ShippingProjected / Unconfirmed
Brette Haus Rustic
The two-storey Brette Haus. A genuine second floor and a folded transport footprint that still fits standard freight — the closest thing in the category to a house rather than a unit. Bedroom count and price vary by configuration.
What's good
- A genuine second floor, which very few foldables offer (sleeping across two levels, config-dependent)
- High usable area per transport load in the foldable class
- Cross-laminated timber build rather than a container conversion
What's not
- Price approaches conventional small-home construction in many US markets
- Longer, more complex install than single-storey units
- No US certification is confirmed; import logistics dominate the total cost
Full specifications
Anything we could not confirm with the manufacturer carries a Projected / Unconfirmed badge. We would rather flag an estimate than publish a number we invented.
| Maker | Brette Haus |
|---|---|
| Category | Foldable |
| Status | Shipping |
| Base priceProjected / Unconfirmed | $62,000 |
| Estimated delivered costProjected / Unconfirmed | $95,000 – $160,000 |
| Deployed areaProjected / Unconfirmed | 506 sq ft |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Folded dimensionsProjected / Unconfirmed | Folds flat for transport; exact folded dimensions not published |
| Deployed dimensionsProjected / Unconfirmed | About 48 m² over two levels (~506 sq ft) in the largest Rustic 30 build |
| Setup timeProjected / Unconfirmed | Several hours with a crane — longer than the single-storey Compact |
| Foundation | Engineered piers or pads; no permanent foundation strictly required; relocatable hinge system; crane access required |
| Certifications | No certification verified |
| Regions served | European Union; United Kingdom; North America (export order, at added cost) |
| Lead timeProjected / Unconfirmed | About 16–20 weeks plus freight |
| Financing | Same import constraints as the Compact; land-secured lending is the usual route. |
| Warranty | 2-year manufacturer warranty; 50+ year lifespan claimed |
| Best for | Primary residence, ADU / backyard home, Hospitality & short stay |
Financing
Same import constraints as the Compact; land-secured lending is the usual route.
Read the financing guide →Foundation & permits
Engineered piers or pads; no permanent foundation strictly required; relocatable hinge system; crane access required
Read the permitting guide →Compare with…
Build a custom comparison →Rustic — questions buyers ask
- How much does a Boxabl actually cost delivered?
- The Casita's base price is around $60,000. A realistic delivered-and-installed figure in the US is $95,000 to $140,000 once you add freight, crane, site work, an engineered pad, utility connections and permits. On raw land with no services, the top of that range is the honest planning number. Anyone quoting you a turnkey Casita at the base price is leaving something out.
- What is the cheapest foldable home you can actually buy?
- Expandable container buildings sell in the US from roughly $20,000 on marketplaces, and brand-name US sellers like Chery Industrial now start closer to $30,000, sometimes available from stock. They are legitimate portable buildings — excellent jobsite offices, studios and farm structures. They are not certified dwellings in most counties, so if your plan is to live in one full-time on a permitted lot, the real cheapest option is a certified unit at two to three times that price.
- Are the expandable container homes on Amazon any good?
- As portable buildings, some are perfectly fine — a galvanized-steel frame with foam-panel walls that unfolds into 380–800 sq ft for a low price, useful as an office, studio, guest room or short-stay unit. As dwellings, they are a problem: none of the Amazon-sold units in our catalog (Feekercn, EROMMY) carries a verified residential certification, so most jurisdictions will not permit them as a residence, and warranty and support are retail-grade. Buy one for what it is, plan for import logistics and an electrician, and do not mistake a low sticker price for a low-cost home.
- Can I put a foldable home on raw land?
- Physically yes, but the site work is where the budget goes. Raw land with no services means you pay for access, clearing and grading, a foundation, and — the big one — utilities, where a septic system alone can exceed $20,000. On the cheapest units the site work frequently costs more than the building. Plan on roughly base price × 2.2 for an unserviced site, and confirm your parcel is zoned for a dwelling and can pass a septic/perc test before you buy either the land or the unit.
- What is the Boxabl Baby Box?
- A small towable Boxabl launched around $19,999, with a wet bath and kitchenette in roughly 120 sq ft, aimed at offices, studios and guest rooms rather than full dwellings. It is SUV-towable and off-grid capable, but it is RV-classed rather than a permitted dwelling, and several specs — folded dimensions, certification and warranty — remain unconfirmed by Boxabl. Treat it as a preorder with projected numbers, not a shipping product you can pin down today.