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Anybody every own one of these...much more does it cost to build other than buying the house itself. Ie Sewer and electrical connections etc...
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All depends on what type of manufac. and model. Around here it is about $70/sq. foot. That is finished, and a nice model...can't even tell it is a modular. www.royalhomes.com
I don't own one, but my wife and I looked into them a couple of years ago.
I don't own one, but my wife and I looked into them a couple of years ago.
SofaGeorge
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www.monolithicdomes.com generally $65 per square foot
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beastboy said:
I bet they burn like a mobile home! Around here mobile homes burn every day.
I have figured it out though...............
The reason I believe they burn down so much is that the mortgage payment and the insurance payment somehow arrive in the mailbox on the same day and it creates so much friction that the house burns down.
People don't realize this but a modular home is more structurally sound than a stick built home. Think about it they are built under good conditions in a shop, they are inspected more thouroughly, they are engineered to withstand the stresses of transportation to the site...and on and on. Modular homes are a more efficient and better built than traditional construction, but because of the stigma of manufactured housing they are still not a popular choice. It will work out to your favor financially to go modular as opposed to buying custom...depending on your area it may be cheaper than tract housing as well.
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Hard for me to agree with you on that.
Financially, yes they are more economical but craftsmanship.....I disagree.
It's cookie-cutter building and the material is not on the same level. They still had wheels on them at one point. No matter how you dress them up, they are still fancy trailerhomes.
Financially, yes they are more economical but craftsmanship.....I disagree.
It's cookie-cutter building and the material is not on the same level. They still had wheels on them at one point. No matter how you dress them up, they are still fancy trailerhomes.
fuck you bitches ia m buying a modular home just becasue its nice and its cheap what shte point of having a huge house if u buy a modualr home u ahve money left over to build a "get fucked up" shed and a new car its all priorities man if u care about your house so much then u are too materialistic peopel bashing each other fyi i live ina huge fuckgin house ontop of thie us hill surrounded by aweosme landscapping and i can look down on all my neighbors, no fuckign point if i lived ina shitty house and soem rich guy gave me shit he woudl gte fucked up hard core,
HumorMe said:
If you are speaking of Modular homes, not trailers, not mobile homes, then they hold up better than a stick built custom home. The fact is that the labor can specialize more, the weather is always perfect, and the inspections are more thorough in a factory setting. The structural capacity in other words resistance to uplift, sheer, and torsional is increased when designing these modules or portions of homes b/c they have to survive being transported without the slightest crack in the drywall.
Most people couldn't tell the difference between a modular and a traditional built home...the thing is that 90% of people think that Modular homes are mobile homes. They're not related at all. I remember in an Arch. class my third year of college I had to do a huge presentation about ways to buid more affordable and sustainable housing...modular homes are the answer but no one wants to hear it, same as no one wants to use a hydrogen cell for fuel. The funny part is that after all my research, if I get very rich someday I will probably stick build my own house.
HumorMe.....
Actually I did a research paper on this in HS. It all boils down to the manufacturer.....find a good one and I would have to agree that the workmanship is better than most of the homes bulit in subs. Everyting is pre-fabbed in a dry enviroment with constant machine tooling and fixtures....weather plays a huge role in stick built. Uni-built homes on the other hand can fall apart looking at them.
That all being said....I would still want to stick build for customization and originality.
nice6pac: You really have issues.
Actually I did a research paper on this in HS. It all boils down to the manufacturer.....find a good one and I would have to agree that the workmanship is better than most of the homes bulit in subs. Everyting is pre-fabbed in a dry enviroment with constant machine tooling and fixtures....weather plays a huge role in stick built. Uni-built homes on the other hand can fall apart looking at them.
That all being said....I would still want to stick build for customization and originality.
nice6pac: You really have issues.
HumorMe
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That's all good information. Again my stigma gets in the way.
I have lived in my house for 16 years. Although my house was built at the turn of the century, it's solid as a rock but nothing is square in it. Everything in it is known as fatlighter (sp?) wood. If it ever caught fire it would burn up pretty fast. But that's comparing apples and oranges.
It would be a hard sell for me to go modular although you all make good points.
I have lived in my house for 16 years. Although my house was built at the turn of the century, it's solid as a rock but nothing is square in it. Everything in it is known as fatlighter (sp?) wood. If it ever caught fire it would burn up pretty fast. But that's comparing apples and oranges.
It would be a hard sell for me to go modular although you all make good points.
HumorMe said:That's all good information. Again my stigma gets in the way.
I have lived in my house for 16 years. Although my house was built at the turn of the century, it's solid as a rock but nothing is square in it. Everything in it is known as fatlighter (sp?) wood. If it ever caught fire it would burn up pretty fast. But that's comparing apples and oranges.
It would be a hard sell for me to go modular although you all make good points.
I carry the same stigma...hence my reason for not going that route.
I still don't like you!
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