Considering downsizing and looked at a manufactured home in the Pottstown area. I know Nothing about a manufactured home. Please impart any wisdom you have . Thanks.
manufactured home question
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I saw one turned over on the side of road once. Poor bastards lost their foyer.
I suggest you clarify the type of manufactured home you are considering. There's the stereotypical trailer park home at one end of the spectrum and modular homes pre-built in factories and assembled on site. My knowledge of each is superficial based on personal inspection and some reading. Personally, I would not consider the former for a primary home unless finances are an issue. Too many compromises. On the other hand, a modular home can be comparable to one totally built on location. I understand that quality control is more easily managed under factory roof out of weather and using machinery that produces consistent assemblies. Everything is square and standardized, with some room for customer design modifications. The factory aspect and speed of on-site modular assembly reduces cost. To repeat, I'm not in the business and have only superficial knowledge.
I know. For the record it was a modular pre-built. It was pretty nice too, well, before the accident that is.
High risk question with this crowd, considering you have to drive a BMW and cut your grass with a John Deere mower. The answers may be brutal.
A friend bought a prefab (or maybe pre-cut) home out here in Colorado and had it built on the Big Thompson river near Estes Park. Its a lovely property and the cost was very attractive and the quality quite good.
A friend bought a prefab (or maybe pre-cut) home out here in Colorado and had it built on the Big Thompson river near Estes Park. Its a lovely property and the cost was very attractive and the quality quite good.
My parents ended up going with modular for their second home. It ended up being a really nice place.
They had quite a range of interior customizations available, but as some have said, not nearly as much as stick built.
The overall build time was much less, and the quality was just fine. You would've never known it was built in a factory by looking at it, inside or out. The only issue they ran into was settlement cracks in drywall, but they were superficial. The builder anticipated them, and of course fixed it as part of the warranty.
What? Everyone knows this board favors pushmowers, and that cars are mm's territory. Everything else requires sarcastic responses. Board rules.
We live in one here in State College. Home is well built. However, there are design limitations versus modular homes. Also, be sure to check to see what company has built the home; some are better than others. Also, be sure to the Homer Owners Association rules. The rules can be rather restrictive in some cases and you may decide to live under less restrictive rules.
Decided to downsize and move to State College for retirement. Bought manufactured home and moved in about 6 months ago. It is a modular home built in a factory and finished on sight. I was very leery of a manufactured home until we saw the model. The quality of the construction seems good. We have had several cracks in the corners, from settling, which the manufacturer is taking care of, but no serious issues.
Now that's downright cynical.
I have read that Jasna Polasna was actually a prebuilt modular facility.
What kind of manufactured home? Panels or modular unit? Either way they are fine. I see both and most of the big builders are using premade panels. Today's modular units are much better than the modular units a few years ago. Today many of the units you can't even tell they are prefab.
They are adequate. Assembly on site is still important. The reports of settling and wallboard cracking is real. Think of it this way. Sections are put together in the factory. They then have to be handled as individual units and stacked on trucks. They go over the road and then get handled again and stored on site. Then each section is handled again to be put in place and nailed in. Think they may not be as tight as they were at the factory? We are also talking light weight. Roof will be held up by 2x4's in a truss design. 2x6's would be minimum in standard design. Again, adequate but which would burn faster in case of fire? If they loosened at all in handling, which would tend to maybe rock a little bit under heavy wind load? Cost effective, adequate and structurally meets minimum safe design standards. Everything goes well and you will have a very nice, cost effective brand new, light weight home.
My father did it when he downsized and is happy with his choice. The quality seems good. There is some advantage to having everything manufactured in a quality controlled setting as opposed to on sight.
