The WeberHaus Story

Since its foundation in 1960, the company completed its 40,000th house at the beginning of November. This historic milestone was celebrated with a festive topping-out ceremony for the happy owners. The 87-year-old company founder Hans Weber personally presented the family with his congratulations and emphasised the significance of this event. Like all Weber houses, this home is characterised by excellent insulation and high energy efficiency thanks to a photovoltaic system including battery storage, as well as the implementation of the clients' individual wishes, e.g. a bay window with a pitched roof, a dressing room and an office on the ground floor. 

In summer 2023, WeberHaus celebrated its 45th anniversary at its production site in Wenden-Hünsborn in the Sauerland. It was on 10 June 1978 that the plant and office buildings were built, eighteen years after WeberHaus was first founded in Rheinau-Linx. WeberHaus founder Hans Weber had been searching along the A45 motorway for a suitable site, until he finally found one in Wenden-Hünsborn.

Heidi Weber-Mühleck, managing partner of WeberHaus, was not only present as a teenager at the plant opening, but she was also at the anniversary celebration 45 years later, where she took the opportunity to look back at the past decades, along with the company's management and employees. Over those 45 years, the personnel in Sauerland produced around 10,000 WeberHaus homes.

In a ceremonial setting, Heidi Weber-Mühleck introduced the new managing director and plant manager at Wenden-Hünsborn, Dr. Manuel Schönwitz.

On 1 January, 2023, WeberHaus took over a majority stake of the company Henke Bad-Heizung GmbH in Olpe in the Sauerland in the course of a succession plan. Specialising in sanitary installations, heating and ventilation systems, and solar energy systems, the firm was founded in 1946 and is situated not far from the WeberHaus works in Wenden-Hünsborn.

The company retains its legal autonomy and operates independently on the market. In addition, Henke Bad-Heizung can take part in regional WeberHaus construction projects.

The year 2022 saw a further milestone in the 62-year history of the WeberHaus company: the completion of its 39,000th house. An individually planned, architect-designed, T-shaped house, it comprises a two-storey main house with a gable roof and a further single-storey building. Company founder Hans Weber travelled to the house in the District of Aschaffenburg to personally congratulate the owners.

Robots are becoming increasingly commonplace in prefabricated home building: the first Weinmann smartPrefab is now being realised at the production site of the prefab house manufacturer WeberHaus in Rheinau-Linx. To make this possible, the company has expanded its production hall by 2,000 square metres. The new plant components are highly automated and interconnected. “We expect the use of robots to afford us a high degree of flexibility and precision,” says Gerd Manßhardt, managing director of WeberHaus. “It also allows us to focus on introducing ergonomic workplaces and reduce the physical strain on our employees,” adds Manßhardt. This represents a perfect blend of modern production techniques and traditional craftsmanship at WeberHaus. The investment amounted to a total of ten million euros.

Yet another record for the prefab house manufacturer, WeberHaus: recently, the 38,000th WeberHaus home was handed over to its proud owners, Melanie and Robert Wackenhut. Company founder Hans Weber was present to personally congratulate the brand-new home owners. “38,000 WeberHaus homes in 61 years – that is quite something. I am particularly pleased to see that the new owners are a young family and that I have this opportunity to personally congratulate you. I wish you all the best in your new home,” continued Weber. Naturally, the Wackenhut family were delighted to be part of this special occasion, commenting, “We were so surprised to hear that our house was the 38,000th WeberHaus home.”

On 1 January 2022, the prefabricated home builder WeberHaus take over the company Möstel Bedachungen GmbH & Co.KG in Kehl-Auenheim in the course of a succession plan. For a transitional period, the previous owners will remain on hand to facilitate an effective succession. WeberHaus enjoys a decades-long association with the regional firm that specialises in roofing for new and existing buildings. The company and its more than fifteen specialists remain legally independent and operate independently on the market. As well as continuing to serve its previous customer base with no restrictions, Möstel will also be contributing its know-how, experience and skill to a variety of WeberHaus construction projects.

After successfully restructuring the company Licht-Concept GmbH (LiCo) in Walldürn, the prefabricated home builder WeberHaus is taking over the specialist firm for electrical installations and lighting design, as of 1 October 2021. The company and its more than 40 employees will continue to operate independently, retaining their existing customer base, while at the same time intensifying its cooperation with WeberHaus.

“We had already made several positive experiences with the LiCo installation team, which is why we began talks with the management while we were still conducting the restructuring measures”, says Stephan Jager, commercial manager at WeberHaus.

For the second time in a row, WeberHaus has won gold in the Smart Home category. The jury particularly appreciated the innovative show home in Fellbach. The smart urban villa in an ecological prefabricated timber-frame construction also features the innovative Home4Future concept. For more living comfort, more security and more energy efficiency.

The prefab home manufacturer WeberHaus opens a premium-class show home at its World of Living building and adventure park in Rheinau-Linx. The new villa combines manual craftsmanship with design, style and luxury. The 335-square-metre single-family home was designed by the British architect Nick Blunt, who has been designing exclusive houses for WeberHaus for particularly discerning buyers. “With this new show home, we want to demonstrate how we use our skill in manual craftsmanship to create classically beautiful homes and luxurious and architecturally sophisticated houses,” says Heidi Weber-Mühleck, managing partner of WeberHaus. WeberHaus is setting new standards with this architect-designed house and is using it to demonstrate its own high quality standards. Thanks to the cooperation with Geplan Design from Stuttgart, the new show home also features a unique interior design.

For more information, visit the Luxury Villa page

In his ceremonial speech at the official anniversary reception, Winfried Kretschmann, prime minister of the state of Baden-Württemberg, praises the way that WeberHaus practises sustainability, saying that timber is the building material of our times.

Since 1960, ecological thinking and action have been an integral part of the WeberHaus corporate philosophy. We want to carry our values forward. To promote biodiversity and protect the population of wild bees and butterflies, we have launched the flowering strips initiative.

The anniversary campaign is also accompanied by numerous benefits for prospective owners: the innovative Home4Future concept is to become a standard feature of every WeberHaus home and is also the basis of the high level of support for a KfW 40 Plus efficiency house.

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Our WeberHaus home was voted the best in the luxury houses category of the readers’ house choice in the magazine “Der Bauherr - Das große Hausbaumagazin“ (issue 08/18).

In a survey by the “Welt” information broadcaster, 30,000 German managers evaluated the innovative strength of 2,867 companies. In the prefab house supplier ranking (February 2019), WeberHaus is the number 1 in its sector!

WeberHaus achieved the highest score with five out of five stars in the current “Haus-Kompass“ study by the “Capita” business magazine (issue 6/2019), placing it among the “top manufacturers”. The study covered such areas as information & service, contracts & law, healthy living, and construction quality & inspection.

WeberHaus was named brand champion by “Die Welt“ and ServiceValue for the third time in a row, making it the best in its sector for 2019 (issue dated 15 August 2019). Brand enthusiasm for more than 2,300 companies was assessed on the basis of customer ratings.

The generation5.5 exhibition house in Wenden achieved second place in the “Most successfully realised project“ category of the SmartHome Award 2019. WeberHaus was the only house manufacturer to be awarded this coveted prize, which is presented annually by the SmartHome Initiative Deutschland e. V.

In 2019, WeberHaus achieved first place in the prefab housing industry for the fifth time in a row, in the “Service Champions“ ranking. The broad-based study by ServiceValue and “Die Welt“ systematically assessed the service quality of German companies on the basis of customer ratings.

WeberHaus took first place in the “Golden Cube“ Great German Prefab House Prize (“Großer Deutscher Fertighauspreis”) 2018 for its show home in Günzburg, in the category “Universal Design“. The jury based its decision on the outstanding house concept for multi-generational living.

In the German Dream Home Prize 2018, WeberHaus achieved first place in the “Country House” category for its “Kundenhaus Leclerc”. The coveted prize is awarded by Europe’s biggest property magazine, “BELLEVUE“ and the Schwäbisch Hall building society’s customer magazine “Wohnglück“.

WeberHaus has been the new premium sponsor of SC Freiburg since the start of the 2018/2019 season. WeberHaus not only shares the same values as the club but they are also connected by their regional proximity. Back in 2004, WeberHaus built a residential building for young players at the Freiburg Football School.

For the fourth time in a row, WeberHaus has taken first place among suppliers of prefab houses in the “Service Champion” customer survey. The survey by ServiceValue and ”Die Welt” assessed the service quality of German companies from the customer perspective.

In the generation5.5 exhibition house at the World of Living in Rheinau-Linx, WeberHaus presented the first house whose entire domestic technology can be controlled by Apple HomeKit software. It comprises the comprehensive WeberLogic 2.0 with myHomeControl – along with the unparalleled user comfort that Apple is famous for. This is the idea of a trend-setting innovation project. The possibilities are unlimited.

WeberHaus was on the podium not once but twice at the presentation of the coveted German Dream Home Prize 2017.
A total of 56 house manufacturers had entered with more than 130 house designs. The two dream homes by WeberHaus in the categories “Family homes“ and “Premium homes” received by far the most votes from the approximately 60,000 participants.

With over 15,000 votes, users of the house building portal www.musterhaus.net www.musterhaus.net selected the WeberHaus show home at the exhibition in Günzburg as the most popular show home in the “Premium house“ category. The WeberHaus home won against heavy competition from 36 exhibition houses by a wide range of manufacturers.

WeberHaus has won the German Dream Home Prize in the “PlusEnergie houses ”category. Nearly 60 house manufacturers took part in the contest for the coveted prizes, which were awarded by Europe’s biggest property magazine “BELLEVUE“, the “Wohnglück“ customer magazine of the Schwäbisch Hall building society, and the online property portal Immonet. The sponsor was once again the Federal Prefabricated Construction Association (BDF). Once again, this award confirms that WeberHaus is a pioneer in the field of PlusEnergie. The award-winning exhibition house in Wuppertal is the energy-efficient flagship of the WeberHaus PlusEnergie houses.

Since August 2016, we have been the first company whose outstanding room air quality has earned it the “medically recommended for residential use” certification. And this applies to all our houses!

This is because we not only satisfy the requirements for materials and workmanship but - out of conviction - we actually significantly exceed the standards. We monitor this through continuous measurements and tests, with confirmation by independent test centres and experts.

Thanks to the positive order situation, WeberHaus has continued to grow. To meet our increased space requirements, WeberHaus built a new administrative building in 2016, comprising three storeys plus a basement, with a total usable area of 1,800 m², in the energy efficiency class KfW 40 Plus.

In 2015, we will be celebrating our company's 55th anniversary.
For 55 years now, the WeberHaus company’s success has continued to be based on the three pillars of service, quality, and innovation. It was in 1960 that Hans Weber began to build his first prefabricated houses. Since then, WeberHaus has developed into a quality manufacturer and innovation driver for the sector.

In a test of 11 prefabricated house manufacturers conducted by the Gesellschaft für Verbraucherstudien (German Society for Consumer Studies), WeberHaus came top in the overall study. The criteria focused on whether a comprehensive requirements analysis and complete consultation are conducted in an initial consultation. It also assessed the extent to which test customers were treated in a friendly and welcoming manner.

For Hans Weber, himself a carpenter, timber is a matter close to his heart.
Since his craft and the young people who learn it are so important to him, WeberHaus will from now on be sponsoring the Holzbaupreis (Timber Construction Prize) on a yearly basis.
The two endowed prizes will be awarded to the two best trainees of the Zimmerer-Innung Offenburg carpenters’ guild.

WeberHaus is awarded the Holzbaupreis (Timber Construction Prize) of the State of Baden-Württemberg, as well as the Ortenau special prize for its “Option” house concept.

WeberHaus builds the first passive house with direct heating and heat recovery. The WeberHaus passive house features particularly spectacular architecture. The barrel roof, bull’s eye at the front, protruding beams of the balcony, colour scheme, and large windows are all bravely and powerfully designed with an eye to the future. A house for people who like to try out new things but who also have an eye for quality and reliability. The layout is generously proportioned to house a family of four or five. This means it will have enough space whether its occupants are doing things together or individually.

WeberHaus officially opens the World of Living at its headquarters in Rheinau-Linx; it is Europe's first and so far only adventure park based on the theme of building and living. The history of how people live comes to life across the 75,000 m² site, more than 5,000 m² of which is covered exhibition and adventure space.

WeberHaus wins the design prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg for its Övolution house concept.

WeberHaus wins the Goldene DM prize awarded by “DM“ magazine for its Övolution house concept, as the best product of 1997.

WeberHaus receives the Eurosolar award of the European Association for Renewable Energies for its Övolution house concept, (from left to right: Hans Weber, Hermann Scheer, Franz Alt)

Rainbow house design to mark Hans Weber's 60th birthday.

WeberHaus develops the first zero-heating-energy house in which hot water and electricity are produced from a solar energy system.

ParkLane exhibition house, based on the American model.

The company's first website - www.weberhaus.de - goes online.

WeberHaus receives the Ortenau district environmental prize.

The “bauen + Fertighaus“ magazine presents the “Excellent” house design with an oriel in the dining room and describes the course of the oriel as a model of exemplary, contemporary living.

WeberHaus supplies an exterior wall with 75 percent more thermal insulation. Previously 16.5 cm, it is now 22 cm thick, while the thickness of the posts is now 14 cm instead of 8 cm.

In future, waste timber will be stored in two 24-metre-high silos and used to produce heat for the boiler system.

To mark the anniversary, the production hall in Linx is to be expanded by 7,500 m2.

For the first time, WeberHaus produces more than 1,000 houses in a single year.

In June 1979, WeberHaus opens an official apprentice workshop in Linx.

WeberHaus builds a second production site in Wenden-Hünsborn (North Rhine-Westphalia) to establish a presence for customers in northern Germany.

WeberHaus opens five new exhibition houses in Wenden-Hünsborn.

WeberHaus exceeds the magic limit of 100 million DM in sales.

Prefab house centre in Linx opens on 28-29 June 1975.

WeberHaus opens four exhibition houses in Linx.

to the present operating premises.

Hotel Waldeck in Altglashütten

The first three prefabricated houses are built.

Hans Weber takes over a two-man carpentry business in Rheinau-Linx (Baden-Württemberg) and founds the WeberHaus company.