Would you live in a pre-fab/modular building?

Looks good in the inside too.

Those are a foolish choice of home if you live in a tornado, or hurricane prone area.

They can get elaborate. Some being built in my neighborhood start at just under a million bucks.

outside of a handful of locations, they're often too pricey to be considered elsewhere... it's far more affordable to DIY or have something built.

but many enjoy the simplicity and the catalog of options without having to think too deeply about it. . . they've also grown in popularity with small businesses, especially those that have to buy land and build in their area.

r2 nature is a bitch.. regardless of home. Though several states offer incentives for considering break-away homes and only investing a solid storm cellar or whatever comparable equivalent depending on whatever most happens in their disaster prone area. Solid homes tend to be abandoned and difficult to resell, even for land. However, the problem with prefabs is they can be difficult to insure, especially as many tend want the small, if not tiny variety.

still, there's many variables to what they represent. . . and a few allow for the full customized experience with an architect but that throws off any pre-quoted price.

It's certainly not what I would choose to live in, but if I was in a position of need and had no better alternatives I could live in a building like that with no problem.

As far as tornadoes are concerned, have you ever seen a big find brick home that was struck by or was near a tornado? Unless you have a basement or cellar you're just as apt to be killed in a big fine brick home as you are in a modular home strapped to the ground.

OP, in the US when we think of modular homes this is what you usually see. Believe it or not, this is a 3br/2ba modular home built by a manufacturer in Kansas.

r6 depending on parts of the country, some only known of them as mobile homes.

they're more common in Hawaii, Florida, along the eastern and southern coasts (including texas), rural midwest, the Pacific NW.

prefer more alternative builds myself. (the DIY route can be a trainwreck or innovating.,. can bring families together or tear them apart. still always an adventure.)

^ these non trailer types are more common in those regions.

Back in the day, I lived in a development that was part of Operation Breakthrough, a program in the late 1960s/70s by then HUD secretary George Romney (Mitt's father) that sought to mass produce housing using factory production methods to lower costs. The units were made in a factory and shipped to the site, where final assembly was done.

There were town houses, high rises, mid-rises and flats. From the outside and inside, you couldn't tell the difference from conventional construction. Each unit had central heating and air conditioning, the town houses even had their own basements.

An ugly box like OP's pic - no.

But, modular housing has come a very long way. There are many that retain the affordability aspect AND are quite attractive.