As a matter of fact it is not. We are eliminating a couple of layers of the middle man in our operation. All the material comes out of a sustainable forest. After the manufacturing process the house is loaded in 40 ft. shipping containers which are in global circulation, with multiple carriers. The same containers are transported using shipping lines. After arriving into the closest port, they are either transported by rail or truck. Final transportation to your building site is completed by a local trucking company. Containers will be unloaded, the first and only time on your building site once they leave the factory. Our shipping cost is about 6% of the material cost which is the same or less than any retail material cost in the United States.