| Modular homes are houses built in
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| | homes. This is because modular homes
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| factories and then transported to and
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| | boast a variety of cost savings. The main
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| assembled at the housing site. Modular
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| | reason for this is that large-scale
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| homes are different from mobile homes and
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| | manufacturers can get favorable terms for
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| site-built homes.
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| | supply of materials in bulk.
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| The term site-built refers to the
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| | Also, indoor manufacturing of the house
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| construction of new houses in the open,
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| | components means that they are safe from
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| at the housing sites, at the mercy of
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| | problems related to weather and climate.
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| both the climate and the builder. They
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| | This is a major problem of site-built
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| have to generally adhere to state, local
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| | houses, for which work is delayed often
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| and regional codes and specifications.
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| | by weather or vandalism.
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| For example, earthquake-prone areas may
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| | Waste from a modular home unit is
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| require special facilities. Such houses
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| | miniscule compared to waste generated by
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| are also called stick-built houses and
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| | site-built homes. Also, factory workers
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| often have rising value in the real
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| | are highly trained for specialized
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| estate market - especially for site
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| | manufacturing tasks. In comparison,
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| value.
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| | site-building is entrusted to contractors
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| Mobile homes are also completely factory-
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| | who employ unskilled, temporary labor.
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| and offsite-manufactured, but are built
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| | Modular homes are built in an offsite,
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| on a non-removable steel chassis. They
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| | quality controlled environment. The main
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| adhere to a federal code, called the
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| | advantage is that they can be built in
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| Housing and Urban Development (HUD) code,
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| | half the time, while meeting the same
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| rather than to the local codes where they
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| | quality standard.
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| move about. They are cheaper than
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| | Modular homes can be customer-designed.
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| site-built houses and modular houses, and
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| | The time saving is immense: modular homes
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| decrease in value over time.
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| | take thirty to ninety days for
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| Modular homes, on the other hand, are
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| | completion, compared to six to nine
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| built in sections in a factory. They are
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| | months for site-built houses. Typically,
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| built to conform to all of the local,
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| | a two story, 2000 square-foot home can be
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| regional and state building codes for
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| | constructed in a factory in a single
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| where they are finally located. Sections
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| | week!
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| are transported from the manufacturing
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| | Modular homes are growing more popular by
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| site to the building sites on truck beds
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| | the day. In 2002, three percent of new
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| and then are joined together by local
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| | homes in the U.S. were modular homes, and
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| contractors. The building is then laid
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| | the northeastern states accounted for the
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| out by a crane to an existing foundation.
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| | highest modular home activity. The states
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| Modular homes have several advantages
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| | in which modular housing was most popular
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| that are making them increasingly
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| | were North Carolina, Michigan, and New
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| popular. Modular homes tend to be twenty-
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| | York.
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| to forty-percent cheaper than site built
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