Modern Slope Roof Glass-Faced DIY Cabin Kit – 6m x 3.3m, Fully Insulated
Modular DIY Container House Kit – 6m x 3.3m (39.6sqm), Customizable LayoutA kit is a parts list
What arrives on the pallets is a frame, wall and roof panels, windows, doors, insulation, flooring and fixings — in whatever combination that particular kit specifies. Nothing about the price tells you which of those are included. Ask for the written component list before comparing two kits, because that list is the only thing the two prices actually describe.
Count the labour honestly
Assembly time is quoted in good faith and almost always assumes experienced hands, good weather and a level working surface. Ask for the crew size and the number of days, then plan for more. If you are paying trades to do it, get that figure before you compare the kit against a unit that arrives finished — it frequently closes the gap.
Services are almost never included
Electrical, plumbing, drainage and any gas work sit outside the kit, and in most places they must be carried out and certified by a licensed trade. Budget them as a separate line from the start. A kit that is watertight and unconnected is a long way from a kit you can live in.
The footings are yours
Kits are supplied to sit on a base you provide. For anything that will be occupied, that base needs an engineered design and, in most jurisdictions, approval before the building goes on it. Resolve the footing detail early, because it can change the kit you should be ordering.
Where the warranty stops
A kit warranty covers the supplied components. It does not cover the assembly, or damage caused during it, and it generally will not cover a water-ingress problem traced back to the way the panels were put together. That is a reasonable position for a supplier to take — just make sure you know it is the position before you start.
Storage between delivery and build
Pallets arrive before the build starts and panels do not like sitting in the weather. Work out where they will go, how they will be moved from the truck and how long they will wait. An undercover area and a way to lift them is worth arranging before the delivery date, not on it.
Before you order
Have the component list, the assembly time and crew, the footing design, the licensed trades you will need and somewhere dry to stack pallets. Send that alongside the product reference and the conversation gets a great deal shorter.
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