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Residents in Far North Queensland are no strangers to cyclones. The big storms roll in from the Coral Sea all the time.

But Cyclone Monica, which barrelled across the Cape York Peninsula in 2006 was different.

Let’s cut to the chase: traditional homebuilding is broken.

Like stick-built construction debris, the evidence has been piling up for years.

In homebuilding, you know that it’s possible to screw up the foundation. But did you know you could screw in the foundation, too?

Homebuilders have a few options for foundations. Concrete may be the most common type in U.S. residential housing, but it’s got some serious issues.

Like any industry, homebuilding is full of terms that can confuse newcomers (“balusters,” anyone?). We want to untangle it all for first-time buyers (and everyone else, too).

After all, in terms of importance, a home is way up near the top of the list of lifetime buys. It should be a fun choice to make, not a mystery to solve.

In the old-school approach to building, one single-family home requires the work of many different hands. 

Forty-four of them, to be exact.

As any homebuilder can attest, big numbers can sometimes lead to big headaches.

We’d like to tell you that a Momo home will arrive at your jobsite fully built. 

That all you have to do is roll the home into place, tighten a few screws, and buff the front-door handle. 

But we’d be lying.

What is a kilowatt hour, exactly?

As a homeowner, understanding energy-related terminology can be helpful when making decisions about your energy consumption and costs.

But there’s a reason why guys like Thomas Edison are once-in-a-lifetime geniuses—some of this stuff is slippery to grasp.

Concrete slab is the most common type of foundation in the nation’s residential housing for some pretty good reasons. But those perks come with quite a few risks.

If there’s one thing homeowners and contractors can agree upon, it’s that traditional homebuilding is — dare we say it — inefficient.

We believe in steel. 

You, however, might not be so sure. 

We get it.