Buying Prefabricated houses from China with Alibaba, a good deal?

[Jeffrey Anderson Gil]

Recently I received an ad showing that PTH (www.putianhouse.com) is selling pre fabricated houses and ships them from China. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm specifically interested in their light steel villas and container houses for assembly in the US for multifamily or single family houses/apartments. 

Alibaba sells them (https://putiangroup.en.alibaba...) for an approximate range of $150- $250 per Sq meter, it sounds like a great deal but wanted to ask if anyone has ever done something like this and what was your experience? 

[John Wilson]

HELLO @Jeffrey Anderson Gil. I AM DOING MY RESEARCH AS WELL REGARDING THE STEEL BUILT HOMES. WHEN I LOOK AT ALL THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND TALK TO CONTRACTORS THEY ALL SAY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING, THEY ARE VERY SIMPLE TO ASSEMBLE WITH LIKE 5 PERSON CREW, ONLY TAKES MAYBE 15 DAYS. MAKING SURE THE SOIL IS TESTED TO MAKE SURE IT CAN STAND THE PRESSURE I ASSUME, LAYING THE SLAB OF CONCRETE KEEPING IN MIND OF UTILITIES AND ETC. THEN THE PANELS COME WITH EVERYTHING DOWN TO THE SCREWS. CHINA HAS BEEN MANUFACTURING TINY HOMES WAY BEFORE THE US REALLY CAUGHT ON. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, THEY HAVE MASTERED THIS CRAFT TO PERFECTION. IF YOU READ ALL THE DETAILS THAT THEY LAY OUT, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT IT';S MUCH MORE IN DEPTH THAN THE US COMPANIES. THEIR STELL IS GALVANIZED JUST LIKE THE STEEL FORM ANY OTHER COMPANY IN AMERICA. I AM NOT SURE HOW THEY CAN "FAKE" THAT. SO IF ANYONE IS SAYING "TRY AMERICA FIRST" WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SITUATION, I WOULD DO WHAT YOUR POCKETS CAN AFFORD. I FAIRLY WELL OFF AND DOING FINE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I AM GOING TO SPEND $100,000 MORE FOR A STEEL BUILT HOME JUST TO SAY "HEY LOOK I PURCHESED THIS IN AMERICA AND GOT TOOK". I HAVE TALKED WITH CHINA COMPANIES AND AMERICAN COMPANIES AND IT'S THE SAME PRODUCT , SAME HOUSE SUQARE FOOTAGE BUT AMERICAN COMPANIES ARE CHARGING WAY MORE. MORE THAN HALF OF THE ITEMS ON AMAZON ARE FROM CHINA. IT'S CALLED E-COMMERCE  AND DROP SHIPPING. NOW THE DOWN SIDE OF SHIPPUNG SOMETHING SO MASSIVE AND HEAVY IS GOING TO COST AROUND $6K TO $10K. THERE IS NO WAY AROUND IT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK  OUT THE COST OF ONE STEEL PREFAB HOUSE FROM CHINA THAT IS FOR EXAPMPLE $10,000 WITH ALL INCLUDED AND THE SHIPPING EQUALING AROUND ALL TOGETHER LETS SAY $25,000. THE SLAB OF CONRETE WITH UTILITIES THE AVERAGE IS $10,000. YOUR PERMITS. LICENSE AND FEES $8000, CUSTOMIZATION OF THE HOME $5,0000, CONTRACTORS (I HAVE NOT IDEA JUST FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD $5-$10,000 BECAUSE THERE ARE NO HEAVY LIFTING, CRANES OR HEAVY TOOLS), AND LETS DO $10,000 FOR EMERGENCIES. YOUR LOOKING AT CLOSE TO $70,000. SOMEONE MENTIONED A CERTAIN COMPANY ON THIS THREAD AND THERE SMALLEST UNIT THAT IS 600SFT IS $80,000. AND THAT IS JUST FOR THE BARE BONES OF THE STRUCTURE.  SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.THE LAST TIME I CHECKED STEEL IS STEEL. BACK IN 2016 CHINA WAS BEING ACCUSED OF USING CHEAP STEEL TO BUILD METAL BUILDINGS. BUT AMERICANS WERE KOWINGLY BUYING IT FROM THEM SO WHO'S WAS RIGHT? I AM NOT GETING INTO POLITICTS BUT THE HOUSES HOUSES HAVE WARRANTIES ON THEM JUST LIKE THEY DO IN AMERICA, SOMETHING HAPPENS TAKE THEM TO COURT LOL. ANYWAY, I AM STILL CONFUSED AS TO WHY THE TINY  HOMES HERE IN AMERICA ARE 75% MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THE SAME EXAACT PRODUCT. IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER, LET ME KNOW. I AM STILL DOING RESEARCH FOR SOMETHING TO CONVINCE ME TO TAKE OUT A $200,000 CONSTRUCTION LOAN FOR A $10,000 HOUSE. SORRY FOR ALL THE MISSPELLINGS I AM TRAVELING BUT I HAD TO PUT MY 2 CENTS IN.