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How Are Modular Homes Built?

Tue, Sep 30, 2008

Modular Homes

Right now many people are looking to take advantage of retail market trends and buy a home. Modular homes can be customized unlike manufactured or mobile homes, but they are more cost effective than stick homes. Modular homes are a great option for people that desire affordability, speed and the ability to customize the appearance of their home.

On average, a modular home can save the purchaser up to twenty-five percent over a stick home. This is because modular homes are built piecemeal and then transported to the building site for completion. Using the same method Ford started to create the automotive industry we know today, the assembly line building of modular home parts is an effective means for lowering cost. They are also able to be completed in much less time as well because there is virtually no site preparation required.

Also, modular homes can also feel unique. The problem with manufactured homes is that, for the most part, they are generally the same. There is little opportunity to add something to the floor plan to suit the buyers personal taste. This also can add little charm to the home which will affect the ability to ever sell it again. After all, most people that are looking to invest in a home want it to truly feel as if it is their own. Modular homes usually offer specific options that the buyer can select such as adding a basement, additional bedrooms or energy efficiency options. In this way, modular homes can truly become your own custom home.

Modular home sales in the United States are soaring and there are dozens of reasons why.

A modular home is built in multiple sections in state-of-the-art factories with the highest quality controls. The sections are assembled with precision on your building site and you can choose whether to build on a slab or a permanent foundation. You may want to include a basement.

If you are thinking this is a mobile home, forget it. Modular home manufacturers have multiple floor plans with every style from Cape Cod and ranch, to split level and two- story.

Any amenity is available. Modular homes have fireplaces, granite top counters, fine wood cabinets, wood flooring, Jacuzzis in the bathroom, and built-in shelving. Pick your own color scheme, inside and out. These are just a few of the extras available to you.

If you are a baby boomer looking to retire or a business person with an active family, why settle for a condominium or a fifty year old house? You can have a brand new house with everything you want and save money at the same time. Why pay for the cost of on-site plumbers and electricians when everything is already built in?

Modular homes are assembled quickly on site, meet and exceed all building and zoning codes, and the US Government and FEMA have rated modular and masonry homes as the best built residential structures.

Almost every major US modular home manufacturer offers financing at affordable rates.

Now you can live in your dream house for a fraction of what you thought it would cost.

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