3D Printing - Austin, Texas

[Nicholas Landis]

Hey y'all - 

New BP member, and relatively new RE investor.  Have been doing flips since 2018, and just finished my first New Construction house at 900 Garden Villa Court, 78704.

Has anyone in Austin started 3D printing any projects?  We are about to buy our first printer, and looking forward to learning tons and chatting about it, and networing around 3D printing.

Austin, Texas

[Stephen Stokes]

@Nicholas Landis there is a company called Icon that has already completed a home in East Austin. To me this is more of a gimmick than a real path for low cost home building. What we really need is streamlined processes from the COA, ie. get out of the way of development and stop creating massive delays in the approval process. Lastly, cutting property taxes would go a long way for cutting cost of housing but it is evident the COA wants nothing to do with reducing spending.

As you can see in the link below, they are still using quite a bit of traditional building supplies and methodology especially on the 2nd floor.

https://www.archdaily.com/958376/americas-first-3d-printed-homes-for-sale-in-austin-texas