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Created: 1/13/2008
Manufactured homes of the 21st century are competing with the traditional site built homes.
Manufactured homes of today meet and sometimes exceed the quality and amenities of the typical tract home. Manufactured homes come in all different shapes and sizes. There are manufacturers out there that are building two story homes that give you more square footage on small lots, log cabins, snow loads that allow you to build in the sierras, and they can be found from one section to 8 sections and from 413 square feet to over 3000 square feet. You can customize a manufactured home to meet your needs (in most cases) manufactured homes are no longer a tin sided box.
Manufactured homes are built in a controlled environment, and each employee has there job they do on each home. Because the employees complete a specific job on each home they become very proficient in that job, and that cuts down on the cost to construct by a substantial amount.
You can build a manufactured home (turn key and ready to move into) for about $85.00 per square foot, as to where the same quality site built home will cost about $175.00 per square foot to build.
Manufactured homes are a key source of affordable housing. There are many subdivisions all over that are manufactured homes, and you may not even know it. Manufactured homes can be ordered stucco ready, you build it attach a garage and then stucco the whole thing, and no one would ever know it was a manufactured home. If you live in the forest you can order a manufactured home with cedar or log exterior, and again it is hard to tell it is a manufactured home. My home has a covered porch, decking, attached garage and granite counter tops, and an appraiser agued with me for 20 minutes because he thought I was wrong about the fact it was a manufactured home.
Just think of the amenities you can afford if you choose a manufactured home over a site built home.
Take a look, and shop around. Make sure you are comparing apples to apples (same options, transportation, set up, sales tax etc… what the price includes) and make sure the company is a licensed manufactured home sales office. Don’t believe the “We will beat any other company’s price” line, because you may find out it is not true in the end. Many companies make a profit off of the contractor’s contract, and here at Statewide we do not mark up other contracts.
For a more in-depth look at Manufactured vs. Site built read the report at the link below.