focus=202132#Comment_202132 Sat, 17 May 2014 22:35:30 +0100 Monty Gerhardy Posted By: Triassic
So unsuitable for a single young man on benefits then, as that is capped at £265/4 weeks.
Looks like its back to the card board box then!

Looks just like Oxley Wood... same architects strangely enough !
Some very serious quality issues there in terms of materials and detailing.]]>