What is great about Hive is that they designed houses big enough for a family, which is rather rare. I particularly like the C-Line Large since it has 4 bedrooms and a garage. Another great thing about Hive designs is that they offer the same floor-plan with multiple facades. While you can choose a modern, square facade, you can alternatively choose from two more traditional facades that would fit in many residential neighborhoods. Hive also offers architectural services for customizing their modules or a totally custom design. What I really like about their designs is that they de-emphasize the rectangular shape of modular units. Hive also offers modules for multi-unit construction in various configurations.
Hive does not incorporate innovative sustainable technologies, but they plan to start using green building materials and low-VOC paint. If you want solar panels, rain water catchment systems, etc this is probably not your house. Hive's prices are competative with other high design modular homes and more expensive than several other companies (whose houses are not as aesthetically pleasing). The Hive website explains their pricing and provides these numbers for baseline cost of the house construction: $160 per sq foot in the US Midwest and $215 per sq foot in the mountains and coasts (i.e. everywhere else in the country?).
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