Speed of Construction

  Among the most popular benefits of modular construction is quick turnaround between groundbreaking and occupancy.  Some owners are able to move into their homes just months after initial contact with their modular home builder.  Many custom modular homes are built in just a fraction of the time a comparable custom site-built home could be constructed.  For home buyers who prefer to move into their new home sooner rather than later or who live in an area with shorter building season and fickle weather, modular construction offers a timely solution.
 

Quality Control

  One of the greatest advantages to modular construction is control.  Building homes in a factory setting allows for more consistent quality due to uniform construction processes, training techniques, and inspections. 

Factory assembly lines have been embraced by Americans for decades because of the efficiency of the process.  Modular home manufactures apply those efficiencies to the home building industry.  Each worker in the modular plant has been trained to do a particular job and through experience, has become an expert in that one aspect of home construction.  In site-built construction, most contractors' employees do to range of the jobs from framing to roofing to installing floor covering.  They may or may not be skilled to any one home building task, and are instead doing everything. 

Modular home buyers can always be assured their home meet or exceeds all state building codes.  All modular homes are inspected by an independent, third-party home inspection agency before the home leaves the factory.  Once a modular home is erected on-site, it is again inspected, this time by a local building inspector, to ensure that the new home is built with the quality and structural integrity required in your community.

Cost Control

  There are many factors that may make modular homes more cost-effective than site-built homes.  Modular home producers are able to purchase materials in bulk and store those materials for a longer amount of time than most conventional builders.  When material costs increase, so does the savings of bulk buying.

Modular homes also control home building costs after the modules leave their production facility.  Weather delays, which cost both the home builder and buyer time and money, are reduced significantly.  Also, there is less theft of building materials on a modular construction site, once the home is set on it's foundation, it is more complete and secure. 

Design Flexibility

  While most modular home manufactures have a portfolio of home plans, there are limitless design possibilities when planning your new home.  Most architects and designers use computer-assisted design (CAD) programs to accurately sketch customizations into a floor plan.  The modular industry takes CAD to another level, not only can your customizations be designed through computer software but the program will communicate your designs to the machinery in the manufacturing facility, ensuring your custom home design is built accurately and precisely.

Energy Efficiency

  The construction process of many modular homes allows for easier identification and filling of gaps around pipes, electrical outlets, windows, doors and exterior sheathing.  Not only does this make many modular homes tighter, but allows for less air infiltration and advanced energy efficiency, resulting in lower heating and cooling costs for the homeowner.