The rate of modular home construction is growing each year. Residential living structures utilizing modern modular designs can be built for any climate. Modular home designs are also indistinguishable from site-built homes once construction is finished. Modular has also come a long way from the early models, which were single story long houses that were built in two halves and assembled on site. New designs have multiple stories available in any shape or size desired. Here are three important facts that make modular homes a better choice:
Modular Homes are built Indoors.
The traditional way to build homes is to erect a frame of wood on top of a slab or foundation, depending on the region where the home is built. In many areas, foundations are built to provide basement space. The wood frame of a site-built home is subjected to the weather until it has a roof and the walls are sheathed. Precipitation of any sort saturates every nook and cranny of wood surfaces along with depositing dirt, chemicals and mold spores. Modular home construction is completed indoors inside giant industrial buildings. Also, the indoor building environment helps protect against construction site vandalism and burglary.
Modular Homes are fully customizable.
Some people probably think of modular homes and remember seeing two halves of a house being transported down a highway. According to Gulf Coast Modular Homes, “At the construction site the two halves were attached on a foundation, and the roof and siding were finished.” Today’s modular home designs can be any shape or size. Individual segments are manufactured indoors in sizes that can be transported to construction sites. Every home style from a chalet to colonial is available. Computer-aided design (CAD) and on-site architectural engineers of modular home building companies permits every home to be quickly customized to suit homeowner needs and preferences.
Modular Homes are not Mobile Homes.
Modular construction is used in a number of industries. It cuts costs while improving stability of quality. However, modular homes are not mobile homes. Once assembled on the foundation at the building site, the homes are permanent structures that are not moveable. They are considered real estate and have a deed, not a vehicle title as mobile homes get. The loan process, tax rates and insurance is the same for a modular design as it is for a traditional site-built home. Modular designs appreciate along with their site-built home counterparts in the neighborhoods where they are placed.
Modular residential home construction can save time and costs. Most weather events can only delay assembly, not construction. Modular homes have their sections built to endure transport to the construction site, and this typically results in homes that are sturdier than many site-built counterparts. Though modular homes are manufactured, they are not to be confused with the term “manufactured homes,” which is reserved for trailer homes.
