• Woloan workers contruct a prefabricated wooden house. Orders have arrived from as far away as Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States for these simple traditional wooden houses. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    Woloan workers contruct a prefabricated wooden house. Orders have arrived from as far away as Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States for these simple traditional wooden houses. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • The Woloan houses are built by skilled carpenters using traditional methods and hard wood so that they are sturdy and well built, but can still be easily knocked down for reassembly elsewhere. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    The Woloan houses are built by skilled carpenters using traditional methods and hard wood so that they are sturdy and well built, but can still be easily knocked down for reassembly elsewhere. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • Woloan workers contruct a prefabricated wooden house. Orders have arrived from as far away as Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States for these simple traditional wooden houses. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    Woloan workers contruct a prefabricated wooden house. Orders have arrived from as far away as Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States for these simple traditional wooden houses. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • Interested buyers can either choose the ones on display, but houses can be customised according to their specifications. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    Interested buyers can either choose the ones on display, but houses can be customised according to their specifications. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • Buyers of Woloan houses have to shoulder the costs for transportation and customs fees, as well as travel costs of carpenters who will reinstall the house at site. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    Buyers of Woloan houses have to shoulder the costs for transportation and customs fees, as well as travel costs of carpenters who will reinstall the house at site. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • The Woloan houses are built by skilled carpenters using traditional methods and hard wood so that they are sturdy and well built, but can still be easily knocked down for reassembly elsewhere. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    The Woloan houses are built by skilled carpenters using traditional methods and hard wood so that they are sturdy and well built, but can still be easily knocked down for reassembly elsewhere. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • A worker prepares pieces of wood for a prefabricated wooden house. Manufacturers are now exporting the prefabricated Woloan houses to Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    A worker prepares pieces of wood for a prefabricated wooden house. Manufacturers are now exporting the prefabricated Woloan houses to Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • Interested buyers can either choose the ones on display, but houses can be customised according to their specifications. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    Interested buyers can either choose the ones on display, but houses can be customised according to their specifications. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • A constructor awaits customers on the porch of a newly built wooden house. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    A constructor awaits customers on the porch of a newly built wooden house. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • Woloan workers contruct a prefabricated wooden house. Orders have arrived from as far away as Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States for these simple traditional wooden houses. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    Woloan workers contruct a prefabricated wooden house. Orders have arrived from as far away as Argentina, Norway, Poland, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and the United States for these simple traditional wooden houses. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
  • Interested buyers can either choose the ones on display, but houses can be customised according to their specifications. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images
    Interested buyers can either choose the ones on display, but houses can be customised according to their specifications. Putu Sayoga / Getty Images

Property

In pictures: The prefabricated wooden houses of Woloan village in Indonesia

Liz Claus

August 10, 2014

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The Indonesian village of Woloan in Tomohon, North Sulawesi has become famous for its industry in traditional knock-down houses that can be transported and re-assembled anywhere in the world.

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