Its not uncommon for me to explain to prospective customers why modular homes are better than site-built (or “stick-built”) homes, so here are few reasons you should consider them:
Since centuries (literally), people have built their shelters one board (stud) at a time. Modular manufacturing has made huge strides forward in terms of both focus and capability over the past two decades, to the point where virtually every modular plant is able to produce custom modular homes. While many traditional production builders still prefer hand framing the same building structure over and over again on different lots, the modular industry has created the means to take any design and build it in pieces in a factory to then assemble into a custom home upon delivery.
Modular home builders have overcome their Achilles heel-the inability to customize their product offerings-and are building solid, custom homes by the dozens. With so many of us used to searching for a product, paying for it online, and receiving it within a few days, the modular industry can finally deliver the quality and speed we’ve all come to expect.
Built stronger
Consider the impact the weather can have on a construction timeline when you are visiting a stick-built home in the rain. Because the modular construction process allows for the home to be constructed from foundation to 80% completion within one day, many of the uncontrollable forces can be mitigated. The construction of a stick-built home might experience delays due to rain, snow, wind, and heat, while the modular home can be built in about two weeks in a factory, where the production schedule is virtually unchanging.
Platform-style structures are constructed on-site, in which the ceiling structure of one level is also the floor structure of the next level above it. Due to the fact that modules must be transported and placed by crane onto the foundation, they are usually built as six-sided structures (this is why they’re also called “boxes” in the industry). As a result, the home is constructed from stacked boxes, which are stronger and more stable than platform-style home construction. As a result, modular homes come complete with plumbing, electrical, drywall, cabinets, and even tile from the factory! In addition, the resulting structures are stronger since they are built to much higher standards than those constructed on site.
Reliable Quality Control
The Quality Control (QC) process ensures that your home will be built correctly. The most exquisite granite, the most exclusive Brazilian flooring, and the most exquisite interior decoration will not be able to compensate for mistakes made during the construction process. The only way to build homes to exacting standards every time is to have a strong quality control system in place, and with site-built homes, that responsibility is borne by the contractor’s site supervisor (typically one individual). In contrast, modular homes are constructed in factories by skilled workers who are overseen by the same management team every day. As homes are built, these managers continuously perform quality control checks, and in addition to the QC that they perform, each modular production plant is inspected by independent third parties on a continuous basis. In addition to the inspections conducted in the plant, the modules are also inspected once they have been set, to ensure that the connections between modules and the foundation are made correctly. The local inspectors do not inspect for quality, only for compliance with the building codes, so if you want a quality home, you should familiarize yourself with the builder’s quality control process. Modular construction ensures that many more people will inspect your home before it is completed.
Serial entrepreneur, Lanre Mullins Abudu, set to disrupt the real estate market as he launches Magnum Opus Homes Consultancy for landowners and property development companies.
Magnum Opus will leverage the advantages of modular homes to provide a better level of accessibility to the housing market through providing more accessible housing options. One of the major benefits of the approach by Magnum Opus is the eco-friendliness of building Modular homes. It has been determined that prefabricated homes use less of the resources that are potentially harmful to the environment compared to traditional homes.
For more information about Magnum Opus and the unique solutions offered, visit – www.magnum-opus-homes.com.
Company Name: Magnum Opus
Contact Person: Lanre Mullins Abudu
Email: [email protected]
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.magnum-opus-homes.com/
