The Costs of a Modular Home

Submitted by Twin Rivers Modular Homes

First, to understand what a modular home is. A modular home is the same as a manufactured home, meaning it is built indoors. They are constructed to either a A277 or a Z240 code; an A277 is generally designed to be put onto a crawlspace foundation or a basement, and a Z240 has a steel frame under it to be placed on blocks onto any solid surface (ie a gravel or cement pad).

Since a modular home is constructed in a factory, the overall costs end up being lower than a site built house. The efficiencies come from having all the trades and materials in one place, as well as eliminating weather as a construction variable.

Our homes are fully customizable, as we have an engineering firm design each unit for the specific customers needs as well as the requirements for the location of the home (ie climate zone, snowload, ect). We can arrange walls, windows, entrances and all other features to suit the flow of living and to accommodate the space it is going in.

The modular home only takes about 6-8 weeks to be constructed at the factory, and then using specialized equipment, is shipped to the location and our crews install it and finish it on site. Depending on how it is finished, it normally takes about 4 weeks to have it move in ready once it has arrived.

All things considered, the final product ends up being 15%+ less expense than a stick built house. A 1400 sqft home (doublewide unit with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms) will cost about $300,000. This would cover all the cost to have the home ready to be moved into, the customer would still need to prep the site with whatever foundation the home would be going on and provide the utilities.