the bonus of course has always been the insulation properties, if you live in a country where it can easily be -20 deg, you get to know your onions when it comes to insulation.

The biggest draw back in this country of course is the lack of single plots to build on, In Scandinavia it’s still very common for land to be parcelled up into individual plots and sold on in lots, particularly in less urban areas. It also means you don’t get acres and acres of what I call Toytown developments, little boxes all cramped together, all trying to look like something built by the Victorians (why do builders do that??? If I wanted to live in a Victorian house, I’d buy one!!!) In Scandinavia each home owner stamps their own individual style not only on the interior, but the outside too, making a far more interesting development!

Finally though, you CAN get “bespoke” flat packs too, so you aren’t just restricted to what comes off the shelf… you work with a designer at the factory (certainly in Sweden anyway) and they can create a flat pack to your design….a bit more money of course (but then bespoke always is!) but still the same system with the same advantages.

Which is another point.. with all these advantages, why do our builders still stick to traditional building methods? Again in Scandinavia, a developer will use them, for all of those reasons!