Are there advantages to purchasing a modular home over a site-built home? Yes! There are many advantages.
Your dream home can be both affordable and yet customized to your very specific needs and desires by choosing a modular home. It is much easier to get exactly the floor plan that your household needs when you select a custom designed modular home rather than buy from a typical residential home builder with predetermined house plans. For example, let’s say that you need two master suites and a small guest room, plus a den. You could search a mulititude of subdivisions and never find just what you need. With a modular home, you can customize the floor plan to meet your specifications.
Modular homes are built in a factory under a controlled environment. The homes are transported to the home site in sections on flatbed trucks and are permanently attached to the foundation. Modular homes are built to the local building codes of the home site and can have the same designs and amenities that appeal to homeowners in your area.
Factory built homes create less waste material and can be more cost effective to build. They are often priced substantially less for the buyer than a comparable site-built home. Because construction work is not subject to the whims of the weather, they are completed faster and on schedule.
A big plus for choosing a factory built home is the advantage of living in a home that was not subjected to rain or other harsh elements during the construction phase. This helps prevent those annoying popping and creaking sounds made by wood that was once soaked in rain and has shrunk or twisted as it dried. Of course, those annoying creaks and pops are most noticeable when you lay in bed at night, in the dark, trying to go to sleep.
Because they are built in sections and assembled at the home site, modular homes are available in numerous styles, including two story and multiple family homes. Typically the roof is transported as a separate unit and therefore can be built with desirable architectural styles such as the Cape Cod design, with steep rooflines and roomy dormers. This allows for attic space that can easily be utilized as additional living or storage space.
If you choose the excitement of owning a custom designed modular home, work with a company that can help you with the entire process of ordering the home from the builder to completing the permits and site construction work. A quality company will also be able to add an attached garage and customize the exterior finish of the home to blend in with the neighborhood. Select a company that has a proven record of putting your complete satisfaction as their primary goal.
