You wouldn’t believe how many times I have typed in ninja instead of wait wait wrong. You wouldn’t believe how many times I have typed in guru instead of ninja
I wrote to him earlier and asked him to please reach out to you it would be a great interview to see two intelligent powerful people like you having a conversation when you find him look at the post he did today about real estate
I wanted to build a modular home on my ranch in Santa Cruz County in Arizona and they denied it because it was a manufactured home in their eyes. It took me some time and showing them the blueprints and they finally said they would allow it because they saw that if I took them to court I would win. These decision makers think any home not site build in the traditional way is a trailer home.
Next time, tell them _all_ homes are, technically, manufactured. The concrete and rebar each come from factories.. The lumber comes from a mill. The nails come from a factory. Etcetera. 😉
Modular is way better in that it's built in controlled environment, and is not ever subject to the weather. How many times you drive by stick built homes half done in the pouring rain? I don't want that house!
My primary home is a modular that i had built in 1986. The biggest issues ive had were due to leaking front door. I recently renovated the kitchen and had to remove some drywall. I found that not only was the drywall fastened to the studs with screws like a stick built house, they used construction adhesive to bond the drywall to the studs. I am currently in the process of having a vacation home built up at the lake and i am going with another modular home.
Factory-built houses are constructed in a controlled environment. Every 2x4 or other piece of lumber is cut to precisely the exact length. The result is a tight, solid building. My first home was factory built and in the dead of winter in Wisconsin, the furnace would not kick in all day if the sun was shining.
Thanks for the comment, I was wondering about that as a likely benefit of manufactured homes -- very close tolerances for everything. Which translates to a lot of benefits: no leaks (air, water, bugs, rot as a result of leaks, etc), all walls perfectly square, and probably a stronger structure, especially if it's engineered more carefully and construction is monitored more closely (i.e., fewer mistakes). On the down-side I wonder if there is pressure to make the modules lighter weight so they are legal to transport over highways. Lighter weight could mean materials that aren't as substantial. E.g., that's probably why "mobile homes" have that cheap-o masonite paneling for walls and ceilings rather than drywall.
@@DonTruman My in-laws live in a 1988 modular home that they bought as 2nd-owners in 1994 or '95. My father-in-law likes to brag about how strong the house is because it's nailed AND glued to survive transport, and the center beam is extra wide because it's two full-width beams sandwiched together (one full beam being needed to support each half of the house in transit). Their interior is proper drywall, but since "they don't make 'em like they used to", I can't speak to modern construction practices.
We are looking to build modular and this absolutely sold us!! Thank you very much for giving us the tools in our toolbox to educate people that try to tell us stick built is always better. Also you are hilarious!
We had a modular home”built” in the mid nineties in a suburb of NY city (Middletown NY) can’t say enough about the quality of the home. We lived in it for about 25 years before retirement and relocating to a warmer climate (NC). The home was placed on a very difficult lot on top of a mountain. And it took about a day to place the sections on the foundation by the end of that day the house was water tight very important in December in NY. The home was energy efficient as it could be with the technology available then. It was basically flawless in fact over time there was not even a nail pop in sheet rock. We were also fortunate that we lived about an hour from the factory and were able to visit and see the progress of the build, it also was an eyeopener that on the line in front of our home they were constructing townhomes. When the house was completed and on the finish line we got to walk through the home and turn lights on and off and look it over while the final inspection team went through and developed a punch list of any issues which there were a few mainly minor cosmetic issues which were rectified before it made it off the line. When it was time to sell there was never a question about home being stick built or modular. When the buyers had their home inspection the inspector took on the side and his words were “this is a great home” he was impressed. The fact that it was modular did not effect the price of home it was priced for sale as the comparable homes in the area. It was a wonderful home.
There is a middle option that needs to be discussed - panelized - which we picked for our home as it the advantages of both stick built and modular. Not quite as fast as modular with the design flexibility of stick built. And has cost advantages over both. We have looked at all three options and have built 2 homes over the years (one stick built and one panelized). One of the cost problems with modular that negates any potential savings is that many of these manufacturers will only sell through dealers (similar to manufactured homes) and as a result, there are too many pigs at the trough.
Thanks Jim...I've been doing research in the housing market for a few years and this is the first time I've heard of panelized. Appreciate the guidance!
Great video. Good to hear the comparison between stick built and modular and John's decision process. We'd love to see it and hear about his experience after it's done. Thanks Kristina!
My brother and his wife had a modular home constructed in northern British Columbia. I was skeptical, but upon visiting them in the middle of winter (30 below), and then again in the middle of a hot August summer, I was impressed and am convinced that they are superior to most stick built homes I've been in. The home was warm in the winter without excessive heating and cool in the summer without air conditioning. The one thing that most caught my attention is there were no drafts of cold air coming into the living space in the winter. Most stick built homes seem to leak air constantly. My stick built was constructed in 1998 so is built to those existing codes, but tends to get drafty and cold in the winter.
Yeah, I've been running the numbers on site construction vs. modular. Modular usually does come out to be a little more higher in price and with limited to no options for any floor plan changes. At least with custom built homes, you have some ability to have changes to the builders floor plan. But then you have to factor in additional costs for the architectural changes. You would think that modular would be cheaper just on the fact that the builder already knows the costs to build the home, it's done at the builders facility and that there really is no need for a building inspector to have to come out to sign off on electrical, plumbing and so on. Since I would think that that would have already been done on one of the initial homes that the builder has already built.
He didn’t only choose modular because of time saved, it was also because the satisfying results for a modular home is way more of a guaranteed formula.
Be very careful with the terms "manufactured" and "modular". A manufactured home is essentially a mobile home and can be had as a single, double, or even triple-wide single-story structure. The trailer frame is an essential part of the dwelling and stays attached when it is permanently set. A modular home is built like an on-site stick built home, but is done inside a factory out of the weather using precision jigs. It is done in two or more "modules" that are trucked to a site on a flat-bed trailer, then lifted off the trailer and assembled on the foundation as a single or multi-story structure. Once placed on a foundation it is almost impossible to tell if a modular home was built on-site or not, whereas a manufactured home is easily identified as such. Although they are both "manufactured" in a factory, it can be confusing to say a module home is manufactured for those that don't know the difference. I tell people my modular home was "built" in a factory, not manufactured.
Great explanation. I used to be a trim-out guy for both types of structures, and you are right; you can easily spot the difference. Manufactured homes use panel boards with wallpaper glued on, and batting straps to cover where the panels meet. Modular homes have drywall that is the same as on a stick built house. No doubt I prefer a modular home over a manufactured one. Manufactured homes are great affordable homes, but homes are like cars; there are classifications, and uou pick the one that suits you the best at the time. I will say this about manufactured homes: They are strong, becsuse they use nails, AND glue to hold them together. I use to hate trying to take walls apart to fix damage because the glue really is tough stuff.
@@davidgraham2673 I agree, manufactured homes can be great affordable homes, I've owned or lived in three over the years (back when they were still called mobile homes). For me, it was a better alternative than a rental apartment. Another benefit of a manufactured home is that the walls are not structural, it's fairly easily to add or remove them to change the living space. In one unit I removed a wall between two small bedrooms to make a large one, and in another I removed a dividing wall to make an open kitchen/living room which made it feel much more spacious.
this is in my wheelhouse here in the northeast modular home market is very big average time from start to finish 12 weeks basic house 2 boxes a larger home can be up the 5 to 8 boxes foundations are precast cheaper take 2 days to install all modular homes are inspected in the factory ! all you need is it installed and c o to move in also modular homes are built in climate controlled atmosphere GREAT VIDEO KRISTINA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hi eddie
Plus, I don’t trust the traditional contractors time estimate. Something out of their control ALWAYS happens. The manufactured Builder has more control of those things❤ Great review 🎉thank you Christina
You are on trend. I share you with everyone i know in the market to buy or build. They always trusted me with what i know and now they are finding out where i get my information. Thank you
Great video. I’ve got 5 acres in the hill country in Texas. Views for miles. I am going to look at pre fab vs stick build. There is an HOA so I’m going to check and see the rules regarding pre fab. I really love your channel. You are an engaging presenter!
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I just love this channel. You are such a wealth of information, valuable information for everyone! Another channel on real estate is Casey Roman. Love to see her as a guest on your channel.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@dlorien7306 People are under the misapprehension that aircrete cannot be structural when in fact it can. Aircrete depending on ratios can be a fantastic insulator depending on whether or not you put crushed styrofoam in it or just the air pockets.The airpockets alone have an outstanding r value but when you incorporate the styrofoam it is an even greater insulator. If you install it with rebar you've got something that can take a winded of 200 mph, again depending on your ratios! It's also much cheaper than building with plain concrete as you use at least 1/3 less and often even less. Slap a well made stucco on there and you've got a great looking house. Aircrete can have an R value of 36 for a 6 inch wall. However, I would probably do less styrofoam and more concrete in a support wall, but I also would have a rebar reinforced10 inch wall minimum so my r value would still be nice and high. You can also make a nice roof out of aircrew.
Wow! You’re fantastic! Not only are you knowledgeable BUT you’re passionate and it comes through in your video! Happened upon your channel because my husband and I are needing to expand our home! I read somewhere that you could possibly do a modular home addition vs building! Thank you for this video it has provided insight🙏🏽
The manufactured homes are straighter, square, structurally superior from the bones to the finish in comparison to stick built. The problem with the stick built is that the framing is as good as the wood and those deficiencies follow through to the finishes. When we go into do finishes in the homes that came with a CLT framing are a dream to work in.
I am an Insulation contractor in northern Wisconsin and have been doing insulation contracting and consulting for 35 years.. I have lived in both stick built and modular. My father, a building contractor sold and installed modular homes in the 1970's. From an energy efficiency perspective, Modular homes have the prospect of of performing like stick built, but the problem is in the deployment. Being put together in modules, if the modules are not properly sealed between modules, the results can be severe and difficult to remedy. w
Big problem I see with manufactured homes is that they need to be transported. Saw a doublewide going down I95 today at 75 mph. The floor was warped and there were waves in the lap siding all the way from front to back. This is all patched up after the home is placed but I can only imagine what sort of damage can occur in the framing etc. after a two hour earthquake.
The floor being warped seems odd, since they are sheets of plywood attached to a steel frame. Why would transporting it cause it to warp? Do the floor of cargo trailers warp when being transported?
Really appreciate the many tips & reminders you give as well as an honest opinion keeping an eye on what current or future trends may be. That's why I love your channel! Thank you!
Building a modular home right now and the build times are way out, ordered in May, closed in July... we will not be in the home until April or May. Happy we went with it but the time is not shorter right now.
We bought a modular resale 2 story and love it. The walls are 6” thick, the roof braced with hurricane clips. it’s built to withstand an F2. Because the walls are so thick, and we’ll insulated, the HVAC utilities are much lower than a stick built I moved from. Everything is square and plumb so renos are much easier.
Oh how I love your channel. I still hope you reach out to the “The Economic Guru” her in Ca. As you were posting this, he was posting a video that sings the praises of who you are. I just messaged him and asked him to reach out to you. You are everything that he claims 99% of realtors are not. So I figured I would let him know I know that 1% who has it all!!
@@WW-kw3rt yes just found him last week he’s in Southern California where I live and he is so spot on about real estate investments and what’s happening in our time I think you would enjoy him
@@KristinaSmallhorn Do you know why you couldn’t find it Kristina? Because I am a idiot and I put guru and it should’ve been the economic ninja forgive your stupid admirer
If you have time and resources to build yourself, stick can be very cost effective. Took me 2.5 years to complete mine working 2-3 days/week. $60/s.f. in the end(prior to lumber spike).
@@KSMofBaltimore materials and labor cost of one person who stuck with me throughout the process. I do not count my labor costs. I have my own business and income was roughly the same as previous years, so just worked harder.
Unfortunately, That’s as common as when homes were first built on American soil. Some really old homes find news papers in the walls and old soda bottles. It’s not the best thing to find I completely understand but when the house is super old it’s like finding a time capsule.
@@KristinaSmallhorn True, I currently rent a house some parts are over 80 years old, other parts are only 30 years old. Everytime something needs to be done to the house it will be a surprise. My grandparents house was built in 80 and was redone in 86-91.
With the rising costs and builders increasing their prices....I went with factory... I originally planned to go stick built but the price increases 30% after signing...and that was BEFORE this current wave of inflation.its probably even more now. And not really worth it to me .
Just came across your video…excellent. I searched her channel looking for any reference to steel stick replacement homes and your video got me thinking about modular homes built using steel stick replacement instead of wood? Have you done any videos on steel stick replacement and if you have, have you looked into any modular home builders using steel instead of wood.
Same building codes as stick-built (2015 IRC, typically)… governed/approved by 3rd party modular review agencies PRIOR to shipment in TX. Unless this is a custom home, these pre-fab mods aren’t constructed to be above and beyond IECC minimums.
What I have heard is that with a modular construction, you pay what you are quoted. While with traditional on-site construction, the price is an estimate as costs can increase during the building process.
One big note that you hit on perfectly is check your HOA for your site if you have one. We run into that problem a lot where covenants were wrote back in the 90s when modular meant your typical single wides and double wide with HUD standards. But unfortunately when they are wrote it is hard to get around them.
It has always seemed to me that quality control would be more consistent in a modular home. I toured one of these manufacturing facilities a few years ago and it was easy to see that having a controlled environment to build each home as well as standardized techniques and centralized supervision reduced the chance of things being done wrong. Not to mention you didn't have to worry about materials being left out in the weather too long or theft of materials and tools.
Most new stick built homes are now built with prefabricated components such as roof trusses, framed walls with rough openings framed for doors and windows and sheeted plywood ready for siding and engineered I- beam floor joists. All designed on computer software and approved by engineers and trucked to the build site which saves tons of time. Basements are excavated and plastic snap together footer forms with built in footer drains make footers a breeze and then prefab insulated concrete foundation walls go up as fast as the prefab framing next all in a matter of a few days each. There may be interior walls, stairwells, dormers, etc that may need stick framed and of course sheeting the roof with shingles or steel and siding. How many modular homes use 2x6 wall framing for thicker insulating? I have seen modulars trucked down interstate highways with shingle roofing blown off, siding blown loose and floor insulation falling. Once together how long before the roof leaks at the joint sections? How does someone change floorplan if sold? What about resale value? No thanks.
If I were John, I'd wait and get a revised estimate toward the end of the year, because from everything I'm reading there is a commodity price crash coming, including lumber and copper. Ostensibly there is a glut coming once the problems in the logistic stream get ironed out - which is happening because of a slowdown in durable goods (which Americans bought like crazy during the pandemic - an unsustainable 74% increase in 2020 over 2019. Plus the chip shortage for electronics)...KS, I found your comment on floor heating interesting. I've always wondered why there weren't more hydronic floor heating systems weren't used in the US. They were everywhere in South Korea when I was there in the 80s. A homeowner gets double use out his or her water heater with one of these, and it's really a deal if the home has solar...
Thankyou for the update in pricing. I guess the extra time (which can very) and the expenses of living some where else might have been a consideration. The stick built contractors are dependent on sub-contractors who always want to maximize profits. The modular home does away with concern. I have seen so much damage done by sub contractors doing sub standard work.
Best thing you can do if you have land already, buy a temporary mobile home and take your time to build next to it. People want to rush everything PATIENCE IS KEY
You can build a home too tight, trapping moisture and smells inside. Plus, if you have a NG or propane furnace, you may need to provide for an outside air source.
Had a modular home put up in late 80's,the house was so tight,moisture was so bad had to dry the window sills in the morning from moisture puddles, eventually had to vent the attic.
I would love a list of modular companies that can deliver to Hawaii. I know "Island Time" for building can easily add 6-9 months onto the quoted time. Would really love to avoid that...
@@KristinaSmallhorn That's what I'm wondering. Been researching it but seems the companies that do modular actually build most of it on the island. Which puts me back in the time element thing. LOL The islands seriously need electricians, plumbers, etc. They make bank there!
Mobile homes are illegal in Hawaii. An amazing thing about Hawaii is they have package homes that come with the plans and everything needed to build the home except concrete slab or footings. I wish there was package home companies in Florida where I moved to.
@@Watermelon_Shuga Thank you! Yes, we aren’t looking at a mobile home but a kit, modular I’ll check out the kits they offer there Its now looking like we’ll just buy an existing home and remodel it to our tastes 😜
Aren’t modular homes more challenging to add onto? I like the flexibility of stick built. If I want to add a second story to a modest starter home, that’s possible. I don’t think you can do that with modular homes which often use precise manufactured trusses to hold up the roof
Lawmakers most likely haven’t got on board with modular homes because lobbyists and big banks who contribute to their campaigns won’t let them! Problem is the vast majority of Americans don’t understand how policies are really made. Same with local and state governments. Moral of the story is they answer to those with the most cash to contribute to political campaigns. Not the little guy
Or the local politician has a business that benefits from those restrictions or a friend or family member that does. Years ago, my parents wanted to fight a neighbor subdividing their lot to build a home for their daughter due to how her house would have to be placed. The lawyer gave them back the fee once he started looking into it because the dealings he found had taken place. The neighbor apparently had connections in the County. Happens all the time - money talks.
I don't see the value of getting a tankless hot water heater in areas with lots of hot weather. In Texas, I put the tank in an uninsulated area of the back porch where it has southern exposure. If I really wanted to save, I would paint it black. Then in winter, put on an insulation blanket. The fact that it's getting southern exposure means the tank is getting warmed by the sun. I suppose if you live in a cold area and have space, you could surround the water heater with 5 gallon water bottles painted black and full of water to help keep it warm. 55 gallon drums painted black work best, but that's a lot of extra space! With a new manufactured home, you can get insulation upgrades and situate your house so in a cold climate a wall with no windows faces North to protect from wind. (it's not that hard to move a lone window to another wall). In a hot climate, be sure to put the garage on the South or West side to block the heat. Be sure to insulate very well where the garage meets the house and make that garage walk very thick. Get an energy star asphalt shingle roof in a light color so the roof doesn't get hot. It will make the roof last longer. Finally, if you have metal garage roof it should be coated with a white thermal coating. Mother Earth News as lots of ideas about how to situate your home to save on power costs. Most of the material is free on line or you can buy their books.
Obviously, the time to complete construction is very different state to state. Louisiana was 3 to 5 months in this example. In California where I live, it takes about 6 to 12 months just to get the permits approved to begin construction. Construction time in CA is another 6 to 12 months.
One of the best things about Modular construction over stick built is that a general contractor must rely upon sub-contractors for plumbing, electrical, HVAC Drywall painters, apart from foundation,with local code inspectors.for each part of the work. Whereas in the factory, hey have the local codes on file and have inspectors, and all licensed trades employed right there. They also have project supervisors that go to site and direct a foundation crew based upon codes and site conditions. They will also have crews to assemble and hook up all needed requirements of power.,sewer Etc. One of the reasons for the political confusion is corruption at various levels. Even to inspectors being in patronage positions. Many of the delays due to such conditions result in added costs on a stick built house and can equal or exceed the cost a modular house.
Thank you for providing great info about modular houses ! Do you need a contractor to build a modular home ? and does that double the price of the modular house since they can charge per sq ft ?
They are built with the exact same quality as a stick build just brought in and tied together. They are the exact same so why wouldn't they have the same appraisal?
Not all modular builders are the same or have the same energy efficiency. Netzero volumetric modules have 10" of insulation on the roof and R40 walls. We placed 2 homes with four modules each in two days. The modules come with completed kitchens, baths, and are ready to hook up to utilities. Small homes require minimal heat even in inclement weather.
I was buying a house 3 yrs ago a builder was building, I couldn’t go into the house without their realtor present. I thought that was really odd. Won’t use them again!
@2:46, the video shows US map with number of manufactured home plants in every state. Please post the link to the resource here. Would like to explore few options in mid-west.
Kristina, it would be very helpful to know more about why your client found that the modular home would cost more. Would anyone be able to do this kind of comparison or did he have some kind of unique ability because of his professional background?
A modular home I was in had a bounce in the floor. When asked about the bounce. The floor joists were 2 x 10, 15 feet long. There was 2 x 4's stapled between the floor joists. When the company was asked about the bounce in the floor. The 2 x4's were code and that is all the company was going to do. The owner is on his own the fix the floor bounce. Cross bracing will be done in the future. Sad
The idea of manufacture, at least in Henry Ford’s time was to find a more efficient way of building so as to pass the savings onto the consumer. What was sacrificed in such an exchange was the craft of the hand, the personal attention given by the craftsman to every detail of the construction of the object, delivered with pride on workmanship. It seems absurd to me that today manufacture costs as much if not more than hand construction. And if anyone ever told me I had to build for the market, for someone’s tastes other than my own, I would have to say, over my dead body. There is really little pony in building if one is going to do that. It also annoys me that I have to throw money away on cheap garbage to give the place an appearance of finished when I know I will have to rip it all out again to put the durable and elegant finishes I really want in, as I can afford it over time. Cheap and bad is built into every step of the building process in America which is why our built environment still pales in contrast to that of Europe and other parts of the world. There is something very undemocratic about a country where only billionaires can afford to properly build and finish their homes.
Beyond lipstick and paint, quality will not improve in the US housing industry until either consumers demand it or codes require it. Til recently, energy has been cheap and consumers largely unconcerned about C02e. Maybe that will start to change with what is happening in the world today.
Corporations buying up properties to rent to their employees!!! The company gets part of the employee's wage back in rent. That's very reminiscent of the company store policy of the coal mining companies.
Driving from west to east Kristina. Can’t believe how many Tiny houses we passed in Colorado and Utah Not sure where they were headed but they are being sold to someone
@@765lbsquat Not even last 2 years. The roof was cave in less than a month.I saw in China in focus news. The quarantine building the Chinese government give the patients a plastic sheet to cover themselves when it rains the roof leaks the whole building.just like everything else that made in China.
Yes! It's because our tradesmen and code inspectors are stuck on 250 year old balloon construction technology and they've lost all creativity and ability to conceive of anything else. A lot of Americans are extremely rigid thinkers and lack creative guts.
I opted for Modular, but all Modular is not equal. Mine was from a mobile home manufacture P H & they had no clue about "standards". The TX department of Licensing made them redo about 10 homes after I got through with them. They had to hire a civil engineer for our house as they had no clue. Well the wife does not have the ability to look at house plans & visualize the lay out, and that is the only reason we went modular. Also had to reinsulate the attic & clean out the soffits as the insulation blew out driving down the road delivering. Anyway do not see many modular show homes anymore, so think some sellers could not handle accountability. Recall a couple with a nice modular less than a year old building a stick house right next to the modular, well the 50k a day gas well made them wealthy.
I drafted the prints for over 4000 manufactured and modular homes and differences between them both now and compared to the past is so drastic remedial generalizations that are unrealistically simplified in a demeaning and derogatory way implying a diminished value are not accurate or representative of the true context of today's homes. All of the materials we use are the same and/or better than anythiing going into stick built houses due in part to our E certification and the sheer volume of materials we use constitutes being a preferred customer to the suppliers because we purchase more materials for more money than most all of their other clients combined. Manufactured and modular homes are not just built to Hud standards they are also built to NEC electrical code & standards, NSPC/UPC national/uniform plumbing code, Part 3280 - Manufactured Homes Construction & Safety Standards, in addition to any the requirements that are met to qualify for Energy Star Efficiency Ratings and Green Energy Certification based on the high standards of construction and materials that are used, as well as any requirements pertaining to city, county, and/or the state where the home site is located. FACT: Manufactured and Modular homes MEET MORE REQUIREMENTS and HAVE STRICTER CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES that MUST BE MET that also often require more inspection from start to finish than stick built houses. The width and height limitations for shipping manufactured and modular homes are the same based on the physical limitations that exist on roads. They all ship in sections and when seen driving down the road in nearly all cases the differences between them is not visibly discernible and is Not determined by sections that are a mutual characteristic of both. There are a few system requirement differences, primarily electrical and plumbing, as well as some construction differences, primarily in the Floors, Heat & Joist, and Truss as wells as different headers and fastener applications, aside from that all materieals and everything else is virtually identical. The advantage of manufactured houses is being able to customize the entire house as you wish as long as it meets code requirements, and to have it built with all the same materials, electrical, plumbing, lumber, windows, flooring, hard wood custom cabinets, granite counter tops if desired, tile showers, ect. as you could or would with any stick built house, but do it for much less, I believe somewhere around .55-60/cents on the $1 when compared to stick built construction. That's why the lady who owns Cisco Foods had me design a five wide house with tile and granite everywhere that had all five sections set by crane on a full over 3000 square foot basements with a prebuilt and enforced floor for an elevator shaft. Once the house was set and closed up on site she then had the entire house encased with brick and masonary work around the entire exterior perimeter. It looked really cool as you pulled up on the cobble stone driveway and exited your vehicle to sound of her music playing from the rock speakers in her landscaping.
If they stuck with the term "mobile home" there wouldn't be this confusion over "manufactured home." Albeit with hybrids of the two, the distinctions are blurring. Are there any "mobile homes" that are designed to be mounted on top of a basement? I.e., with a stairway opening already designed into them. Seems that might offer the benefits of a mobile home, without the "this is a mobile home!" look to the skirting, while also offering the usable space of a basement. And while still maintaining access to all of the technology that runs underneath mobile homes. Maybe also designed such that the water heater, furnace, etc, is located in the basement, therefore leaving more usable space in the 'upstairs' level.
Kristina, great videos on modular homes, I am learning a lot with your videos ! Can you please share the source of the map that you use on the videos with the modular manufacturers in each state, thanks !
A stick built home completely erected on sight requires many more people, especially middlemen to build than one manufactured in a sight designed to do specific builds. Keeping track of all these disparate companies specializing in every aspect of home building can be frustrating and expensive. All the contractors involved want to maximize their profit. But preparing a site, shipping a product, and erecting and finishing it can end up being almost as expensive and the owner can't do much quality control. I guess it amounts to the Poor Commoner and consumer just letting themselves be controlled by outside strangers who aren't really interested in their well being. We all value freedom in the US, but can't seem to get much, especially when it comes to the work place or purchasing products.
They can build small houses with truss roofs fast. A three story apartment complex here was put up and enclosed in a week It took a day to finish the roof. The inside took longer.
Hi, can you share which website you were on at the 2:45 mark? I'd love to see which modular production plants are in my state and if I could work with them on an upcoming project!
Thank you so much for this valuable information. We plan on buying a modular in a couple years. We are fortunate to own a couple properties, one paid for so it makes sense. Can you attach a garage to a modular home?
When remodeling a 80s or 90s park Model how would you install a 164" X 64" wet bath? Take up the particle board subfloor and replace it with Hardi-board/wonderboard and use plaster and tile?
I ordered MF last April.We owned the land.We ordered 856 square feet single wide with all upgrades (base price 70,000$ upgrades 33,000$)with tax total 110,000$. We had to do the foundation per plan that will cost us 70,000. Then the loan company said the land won’t permit single wide but double wide okay. So MF home suggest to do the same plan to Modular build. But will cost about 60,000$ more and we have to pay the Crain
We pay for land 42,000 $ foundation 70,000$ modular home 160,00$ plus crane cost to put the modular up for 856 square foot house. That is way too expensive .We decided to do stick build instead. We pay cash for it this time.We built 896 squares feet. 145$ per square feet. Will get done in July.We wasted the whole year try to get the loan,waiting for appraisal.
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How do the modular homes hold up in hurricane weather zones?
You wouldn’t believe how many times I have typed in ninja instead of wait wait wrong. You wouldn’t believe how many times I have typed in guru instead of ninja
I wrote to him earlier and asked him to please reach out to you it would be a great interview to see two intelligent powerful people like you having a conversation when you find him look at the post he did today about real estate
Please forgive my poor grammar and punctuation, I am voice texting I drive for a living
@@cheri6174 no worries. I Went to his channel and I can’t find a contact number or email address.
I wanted to build a modular home on my ranch in Santa Cruz County in Arizona and they denied it because it was a manufactured home in their eyes. It took me some time and showing them the blueprints and they finally said they would allow it because they saw that if I took them to court I would win. These decision makers think any home not site build in the traditional way is a trailer home.
Next time, tell them _all_ homes are, technically, manufactured. The concrete and rebar each come from factories.. The lumber comes from a mill. The nails come from a factory. Etcetera. 😉
It may be because a lot of mobile home builders are calling their mobile homes modular homes.
Never met a politician who knew what they were talking about.
I want to put one in Apache county. I will see what they say.
Modular is way better in that it's built in controlled environment, and is not ever subject to the weather.
How many times you drive by stick built homes half done in the pouring rain? I don't want that house!
Anyone looking to build or buy should take a weekend to binge watch your videos, every one is full of great information!
Thank you so much for saying that. :)
My primary home is a modular that i had built in 1986.
The biggest issues ive had were due to leaking front door.
I recently renovated the kitchen and had to remove some drywall. I found that not only was the drywall fastened to the studs with screws like a stick built house, they used construction adhesive to bond the drywall to the studs.
I am currently in the process of having a vacation home built up at the lake and i am going with another modular home.
Factory-built houses are constructed in a controlled environment. Every 2x4 or other piece of lumber is cut to precisely the exact length. The result is a tight, solid building. My first home was factory built and in the dead of winter in Wisconsin, the furnace would not kick in all day if the sun was shining.
Thanks for the comment, I was wondering about that as a likely benefit of manufactured homes -- very close tolerances for everything. Which translates to a lot of benefits: no leaks (air, water, bugs, rot as a result of leaks, etc), all walls perfectly square, and probably a stronger structure, especially if it's engineered more carefully and construction is monitored more closely (i.e., fewer mistakes).
On the down-side I wonder if there is pressure to make the modules lighter weight so they are legal to transport over highways. Lighter weight could mean materials that aren't as substantial. E.g., that's probably why "mobile homes" have that cheap-o masonite paneling for walls and ceilings rather than drywall.
@@DonTruman My in-laws live in a 1988 modular home that they bought as 2nd-owners in 1994 or '95. My father-in-law likes to brag about how strong the house is because it's nailed AND glued to survive transport, and the center beam is extra wide because it's two full-width beams sandwiched together (one full beam being needed to support each half of the house in transit). Their interior is proper drywall, but since "they don't make 'em like they used to", I can't speak to modern construction practices.
We are looking to build modular and this absolutely sold us!! Thank you very much for giving us the tools in our toolbox to educate people that try to tell us stick built is always better. Also you are hilarious!
Did you end up building modular ?
We had a modular home”built” in the mid nineties in a suburb of NY city (Middletown NY) can’t say enough about the quality of the home. We lived in it for about 25 years before retirement and relocating to a warmer climate (NC). The home was placed on a very difficult lot on top of a mountain. And it took about a day to place the sections on the foundation by the end of that day the house was water tight very important in December in NY. The home was energy efficient as it could be with the technology available then. It was basically flawless in fact over time there was not even a nail pop in sheet rock. We were also fortunate that we lived about an hour from the factory and were able to visit and see the progress of the build, it also was an eyeopener that on the line in front of our home they were constructing townhomes. When the house was completed and on the finish line we got to walk through the home and turn lights on and off and look it over while the final inspection team went through and developed a punch list of any issues which there were a few mainly minor cosmetic issues which were rectified before it made it off the line. When it was time to sell there was never a question about home being stick built or modular. When the buyers had their home inspection the inspector took on the side and his words were “this is a great home” he was impressed. The fact that it was modular did not effect the price of home it was priced for sale as the comparable homes in the area. It was a wonderful home.
Who was the builder ?
@mikepalmieri3375 which modular supplier was it?
There is a middle option that needs to be discussed - panelized - which we picked for our home as it the advantages of both stick built and modular. Not quite as fast as modular with the design flexibility of stick built. And has cost advantages over both. We have looked at all three options and have built 2 homes over the years (one stick built and one panelized). One of the cost problems with modular that negates any potential savings is that many of these manufacturers will only sell through dealers (similar to manufactured homes) and as a result, there are too many pigs at the trough.
Thanks Jim...I've been doing research in the housing market for a few years and this is the first time I've heard of panelized. Appreciate the guidance!
Same. This is the first I've heard of "Panelized" Construction. Sounds like this option needs more publicity, in addition to discussion.
I've lived in and owned all three types and I have a strong preference for panelized.
Interesting. Is any contractor capable of assembling one, or does it require special training?
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Great video. Good to hear the comparison between stick built and modular and John's decision process. We'd love to see it and hear about his experience after it's done. Thanks Kristina!
My brother and his wife had a modular home constructed in northern British Columbia. I was skeptical, but upon visiting them in the middle of winter (30 below), and then again in the middle of a hot August summer, I was impressed and am convinced that they are superior to most stick built homes I've been in. The home was warm in the winter without excessive heating and cool in the summer without air conditioning. The one thing that most caught my attention is there were no drafts of cold air coming into the living space in the winter. Most stick built homes seem to leak air constantly. My stick built was constructed in 1998 so is built to those existing codes, but tends to get drafty and cold in the winter.
Yeah, I've been running the numbers on site construction vs. modular. Modular usually does come out to be a little more higher in price and with limited to no options for any floor plan changes. At least with custom built homes, you have some ability to have changes to the builders floor plan. But then you have to factor in additional costs for the architectural changes.
You would think that modular would be cheaper just on the fact that the builder already knows the costs to build the home, it's done at the builders facility and that there really is no need for a building inspector to have to come out to sign off on electrical, plumbing and so on. Since I would think that that would have already been done on one of the initial homes that the builder has already built.
My guess is the modular has higher profit margins. Some small contractors used to build for very slim profit.
He didn’t only choose modular because of time saved, it was also because the satisfying results for a modular home is way more of a guaranteed formula.
Be very careful with the terms "manufactured" and "modular". A manufactured home is essentially a mobile home and can be had as a single, double, or even triple-wide single-story structure. The trailer frame is an essential part of the dwelling and stays attached when it is permanently set. A modular home is built like an on-site stick built home, but is done inside a factory out of the weather using precision jigs. It is done in two or more "modules" that are trucked to a site on a flat-bed trailer, then lifted off the trailer and assembled on the foundation as a single or multi-story structure. Once placed on a foundation it is almost impossible to tell if a modular home was built on-site or not, whereas a manufactured home is easily identified as such. Although they are both "manufactured" in a factory, it can be confusing to say a module home is manufactured for those that don't know the difference. I tell people my modular home was "built" in a factory, not manufactured.
Great explanation. I used to be a trim-out guy for both types of structures, and you are right; you can easily spot the difference. Manufactured homes use panel boards with wallpaper glued on, and batting straps to cover where the panels meet.
Modular homes have drywall that is the same as on a stick built house. No doubt I prefer a modular home over a manufactured one.
Manufactured homes are great affordable homes, but homes are like cars; there are classifications, and uou pick the one that suits you the best at the time.
I will say this about manufactured homes: They are strong, becsuse they use nails, AND glue to hold them together. I use to hate trying to take walls apart to fix damage because the glue really is tough stuff.
@@davidgraham2673 I agree, manufactured homes can be great affordable homes, I've owned or lived in three over the years (back when they were still called mobile homes). For me, it was a better alternative than a rental apartment. Another benefit of a manufactured home is that the walls are not structural, it's fairly easily to add or remove them to change the living space. In one unit I removed a wall between two small bedrooms to make a large one, and in another I removed a dividing wall to make an open kitchen/living room which made it feel much more spacious.
Bsically a manufactured home is mobile home but built after 1976 due to new regulations, that's how I kinda remember.
this is in my wheelhouse here in the northeast modular home market is very big average time from start to finish 12 weeks
basic house 2 boxes
a larger home can be up the 5 to 8 boxes
foundations are precast cheaper take 2 days to install
all modular homes are inspected in the factory ! all you need is it installed and c o to move in
also modular homes are built in climate controlled atmosphere
GREAT VIDEO KRISTINA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hi eddie
Thank you for the insight IN THE SHOP WITH TOM! I appreciate you. :) Eddie says 'HI 🙋♂️ "
Plus, I don’t trust the traditional contractors time estimate. Something out of their control ALWAYS happens. The manufactured Builder has more control of those things❤ Great review 🎉thank you Christina
You are on trend. I share you with everyone i know in the market to buy or build.
They always trusted me with what i know and now they are finding out where i get my information.
Thank you
My first husband worked with a crew that built a home that took 7 days from foundation to lock-and-key.
Great video. I’ve got 5 acres in the hill country in Texas. Views for miles. I am going to look at pre fab vs stick build. There is an HOA so I’m going to check and see the rules regarding pre fab. I really love your channel. You are an engaging presenter!
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Thank you so much!
I just love this channel. You are such a wealth of information, valuable information for everyone! Another channel on real estate is Casey Roman. Love to see her as a guest on your channel.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow, thank you! If you know her can you have her reach out to me, I would love to have her on.
Thank you! I really thought modular was going to be cheaper. I'm interested in building an aircrete house.
I was surprised too. I can't wait to see how it all turns out. :)
@@KristinaSmallhorn will you do a lot of updates or one big one when John is finished?
huge size, + premium modular house, if he wanted smaller /more simple house it´d be 30% cheaper
Aircrete? Why would you want aircrete?
@@dlorien7306 People are under the misapprehension that aircrete cannot be structural when in fact it can. Aircrete depending on ratios can be a fantastic insulator depending on whether or not you put crushed styrofoam in it or just the air pockets.The airpockets alone have an outstanding r value but when you incorporate the styrofoam it is an even greater insulator. If you install it with rebar you've got something that can take a winded of 200 mph, again depending on your ratios! It's also much cheaper than building with plain concrete as you use at least 1/3 less and often even less. Slap a well made stucco on there and you've got a great looking house. Aircrete can have an R value of 36 for a 6 inch wall. However, I would probably do less styrofoam and more concrete in a support wall, but I also would have a rebar reinforced10 inch wall minimum so my r value would still be nice and high. You can also make a nice roof out of aircrew.
I was waiting for this!! Thank you for posting!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Wow! You’re fantastic! Not only are you knowledgeable BUT you’re passionate and it comes through in your video! Happened upon your channel because my husband and I are needing to expand our home! I read somewhere that you could possibly do a modular home addition vs building! Thank you for this video it has provided insight🙏🏽
The manufactured homes are straighter, square, structurally superior from the bones to the finish in comparison to stick built. The problem with the stick built is that the framing is as good as the wood and those deficiencies follow through to the finishes. When we go into do finishes in the homes that came with a CLT framing are a dream to work in.
High end houses use all LVLs.
I am an Insulation contractor in northern Wisconsin and have been doing insulation contracting and consulting for 35 years.. I have lived in both stick built and modular. My father, a building contractor sold and installed modular homes in the 1970's. From an energy efficiency perspective, Modular homes have the prospect of of performing like stick built, but the problem is in the deployment. Being put together in modules, if the modules are not properly sealed between modules, the results can be severe and difficult to remedy.
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Congrats to the guy for doing his research. But man, upper 300k is a lot for many. Hats off to him
Big problem I see with manufactured homes is that they need to be transported. Saw a doublewide going down I95 today at 75 mph. The floor was warped and there were waves in the lap siding all the way from front to back. This is all patched up after the home is placed but I can only imagine what sort of damage can occur in the framing etc. after a two hour earthquake.
Put a typical stick built structure on a trailer bed and go 75 mph down the road. Results? Racked pallet wood!
The floor being warped seems odd, since they are sheets of plywood attached to a steel frame. Why would transporting it cause it to warp? Do the floor of cargo trailers warp when being transported?
Thank you for all the information you are putting up on the web
TH-cam made your video appear at the right time!! I needed these answers. 10 months late lol Thank you.
TH-cam is funny like that. I’m glad you liked the video all the same.
Really appreciate the many tips & reminders you give as well as an honest opinion keeping an eye on what current or future trends may be. That's why I love your channel! Thank you!
Building a modular home right now and the build times are way out, ordered in May, closed in July... we will not be in the home until April or May. Happy we went with it but the time is not shorter right now.
We bought a modular resale 2 story and love it. The walls are 6” thick, the roof braced with hurricane clips. it’s built to withstand an F2. Because the walls are so thick, and we’ll insulated, the HVAC utilities are much lower than a stick built I moved from. Everything is square and plumb so renos are much easier.
Oh how I love your channel. I still hope you reach out to the “The Economic Guru” her in Ca. As you were posting this, he was posting a video that sings the praises of who you are. I just messaged him and asked him to reach out to you. You are everything that he claims 99% of realtors are not. So I figured I would let him know I know that 1% who has it all!!
Is that a youtuber?
@@WW-kw3rt yes just found him last week he’s in Southern California where I live and he is so spot on about real estate investments and what’s happening in our time I think you would enjoy him
I am looking for his channel and I can't seem to locate it, could you email or text it to me?
@@KristinaSmallhorn Do you know why you couldn’t find it Kristina?
Because I am a idiot and I put guru and it should’ve been the economic ninja forgive your stupid admirer
@@cheri6174 Thank you.
If you have time and resources to build yourself, stick can be very cost effective. Took me 2.5 years to complete mine working 2-3 days/week. $60/s.f. in the end(prior to lumber spike).
How do you calculate your labor hours into per square feet cost? Or $60/sq ft is mainly just material cost?
@@KSMofBaltimore materials and labor cost of one person who stuck with me throughout the process. I do not count my labor costs. I have my own business and income was roughly the same as previous years, so just worked harder.
The AVERAGE person doesn’t have 2 1/2 years to build a house my goodness.
@@glenndaugherity6187 my dad built his in 8. Nights and weekends
unfortunately most building products are not meant to be sitting out in the elements for any extended period of time.
My grandparents home when they were pulling up the floor to fix/change it. They found trash and odd things from the people building the home
Unfortunately, That’s as common as when homes were first built on American soil. Some really old homes find news papers in the walls and old soda bottles. It’s not the best thing to find I completely understand but when the house is super old it’s like finding a time capsule.
@@KristinaSmallhorn True, I currently rent a house some parts are over 80 years old, other parts are only 30 years old. Everytime something needs to be done to the house it will be a surprise. My grandparents house was built in 80 and was redone in 86-91.
Another GREAT video! Looking forward to watching your friend's home being built.
I love this video! Show which modular company and style he chose!!
With the rising costs and builders increasing their prices....I went with factory...
I originally planned to go stick built but the price increases 30% after signing...and that was BEFORE this current wave of inflation.its probably even more now. And not really worth it to me .
Just came across your video…excellent. I searched her channel looking for any reference to steel stick replacement homes and your video got me thinking about modular homes built using steel stick replacement instead of wood? Have you done any videos on steel stick replacement and if you have, have you looked into any modular home builders using steel instead of wood.
Same building codes as stick-built (2015 IRC, typically)… governed/approved by 3rd party modular review agencies PRIOR to shipment in TX. Unless this is a custom home, these pre-fab mods aren’t constructed to be above and beyond IECC minimums.
She's very informative for people who don't know great video. 👍
What I have heard is that with a modular construction, you pay what you are quoted. While with traditional on-site construction, the price is an estimate as costs can increase during the building process.
One big note that you hit on perfectly is check your HOA for your site if you have one. We run into that problem a lot where covenants were wrote back in the 90s when modular meant your typical single wides and double wide with HUD standards. But unfortunately when they are wrote it is hard to get around them.
One of only 3,469 reasons to NOT live anywhere near an HOA! You couldn’t give me a piece of land that had an HOA attached to it.
Don’t build in an hoa. Problem solved
It has always seemed to me that quality control would be more consistent in a modular home. I toured one of these manufacturing facilities a few years ago and it was easy to see that having a controlled environment to build each home as well as standardized techniques and centralized supervision reduced the chance of things being done wrong. Not to mention you didn't have to worry about materials being left out in the weather too long or theft of materials and tools.
Most new stick built homes are now built with prefabricated components such as roof trusses, framed walls with rough openings framed for doors and windows and sheeted plywood ready for siding and engineered I- beam floor joists. All designed on computer software and approved by engineers and trucked to the build site which saves tons of time. Basements are excavated and plastic snap together footer forms with built in footer drains make footers a breeze and then prefab insulated concrete foundation walls go up as fast as the prefab framing next all in a matter of a few days each. There may be interior walls, stairwells, dormers, etc that may need stick framed and of course sheeting the roof with shingles or steel and siding. How many modular homes use 2x6 wall framing for thicker insulating? I have seen modulars trucked down interstate highways with shingle roofing blown off, siding blown loose and floor insulation falling. Once together how long before the roof leaks at the joint sections? How does someone change floorplan if sold? What about resale value? No thanks.
Love the fact that ‘John’ is that middle aged gentleman waving…..and you said that he and his wife have a new baby!!
You have a Great channel. I am in the market for my first home and I'd like to say thank you.
Thank you so much. Thanks for watching.
Another great video. Thank you
Thank you for mentioning that you are familiar with Louisiana as I plan to move back "home" soon.
If I were John, I'd wait and get a revised estimate toward the end of the year, because from everything I'm reading there is a commodity price crash coming, including lumber and copper. Ostensibly there is a glut coming once the problems in the logistic stream get ironed out - which is happening because of a slowdown in durable goods (which Americans bought like crazy during the pandemic - an unsustainable 74% increase in 2020 over 2019. Plus the chip shortage for electronics)...KS, I found your comment on floor heating interesting. I've always wondered why there weren't more hydronic floor heating systems weren't used in the US. They were everywhere in South Korea when I was there in the 80s. A homeowner gets double use out his or her water heater with one of these, and it's really a deal if the home has solar...
It takes over 24 hours to get a temp change in my dads condo. I doubt its more efficient than forced air. Hot water heat is'nt.
Thankyou for the update in pricing. I guess the extra time (which can very) and the expenses of living some where else might have been a consideration. The stick built contractors are dependent on sub-contractors who always want to maximize profits. The modular home does away with concern. I have seen so much damage done by sub contractors doing sub standard work.
A wonderful video. Superb comparison that must be on a lot of people's mind. Thank you.
Best thing you can do if you have land already, buy a temporary mobile home and take your time to build next to it. People want to rush everything PATIENCE IS KEY
I talked about that exact thing in my video about land. Many people are having to do that right now.
What about a concrete block home versus a modular home
Have always been interested in a block home
You can build a home too tight, trapping moisture and smells inside. Plus, if you have a NG or propane furnace, you may need to provide for an outside air source.
This old house uses electrified vents that open and close as needed.
Had a modular home put up in late 80's,the house was so tight,moisture was so bad had to dry the window sills in the morning from moisture puddles, eventually had to vent the attic.
I would love a list of modular companies that can deliver to Hawaii. I know "Island Time" for building can easily add 6-9 months onto the quoted time. Would really love to avoid that...
I know that getting a home over to the islands can be pretty pricey, Do they have local modular builders there?
@@KristinaSmallhorn That's what I'm wondering. Been researching it but seems the companies that do modular actually build most of it on the island. Which puts me back in the time element thing. LOL The islands seriously need electricians, plumbers, etc. They make bank there!
Mobile homes are illegal in Hawaii. An amazing thing about Hawaii is they have package homes that come with the plans and everything needed to build the home except concrete slab or footings. I wish there was package home companies in Florida where I moved to.
@@Watermelon_Shuga Thank you! Yes, we aren’t looking at a mobile home but a kit, modular I’ll check out the kits they offer there Its now looking like we’ll just buy an existing home and remodel it to our tastes 😜
Your videos are very helpful!
Thank you
Very informative
Aren’t modular homes more challenging to add onto? I like the flexibility of stick built. If I want to add a second story to a modest starter home, that’s possible. I don’t think you can do that with modular homes which often use precise manufactured trusses to hold up the roof
Lawmakers most likely haven’t got on board with modular homes because lobbyists and big banks who contribute to their campaigns won’t let them! Problem is the vast majority of Americans don’t understand how policies are really made. Same with local and state governments. Moral of the story is they answer to those with the most cash to contribute to political campaigns. Not the little guy
Good point!!
Or the local politician has a business that benefits from those restrictions or a friend or family member that does. Years ago, my parents wanted to fight a neighbor subdividing their lot to build a home for their daughter due to how her house would have to be placed. The lawyer gave them back the fee once he started looking into it because the dealings he found had taken place. The neighbor apparently had connections in the County. Happens all the time - money talks.
Problem is, we elect these people. The little guy has to take back our government
Thanks for the video. You mentioned the minimum square footage of 2000 to build on their site but what was the final square footage?
I don't see the value of getting a tankless hot water heater in areas with lots of hot weather. In Texas, I put the tank in an uninsulated area of the back porch where it has southern exposure. If I really wanted to save, I would paint it black. Then in winter, put on an insulation blanket. The fact that it's getting southern exposure means the tank is getting warmed by the sun. I suppose if you live in a cold area and have space, you could surround the water heater with 5 gallon water bottles painted black and full of water to help keep it warm. 55 gallon drums painted black work best, but that's a lot of extra space! With a new manufactured home, you can get insulation upgrades and situate your house so in a cold climate a wall with no windows faces North to protect from wind. (it's not that hard to move a lone window to another wall). In a hot climate, be sure to put the garage on the South or West side to block the heat. Be sure to insulate very well where the garage meets the house and make that garage walk very thick. Get an energy star asphalt shingle roof in a light color so the roof doesn't get hot. It will make the roof last longer. Finally, if you have metal garage roof it should be coated with a white thermal coating. Mother Earth News as lots of ideas about how to situate your home to save on power costs. Most of the material is free on line or you can buy their books.
Obviously, the time to complete construction is very different state to state. Louisiana was 3 to 5 months in this example. In California where I live, it takes about 6 to 12 months just to get the permits approved to begin construction. Construction time in CA is another 6 to 12 months.
Great advice, thank you.
One of the best things about Modular construction over stick built is that a general contractor must rely upon sub-contractors for plumbing, electrical, HVAC Drywall painters, apart from foundation,with local code inspectors.for each part of the work. Whereas in the factory, hey have the local codes on file and have inspectors, and all licensed trades employed right there. They also have project supervisors that go to site and direct a foundation crew based upon codes and site conditions. They will also have crews to assemble and hook up all needed requirements of power.,sewer Etc. One of the reasons for the political confusion is corruption at various levels. Even to inspectors being in patronage positions. Many of the delays due to such conditions result in added costs on a stick built house and can equal or exceed the cost a modular house.
Thank you for providing great info about modular houses ! Do you need a contractor to build a modular home ? and does that double the price of the modular house since they can charge per sq ft ?
I just cannot believe a modular home would appreciate like a stick built home.
Why do you believe that?
They are built with the exact same quality as a stick build just brought in and tied together. They are the exact same so why wouldn't they have the same appraisal?
@@michaelhinkley2598 also they are built indoors so during the construction process the interior stays unweathered
Many people still don’t understand the difference between a manufactured home and a modular home.
Market price. I don't know why any one would know which is which.
Not all modular builders are the same or have the same energy efficiency. Netzero volumetric modules have 10" of insulation on the roof and R40 walls. We placed 2 homes with four modules each in two days. The modules come with completed kitchens, baths, and are ready to hook up to utilities. Small homes require minimal heat even in inclement weather.
We love your channel.
Thank You 😊
I was buying a house 3 yrs ago a builder was building, I couldn’t go into the house without their realtor present. I thought that was really odd. Won’t use them again!
@2:46, the video shows US map with number of manufactured home plants in every state. Please post the link to the resource here. Would like to explore few options in mid-west.
Thank you for the information
My husband and I are looking into buying a Modular home. How do we check the zoning on the land we're interested in?
Kristina, it would be very helpful to know more about why your client found that the modular home would cost more. Would anyone be able to do this kind of comparison or did he have some kind of unique ability because of his professional background?
A modular home I was in had a bounce in the floor. When asked about the bounce. The floor joists were 2 x 10, 15 feet long. There was 2 x 4's stapled between the floor joists. When the company was asked about the bounce in the floor. The 2 x4's were code and that is all the company was going to do. The owner is on his own the fix the floor bounce. Cross bracing will be done in the future. Sad
Deflection is controlled by code.
The idea of manufacture, at least in Henry Ford’s time was to find a more efficient way of building so as to pass the savings onto the consumer. What was sacrificed in such an exchange was the craft of the hand, the personal attention given by the craftsman to every detail of the construction of the object, delivered with pride on workmanship. It seems absurd to me that today manufacture costs as much if not more than hand construction. And if anyone ever told me I had to build for the market, for someone’s tastes other than my own, I would have to say, over my dead body. There is really little pony in building if one is going to do that. It also annoys me that I have to throw money away on cheap garbage to give the place an appearance of finished when I know I will have to rip it all out again to put the durable and elegant finishes I really want in, as I can afford it over time. Cheap and bad is built into every step of the building process in America which is why our built environment still pales in contrast to that of Europe and other parts of the world. There is something very undemocratic about a country where only billionaires can afford to properly build and finish their homes.
Beyond lipstick and paint, quality will not improve in the US housing industry until either consumers demand it or codes require it. Til recently, energy has been cheap and consumers largely unconcerned about C02e. Maybe that will start to change with what is happening in the world today.
There used to be lots of guys willing to work cheap. Not so much any more.
@@bcoldwell1 Every one here used to be on propane. Cost went to the moon now everyone has heat pumps.
Great Video❤
Which modular home company did he use? I'm thinking of building a modular home as well, and very interested in BrightBuilt Home and Boxabl
@@KristinaSmallhorn thank you! :)
@@VannaGuo what company did he use, I would like to get more info
Corporations buying up properties to rent to their employees!!! The company gets part of the employee's wage back in rent. That's very reminiscent of the company store policy of the coal mining companies.
Thank You! Thank You!
Driving from west to east Kristina. Can’t believe how many Tiny houses we passed in Colorado and Utah Not sure where they were headed but they are being sold to someone
It's crazy how China can build an entire 1500 bed hospital in a week, yet it takes 6 months to build a house in the US. 😋
and the chinese hospital falls apart in 2 years but the US house lasts 70.
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Not even last 2 years. The roof was cave in less than a month.I saw in China in focus news. The quarantine building the Chinese government give the patients a plastic sheet to cover themselves when it rains the roof leaks the whole building.just like everything else that made in China.
Planing ahead
Yes! It's because our tradesmen and code inspectors are stuck on 250 year old balloon construction technology and they've lost all creativity and ability to conceive of anything else. A lot of Americans are extremely rigid thinkers and lack creative guts.
I became a equity crowdfunder in modular homes, getting efficiency is worth the money
Modular homes are definitely underrated…
I opted for Modular, but all Modular is not equal. Mine was from a mobile home manufacture P H & they had no clue about "standards". The TX department of Licensing made them redo about 10 homes after I got through with them. They had to hire a civil engineer for our house as they had no clue. Well the wife does not have the ability to look at house plans & visualize the lay out, and that is the only reason we went modular. Also had to reinsulate the attic & clean out the soffits as the insulation blew out driving down the road delivering. Anyway do not see many modular show homes anymore, so think some sellers could not handle accountability. Recall a couple with a nice modular less than a year old building a stick house right next to the modular, well the 50k a day gas well made them wealthy.
I drafted the prints for over 4000 manufactured and modular homes and differences between them both now and compared to the past is so drastic remedial generalizations that are unrealistically simplified in a demeaning and derogatory way implying a diminished value are not accurate or representative of the true context of today's homes. All of the materials we use are the same and/or better than anythiing going into stick built houses due in part to our E certification and the sheer volume of materials we use constitutes being a preferred customer to the suppliers because we purchase more materials for more money than most all of their other clients combined.
Manufactured and modular homes are not just built to Hud standards they are also built to NEC electrical code & standards, NSPC/UPC national/uniform plumbing code, Part 3280 - Manufactured Homes Construction & Safety Standards, in addition to any the requirements that are met to qualify for Energy Star Efficiency Ratings and Green Energy Certification based on the high standards of construction and materials that are used, as well as any requirements pertaining to city, county, and/or the state where the home site is located. FACT: Manufactured and Modular homes MEET MORE REQUIREMENTS and HAVE STRICTER CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES that MUST BE MET that also often require more inspection from start to finish than stick built houses.
The width and height limitations for shipping manufactured and modular homes are the same based on the physical limitations that exist on roads. They all ship in sections and when seen driving down the road in nearly all cases the differences between them is not visibly discernible and is Not determined by sections that are a mutual characteristic of both. There are a few system requirement differences, primarily electrical and plumbing, as well as some construction differences, primarily in the Floors, Heat & Joist, and Truss as wells as different headers and fastener applications, aside from that all materieals and everything else is virtually identical.
The advantage of manufactured houses is being able to customize the entire house as you wish as long as it meets code requirements, and to have it built with all the same materials, electrical, plumbing, lumber, windows, flooring, hard wood custom cabinets, granite counter tops if desired, tile showers, ect. as you could or would with any stick built house, but do it for much less, I believe somewhere around .55-60/cents on the $1 when compared to stick built construction.
That's why the lady who owns Cisco Foods had me design a five wide house with tile and granite everywhere that had all five sections set by crane on a full over 3000 square foot basements with a prebuilt and enforced floor for an elevator shaft. Once the house was set and closed up on site she then had the entire house encased with brick and masonary work around the entire exterior perimeter. It looked really cool as you pulled up on the cobble stone driveway and exited your vehicle to sound of her music playing from the rock speakers in her landscaping.
If they stuck with the term "mobile home" there wouldn't be this confusion over "manufactured home." Albeit with hybrids of the two, the distinctions are blurring.
Are there any "mobile homes" that are designed to be mounted on top of a basement? I.e., with a stairway opening already designed into them. Seems that might offer the benefits of a mobile home, without the "this is a mobile home!" look to the skirting, while also offering the usable space of a basement. And while still maintaining access to all of the technology that runs underneath mobile homes. Maybe also designed such that the water heater, furnace, etc, is located in the basement, therefore leaving more usable space in the 'upstairs' level.
Basements are expensive. Not what most trailer buyers want.
Hi Kristina, Can you please recommend Modular Home builder in New Jersey State. Thanks
Kristina, great videos on modular homes, I am learning a lot with your videos ! Can you please share the source of the map that you use on the videos with the modular manufacturers in each state, thanks !
A stick built home completely erected on sight requires many more people, especially middlemen to build than one manufactured in a sight designed to do specific builds. Keeping track of all these disparate companies specializing in every aspect of home building can be frustrating and expensive. All the contractors involved want to maximize their profit. But preparing a site, shipping a product, and erecting and finishing it can end up being almost as expensive and the owner can't do much quality control. I guess it amounts to the Poor Commoner and consumer just letting themselves be controlled by outside strangers who aren't really interested in their well being. We all value freedom in the US, but can't seem to get much, especially when it comes to the work place or purchasing products.
They can build small houses with truss roofs fast. A three story apartment complex here was put up and enclosed in a week It took a day to finish the roof. The inside took longer.
And it’ll be falling apart within 20 years
@@Nicksonian Build speed is more a matter of the size of the crew and their experience.
Super helpful
Hi, can you share which website you were on at the 2:45 mark? I'd love to see which modular production plants are in my state and if I could work with them on an upcoming project!
Thank you so much for this valuable information. We plan on buying a modular in a couple years. We are fortunate to own a couple properties, one paid for so it makes sense. Can you attach a garage to a modular home?
When remodeling a 80s or 90s park Model how would you install a 164" X 64" wet bath? Take up the particle board subfloor and replace it with Hardi-board/wonderboard and use plaster and tile?
6:18 The moment of truth!
I ordered MF last April.We owned the land.We ordered 856 square feet single wide with all upgrades (base price 70,000$ upgrades 33,000$)with tax total 110,000$. We had to do the foundation per plan that will cost us 70,000. Then the loan company said the land won’t permit single wide but double wide okay. So MF home suggest to do the same plan to Modular build. But will cost about 60,000$ more and we have to pay the Crain
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We pay for land 42,000 $ foundation 70,000$ modular home 160,00$ plus crane cost to put the modular up for 856 square foot house. That is way too expensive .We decided to do stick build instead. We pay cash for it this time.We built 896 squares feet. 145$ per square feet. Will get done in July.We wasted the whole year try to get the loan,waiting for appraisal.
What company did he use to build his modular home?
Thank You!
Why is the lower limit for size at 2000 sq ft? That's pretty large - is that a common requirement?
The lot he had had build restrictions, it was part of an old subdivision that was never developed but the restrictions had been filled.
@@KristinaSmallhorn Thank you. Your videos are really informative!
The subdivision I’m in has a 2300 SF minimum build.