Why should I choose a Modular home over a stick-built home?
There
are three main considerations most homebuyers face after they acquire
their land and decide on the look and floor plan of their new home-the
price, quality and the speed of construction.
Controlled Environment
Every home is built inside our climate controlled
facilities. You’ll never have to worry about your unfinished home being
exposed to the elements during the construction process. There are no
weather related delays, and our crews don’t have to rush to finish a
job before bad weather hits.
Higher Quality Standards
In addition to building attractive homes with great floor plans, it is
the quality of our homes that sets it apart from
conventional construction. Your home is built indoors in a controlled
environment by highly trained craftsmen with stringent quality control
standards in place. Every home is engineered to meet or exceed all
state and local building codes. We even offer a limited 10-year
structural warranty on our homes.
Move In Faster
Our Company can often deliver a home just weeks after receiving
an order thanks to our Parallel Construction™ - your on-site work is
completed while your home is being built, simultaneously, in one of our
construction facilities. Parallel Construction can also save you money
with a shorter construction loan. A few weeks later, you could be
moving into your new home. This efficiency is simply not possible with
a site-built home.
What are systems-built homes?
More
people are familiar with the term "modular" than "systems-built" when
describing a home that is built off-site and trucked to its permanent
foundation. The short answer is that systems-built, modular, and
pre-fab all mean basically the same thing. The common misconception is
that a site-built home is better than a home built off-site.
The truth is that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
confirmed that modular/off-site homes withstood a hurricane far better
than site-built housing. In its report "Building Performance: Hurricane
Andrew in Florida," assessment teams from FEMA concluded that modular
homes withstood the 131-155 mph winds of the Category 4 storm in August
of 1992 far better than site-built housing. You may obtain a copy of
this publication by contacting FEMA's distribution center at
1-800-480-2520 and requesting publication number FIA-22. Additional
information is available at the FEMA site, FEMA publication file FIA-22.
Systems-built homes are built in a manufacturing facility and consist
of anywhere from 2 to 7 modules for typical homes up to 3,000 square
feet. Modular homes come in all shapes and sizes.
The modules are transported to a job site 70-90% complete. Once the
home reaches the job site, the modules are lifted onto the home's
foundation by crane. A finish crew will then complete the home by tying
in the roof sections, siding and interior finish. After the home is
set, your builder may complete additional features such as garages,
porches and decks.