What Are the Advantages to Building a Modular Home?

What Are the Advantages to Building a Modular Home?

Many people have at least a rough idea of what a modular home is. It is a home where the builder makes the components in advance. While that is true, it leaves out so much, including the advantages of building a modular home.

Modular home building differs from conventionally built (or stick built, as it’s often called) in one significant way. A modular home starts as modules that a factory builds away from the building site. Crews then assemble them into a finished home on site.

The materials are largely the same as in a conventionally constructed home. Think of roofing, framing, cabinetry, electrical, and insulation. Both modular and conventional homes use a large number of mass-produced, factory-built components, including windows, doors, roof components, interior moldings, drywall, and cabinetry. However, modular home building takes it a step further. That is where the advantages of building a modular home really come into play.

Advantages of Building a Modular Home in a Factory

Let’s start with “where” we build a modular home. We create modular home components with strict quality control in a temperature-stabilized factory. As a result, the weather has no effect on materials or the production schedule. This is extremely important. Humidity and the elements never reach modular home building materials in their raw state. That is usually not the case with a conventionally constructed home.

The factory also allows for efficiency because it uses modern techniques that only work in this setting. This enables the factory to assemble the home more efficiently and with a high level of quality control and consistency.

A Quicker and More Efficient Building Process

Efficiency translates into speed, as well. We can build your modular home much more quickly than typical stick-built construction. The factory assembles the home about 80% complete in less than two weeks. So the average time frame from building permit to completion is 4-6 months compared to stick-built of 9-12 months. With a modular home, the speed of build does not mean sacrificing quality.

We pass efficiencies from our factory directly to the home buyer. Buyers can also enjoy a shorter construction loan thanks to the faster turnaround time. They can even eliminate the need to maintain an existing rent or mortgage while waiting to get into the home.

Modular Homes Are Custom Homes

Modular homes are also custom homes. Surprised? There are so many ways to make your home unique using the modular process. At Westchester Modular Homes Construction Corp., we have a unique design process that allows our clients to custom design their own homes. We also have a selection center with hundreds of finishes and options. There, we walk our clients through selecting flooring, kitchen cabinets, lighting, and fixtures. Our clients may start with one of our many designs, from our archive of over 7,500 homes the factory has built to date. Or we may start from a concept and a sketch. Either way, our homes are all custom tailored to our client’s wants and needs.

Our Staff Adds to the Advantages of Building a Modular Home

Building a quality home relies on highly skilled, reliable staff. Labor disruptions can seriously delay a project (and create hassles for the prospective homeowner).

At the Westchester Modular Home Construction Corp., our highly trained staff across the company are also employee-owners, because our company is 100% employee-owned. Our factory staff has an extra incentive to deliver the highest quality since they are company owners. They are all highly trained and many have been with the company for decades. Homeowners have told us the builders on their work sites have become like family.

The Modular Advantage

Modular designs and product platforms strategies enable companies to build a broader portfolio of offerings for customers, including niche products at an acceptable cost and less effort.” -McKinsey and Company

The broader world is beginning to talk about what we’ve always known. In addition to being faster and more affordable, a modular home is often a much higher-quality construction than conventionally built homes. Are you thinking about building a new home? Contact us for a complimentary consultation. With modular, you will get a home that uses the latest technology and home building advancements without sacrificing quality or customization.

Give us a call or email us today. You can also sign up for our free factory tour, where you will have even more insight into the modular advantage!

You can also watch our video that explains why building modular is so advantageous: