Despite technological advancements, most houses take much longer to build due to planning (Image: Getty Images)
This house broke records for being the fastest house ever built at just over three hours total .
Usually, takes months of time and planning – but not for this house.
Today, building work has sped up greatly due to advancements made in terms of technology and techniques but even with this in mind, most houses wouldn’t be built anywhere near as fast as this one was.
The house, in Shelby County, Alabama, is a single-family home which holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest home ever .
It was built in 2002 but still holds the record today.
The house has held the record since 2002 (Image: Getty Images)
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Completed on 17 December, 2002, this 1,200-square-foot house, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms, was constructed in just 3 hours, 26 minutes, and 34 seconds, reports .
It was part of a charity initiative by Habitat for Humanity to provide affordable housing for low-income families.
But this isn’t the only house built on a tight timeline, in second place for ever built is a house in Amsterdam.
The Heijmans One House addresses the housing shortage by offering prefabricated houses that can be assembled in just a day.
Designed by the Dutch construction company Heijmans, these houses come equipped with solar panels, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a bedroom.
The house is in Alabama, in the United States (Image: Getty Images)
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And in third place is the Instacon Tower, in Mohali, India.
This 10-storey commercial building in Mohali, India, was constructed in just 48 hours.
Synergy Thrislington, an , used prefabricated steel modules to build the structure which can accommodate up to 600 people.
Fast construction relies on prefabrication, advanced technologies, and effective project management which were used to achieve these quick builds.