Most modular homes are ready to move into eight to 10 weeks after they’re ordered.

The modular house was built 90-95% in a factory, other flooring is installed along with the trim, and walls are painted or tiled.

Plumbing and electrical work are completed at the factory, too, with utility connections made at the site by the local contractor, who directly controls the project and marries the finished modules.

While the foundation and other side work are completed transporting them to the site and lifting them onto the foundation with a crane.

Most of modular housing industries allow customers design flexibility, according to the National Association of Home Builders. When collect construction plan from architects, modular home manufacturers are most willing to do custom homes as requirement.

How modular stacks up

Today, we found useful article about “How modular stacks up”. It has compared beneficial and average construction time of custom modular and stick-built homes by a local builder. However, this statistics were recorded in controlled situation for housing business purpose, and here are some differences between two types of high-end custom homes:

Resource: www.washingtonpost.com

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