Everything you need to know about Compact Homes: construction, advantages, usefulness

Our Compact Homes are compact, ready-to-move-in CLT timber modules – fully equipped and immediately liveable. They rest on steel piles instead of a foundation and can be installed on virtually any ground. Depending on the configuration, they include a living area, sleeping loft, bathroom and terrace. Perfect as a primary or secondary residence, holiday retreat or home office – for those who choose a minimalist and sustainable lifestyle.

What is a Compact Home? Manufacturing, advantages and uses

A Compact Home is a compact, ecological home made of solid CLT timber. All dimensions and layouts can be adapted individually – as long as the maximum transport dimensions are respected (width ≤ 3.50 m, length ≤ 13.50 m). The Compact Home therefore offers great freedom and a comfortable interior.

The Compact Homes are designed with comfort in mind: they are insulated and connected to electricity, hot water and heating. In addition, they are equipped with mechanical ventilation and are airtight. Their height allows to occupy a volume on several levels, with mezzanines.

How are the Compact Homes sold at Halzebatz made?

Halzebatz designs and manufactures its Compact Homes in Luxembourg. They are built in the workshop and then delivered and installed on site.

Modular homes made to measure

Each Compact Home is different from the previous one, because it is customizable. We adapt to your needs. In other words, your Compact Home is custom built.

You can choose a Compact Home with or without partitions. Our Compact Homes are modular in the sense that you can stack blocks or add more on the sides. You can choose a Compact Home with a roof terrace, or a Compact Home with or without a mezzanine. Halzebatz offers 5 different modules, but can adapt some modules to your needs.

Compact Homes built with CLT wood

Halzebatz Compact Homes are made of CLT wood, which is a guarantee of quality. Wood remains the most ecological and healthy material. It does not emit harmful gases and stores atmospheric CO2. We use PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) certified spruce wood. The pieces of wood are assembled and glued with a food glue. It is therefore a sustainable and environmentally friendly material.

The advantages of the Compact Home

The modular house compared to traditional construction

With the Compact Home, you save between 40 and 60% on construction time (including prefabrication and assembly) compared to a traditional house. When you want to leave, it will be a matter of dismantling, not demolition. You will be able to reuse your Compact Home after dismantling. This modular construction therefore promotes the circular economy.

The mobility and freedom offered by the Compact Home

A Compact Home offers great mobility. It is easily disassembled with access to mechanical fasteners and lifting attachments. The screwed feet can be easily dismantled and make it easy to restore the ground to its original state. Then the Compact Home can be reassembled at a new location.

Significant savings compared to conventional housing

The price per square meter is lower than that of a house extension or a traditional house. If you do not own the land on which you place your Compact Home, you do not pay property tax or housing tax.

Saving time to live in a Compact Home

A Compact Home is built in 3 to 4 days. This is one of the fastest techniques to obtain housing. Allow 4 to 6 months between your order and delivery.

Energy saving in a wooden house

Wood is naturally insulating. By choosing to live in a Compact Home, you will consume little energy. The insulating property of wood is 15 times greater than that of concrete. Using CLT wood for your Compact Home allows you to reduce the presence of thermal bridges in the house. The CLT wood Compact Home offers a thermal inertia contrary to the wood frame constructions. The Compact Home brings comfort and requires little heating.

A sustainable and comfortable home

The modular house is more durable than a camper or a caravan. In addition, it is more comfortable. It offers a better thermal and phonic insulation. Wood is an excellent sound absorber and reduces indoor and outdoor noise.

An ecological modular house

The ecological footprint is very small. The permeability of the soil is respected. Life in a Compact Home is economical in every way and encourages people to reduce their consumption by adopting a minimalist lifestyle. The rainwater is filtered to make the water drinkable. Some showers operate in a closed circuit with just-in-time sanitation.

Modular house, what for?

Halzebatz is a quick answer to specific needs (housing, home-office, offices, schools, extensions…) thanks to the modular buildings that we manufacture.

Primary residence or home extension alternative

You can live in a Compact Home all year round. It is a life project and an economical alternative to the traditional house.

If you can’t file a building permit, the Compact Home seems to be a good solution to enlarge your living space. It will serve as a guest room.

Vacation home or office

The Compact Home is an atypical modular home that lends itself well to vacations in nature. But it is also the ideal solution for temporary modular offices.

How to choose your modular home? The interior of the Compact Home

Inside a Compact Home, the notion of saving space is essential. There are sliding closets, multi-functional spaces, trap doors, folding shelves, hybrid modular furniture. The space is designed around well-being and ergonomics.

The Compact Home has a living room area, a kitchen area, a bathroom, a mezzanine bed and small storage spaces scattered throughout.

As far as equipment is concerned, it is equipped with a refrigerator, a microwave, a shower, a sink, and a sink.

Choosing the right site for your Compact Home

Halzebatz will give you some recommendations to choose the land for your Compact Home. Indeed, it is necessary to foresee the connection to water and electricity and to make sure that the ground is not too uneven.

In a nutshell

The CLT wooden Compact Home is a sustainable modular house that has many strengths. Living in a custom-built Compact Home allows you to cut costs and live comfortably. It gives you a sense of freedom in a small space.