Covert builds modular homes in factories like cars, using steel and software to cut through California's permitting mess. A one-bedroom unit got permits in a month and was finished in 45 days. The click-in ceiling system lets you access wiring and pipes without cutting walls.
Alexis's pitch is that we should build homes like we build cars, on an assembly line with parts that all fit together. And we should do this with a modern twist, which is using software to help with the home design and the hellscape that is the California permitting process.
This is a one-bedroom? This one's a one-bedroom, yeah. It's just the show space. We also do testing in here. You guys do everything, even like the kitchens and— Everything.
Covert's homes are not really meant to be cheap. They're made of steel instead of wood and have no drywall. You're limited to a certain set of finishings, but those finishings are high-end. How long would it take in the idealized world to make this?
We did build this exact same one in LA. We got permits for it in a month. Took 45 days to build, including the foundations, including like hooking up the sewer line and all that. Yeah. And one of the cool things, actually, you can kind of see it. We make ceilings that just kind of click in. Yeah. You run the electrical, the plumbing through there, and you can easily service it as opposed to everything being shoved in the wall and screwed in and spackled and painted. And then if something ruins or you just want to add new wiring, you've got to rip a hole. I mean, that's construction. Yeah.
Yeah.
It's kind of insane. It's nice, man.
Super modern.
