1.    “I think the CIA built the house. It wasn’t there on Monday. By Friday, there was a house.” Well your neighbors may not actually suspect the secretive government agency built your custom modular home, but they will be surprised to see how quickly your home is built. That’s because it’s not built on-site, but in a factory-like setting before it’s transported in units to the site.

2.    “I slept in, every single day.” Well, only the laziest of neighbors would say this but they can actually sleep in (if they wanted to) because you won’t have heavy equipment running day after day after day on your site. Sure, you’ll need some to dig the hole, and when it comes time to set up the pre-built units, you’ll need a crane. But that’s just a couple of days. The rest of the time, you can work in stealth!

3.    “Those are the hottest neighbors I’ve ever seen” and “Those are the coolest neighbors I’ve every seen”. That’s right, your neighbors will idolize you. Not because of your looks or popularity (err… not just because of your looks or popularity) but because your house will be better insulated and have less air exchange than your neighbors. That means lower heating and air conditioning bills than the people who live around you in their stick-built homes.

4.    “I’ve never seen a home with 3 kitchens before”. Your neighbors might say that if you bought a custom modular home and selected 3 kitchens. To be honest, though, it’s not likely that you would want 3 kitchens. But if you did, you could have it. And your neighbors would be jealous.

My friend’s son – who just turned 16 – was helping his uncle build a house. It was a summer job and the boy’s uncle had hired him and some other friends and relatives to assist in the construction of a house.

My friend tells me that his son had a great first couple of weeks, arriving at the site after the hole had been dug and assisting in pouring the cement, and then laying down the first floor. The second week, though, didn’t go so well. My friend’s son and another worker had just built a wall and were standing it up in place when the bottom part of the wall slid out away from them. The wall fell onto the boy’s foot.

My first question is the same as yours: “Was the boy wearing steel toed boots?” My friend assures me that he was, but it didn’t matter. The wall landed on the top of the foot, not the toes, where not protection is built into the footwear.

The good news is, the boy is okay. He limped around but nothing was broken. But it was worrisome!

That’s a risk that people face in site-built homes, especially ones that are built by friends and relatives. And few people get the right insurance for these kinds of incidents.

Custom modular homes help to resolve that problem my saving friends and family from having to build! Homes are professionally built in a factory-like setting and shipped to the site where they are buttoned down and tied in within a day or two.

In this blog, I will examine a popular trend in the marketplace and talk about how custom modular homes address the trend.

All you need to do is turn on the TV or listen to the radio and you’ll hear one company or another advertise its products or services and include in the list of benefits that it’s good for the environment. You never heard this as a selling point before but the environment is increasingly become an area of importance for consumers. More and more buyers are making purchasing decisions based on the potential positive or negative impact in the marketplace.

Modular homes address this trend by offering eco-friendly homes that have a low impact on the environment in several ways.
•    Air pollution is minimized through the reduced requirement of heavy machinery to operate over a long period of time at a building site.
•    Noise pollution is minimized for the same reason.
•    Building materials are not wasted because modular homes are constructed in units in a factory-like setting and then shipped to the site for rapid construction.

And that’s just during the building process! Afterward, custom modular homes run more efficiently because their insulation is often better (having not been exposed to the elements before installation) and the air exchange is less than site-built homes.

Consumers who are concerned with the environment and want to leave a light footprint (and save money, too) should consider a custom modular home before buying.

In this blog, as in similar “trend posts”, I will look at a common trend in the marketplace and explore how custom modular homes support that trend.

A popular trend among consumers is customization. In many ways, it’s as if businesses must cater to a “niche of one”. Their products and services need to be customizable so that the personal tastes and interests of each individual client can shine through. Look at something as small as an mp3 player, for example. These devices do not just provide music; they’ve become personal statement and even a type of clothing accessory. It’s the same with cell phones. Not only do they display the unique tastes of the individual, but the applications can differ from one phone to the next, based on the interests of each consumer.

This trend extends to larger purchases as well. Automotive aftermarket parts allow people to customize their cars to reflect their personalities. And home renovation is big business for the same reason.

Modular homes address this trend by turning on its head the common practice of cookie cutter suburbia. If you walk into a half dozen homes in any new development, what do you discover? One or two basic layouts and only the smallest amount of difference between mass produced homes. And homeowners may only choose from what the builder is willing to build.

But custom modular homes give homeowners the ability to create their own floor plans. Using computer-aided modeling, a soon-to-be homeowner can craft the home of their dreams, limited only by their imagination. And in this way, their modular home becomes a customized expression of who they are and what’s important to them.