‘Like Lego’: New homes cost 50pc less

News Corp AustraliaFirst published 21 Aug 2026, 11:25amAdd as a preferred source on GoogleFounders (L to R): Riley Meik, Bobby Fijan, Harris Rothaermel, and Will Davis. Picture: Realtor.com A real estate developer has started producing prefabricated homes that fit together “like Lego” with fully built and wired walls simply being installed and clicked together. American Housing Corp. is a vertically integrated real estate developer and manufacturing company that aims to construct pre-built “townhomes” in desirable urban neighbourhoods across the US. It is a concept that could have huge ramifications for the Australian housing crisis if the concept could br brought Down Under. The factory-made components — such as pre-wired insulated wall panels, floors, stairs, roofing — are designed to be flat-packed in shipping containers and trucked to worksites where they are fitted together “like Lego” sets, says CEO and co-founder Riley Meik, to form three-storey row houses. Meik, CEO and co-founder, reckons that AHC can build housing at 30 per cent to 50 per cent of a conventional home builder’s cost. Picture: Realtor.com The company’s goal is to mass-produce “good homes in good neighbourhoo...