Modular home vs. stick built

[bj66]

I talked to an old college buddy last night. His brother just put one of these homes on his farm in july. So I ended up calling and visiting with him as well. They said it was the best decision they've made in a long time, very happy with the quality. The company was very professional and really took care of them. They said they would do it again in a heartbeat. I guess I will have to look a little harder........

[Doug_T]

I put a modular home up 10 years ago and feel it was the best decision we could of done. Our house is about 2200 sq feet and came in 4 blocks (2 first floor 2 second floor). The attched garage was stick built . The quality of the the home is excellant. When walking into modular home you would never know it was not stick built unless you know what to look for. You can design any house you want and they can build it. We took a stock design and modified it to our likings. The quality of cabinets flooring, etc is what you want, just like stick build houses.

 

We toured about 5 different factories before we ended up building our house. That was due to time and the quaility going down from the time we started looking til we wanted to start.

 

Most factories have display houses to look at and tours of the factories. The houses generally are much stronger than stick built because they have to travel down the road hundreds of miles. Our sheet rock is nailed, screwed and glued to the studs to prevent cracking and shifting. Depending on the factory you have the choice of floor joist you want to the type of heat/ a/c you want. We had central vac put in.

 

It is amazing because it usually takes about 1 week for them to build a house in the factory. They can work in any weather and 24 hours a day if necesary because it is all climate controlled.

 

 

The one thing I would have changed is that I hired a local company to order the modular house, put the fondation in , set the house on the foundation and complete the house once it was set. I should of taken over the house once it was set on the foundation and hired the subs to finish the house myself. I spent alot of time over seeing the subs myself and some off the subs were not to reliable. I think I could have hired more dependable subs myself and gotten the house done quicker and cheaper. In the end the house came out great. Now, I have a lot of differant connections of subs and my experience of being a farmer (can fix or build alot of things but master of none) I feel I could have General Contracted it myself , but for the average person I would let the professionals do it.

[twigg]

Anybody have any imput on this topic? Wife and I are contemplating building a new house. I know roughly what type of dollars we would be looking at for a stick built or even a redi built home moved to our farm.

 

Today out of curiosity I stopped and looked at a few modular homes. I was rather impressed with what I saw, and some of the dollar figures impressed me even more. I can save alot of cash going this route. The mod would be put on a full basement just like the stick.

 

Its obvious that there are things in the mod that arent as quality as the stick/redi built. So my question is, is it worth going with a mod for the savings? Or does it come back to bite you in the end?

 

The stick we looked at is a very high quality home, kind of a cadillac I guess you could say. So id say the mod is more like a chevy. So am I fair to say both are good, and it is more like a chevy vs. a caddy?

 

Decent modular homes are every bit as good as stick-built, and can be better.

 

They are fully mortgagable, and insurable as homes.

[dacheedah]

Do yourself a favor and put in geo thermal and radiant floor heat in the basement and upstairs.

[bj66]

Took the wife out to the dealers lot today to look at a few floorplans and get an idea of cabinets etc. I was actually surprised, she found a floorplan she liked. We might be able to make this work yet.....

[BradT]

Google map Kamloops, BC, Canada.

 

I was at Afton Mines three times in the Early 90's, a very nice city. The airplane ride in was amazing and we drove up once and again an amazing ride.

 

Brad

[kyle]

I spent many many years bldg. custom homes, the hi dollar kind but when it came to my home we picked it out at the mod. lot and after some personal touches people do not believe its a super single wide. I didn't have the time to build it my way but the time to customize it. 2x6 walls and block foundation are a must. crap pics are my other laptop.

[Jactana]

Afton mine closed in the late 90's, however it has been bought by a new company, New Gold, I think. They are currently working to put it back into production, lots of people working out there. I moved to Kamloops in the early 80's, love it here. There's lots of good riding in the area. Ron

[chabicheka]

here's another option....

 

 

 

 

[bj66]

here's another option....

 

 

 

 

Yeah I like that option very much......Just dont know if i could swing the payments on that car !!!!!!