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What is a Florida modular home

A modular home in FL is often confused with a mobile home. But a modular home is really just like a traditional home. The difference is in the method of construction, not the overall appearance.

Traditional homes are built on site and are often called “stick-built homes”. A large load of building materials is deposited at the job site and the house is constructed one piece at a time by several subcontractors. Building supplies lying around your home site are at the mercy of the elements. Lumber and drywall can become damp or warped and pipes can crack from repeated exposure to cold and heat. Damage to these supplies can result in added costs and delays in getting your home completed.

Modular homes in Florida are custom homes that are built in an assembly-line fashion in a clean, dry, climate- controlled manufacturing facility. Trained workers assemble the house in large units called “modules”; the modules are then sent to the home site. Once on site, the homes are assembled in 1-2 days and completed within a few weeks. Without the unnecessary exposure to the elements, you have a home that is done on time, in budget, and that was built with clean and dry supplies.

The end result is a home that looks and feels like a traditional stick-built home. The home is every bit as professional inside and out and offers the homeowner superior quality for less money.

FLORIDA BUILDER NEWS:

1. Florida may be epicenter of Chinese drywall complaints (The Tampa Tribune) - As many as 100,000 homes nationwide have the Chinese drywall, some experts estimate, and Florida appears to be at the epicenter of the growing problem.
2. Former senator seeks a return to D.C. via Florida (Concord Monitor) - Former New Hampshire Republican senator Bob Smith made it official yesterday: He is running to return to the U.S. Senate in 2010 - from Florida.
3. The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Wants To Hear From Florida Homeowners Who Have Had To Replace More Than One AC ... (PRWeb) - Americas Watchdog's Chinese drywall Complaint Center is greatly expanding its investigation of AC coil failures, in Florida Homes, that have had more than one AC coil failure in new homes built since 2004. According to the Chinese Drywall Complaint Center, "we think the homebuilders, and they AC companies knew Chinese drywall in Florida was toxic, as far back as 2005, and we want to know why ...
4. The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Wants To Hear From Florida Homeowners Who Have Had To Replace More Than One AC ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) - Americas Watchdog's Chinese drywall Complaint Center is greatly expanding its investigation of AC coil failures, in Florida Homes, that have had more than one AC coil failure in new homes built since 2004.
5. Florida woman says her barking Chihuahua mix saved her from mobile home fire (KFSM Ft. Smith-Fayetteville) - GROVELAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman's barking dog saved her from a fire at her home. Lillian Miller, 58, thought her Chihuahua mix Spaz just needed to go outside when he started barking around 3 a.m. Saturday. She took him out, but when she returned to her mobile home in Groveland she saw flames coming from her living room window.
6. Should we spend stimulus money keeping Florida cool? (Scientific American) - With $5 billion in stimulus money going to weatherize homes, The New York Times is asking how much of that is pork. [More]
7. Can't sell your house? Offer a coupon as some homeowners are doing in Florida (Naples Daily News) - Sellers in Florida’s struggling luxury real estate market are throwing buyers a line: coupons worth a million dollars off their next home purchase.
8. Filing for foreclosure in Florida just got more expensive (Orlando Sentinel) - The cost to file for a foreclosure in Florida courts just took a sizable jump due to legislation that takes effect this month.
9. $27.4 Billion Slashed Off Homes Currently for Sale Across America (RISMedia Real Estate News) - RISMEDIA, June 9, 2009-Trulia, Inc., known for being one of the best places to start your real estate search, announced that 23.6% of current homes on the market in the United States have experienced at least one price cut, totaling $27.4 billion in reductions. The average price-reduced home has seen a ...
10. Atlantis returns homes (Tehachapi News) - The Space Shuttle Atlantis arrived safely in Florida June 2 after a week detour at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. The Atlantis landed at Edwards May 24 when unstable weather in Florida prevented the shuttle from ending its triumphal Hubble Space Telescope repair mission at its homeport. Crews from Kennedy flew to Edwards to prepare the shuttle for its return ...