Modular homes are made of units called modules made at manufacturing centers away from their actual building sites. The finished home is then shipped to the site by flat bed truck and lowered and attached to a preset foundation.

Small modular homes have a lot of advantages. Firstly they are easy to manufacture. They are easily assembled on the shop floor in an assembly line process. They are also easily transported to the site by truck where a crane can easily set the structure onto a preset foundation.

There are many time and cost savings in modular construction. The manufacturer obtains discounts on raw materials due to bulk purchases from suppliers. They also incur less labor costs compared to the labor costs of a site-built house. There is a great deal of efficiency as the assembly line is more efficient than a number of construction workers. Building material is also safe from inclement weather and robbery. Much less waste is generated in small modular home construction than in traditional methods.

When a manufacturer is building without a backlog, it usually delivers a house five weeks after the customer has finalized the plan and obtained permits and finances. The builder starts building the foundation while the house is being manufactured in the factory. In the case of a small, uncomplicated house requiring less onsite construction, it will be ready in three weeks. Combining building and manufacturing time, a customer can hope to move into his dream home in eight weeks’ time.

Modular homes also attract easy finance. Most customers save money constructing homes rather than purchasing them. The shorter construction time means that there are fewer monthly interest payments required to service the loan. Lenders like modular homes because customers are unlikely to incur large cost over runs or run late in building. Quality is predictable. Construction inspection is also easy as the modular home is fully finished even at the first inspection.

Modular homes are time- and cost-saving, aesthetically pleasing and quality-conscious, and an excellent alternative to stick-built houses.

One of the biggest stumbling blocks for many consumers in regards to modular homes is the extremely short period of time in which they can be completely finished and assembled, which beggars belief. The traditional methods of site buildings, i.e. buildings erected and completed where they stood, were grossly ineffective, unreliable and plagued with a host of problems that served to delay the final completion date. It would seem that, having grown up in an era where inefficiency and huge delays in the final result was not only the norm but accepted as the “cost of doing business” it is somewhat understandable given that consumers are reluctant to accept modular homes for what they are on at face value. Understandable but yet at the same time, it is still very frustrating.

So how long DOES it take for a modular home to be constructed, assembled, ready for use?

At an absolute maximum, the materials will be completed and produced in the factory within a fortnight (two weeks). If that has impressed you, then please note that this timeframe includes quality control inspections and inspections by industry experts in order to ensure that the property is fit for use and totally safe.

Hearing such a remarkably short period of time is more than enough to make many consumers uncomfortable. How on earth can the producers of modular homes have the property ready in such a short period of time?

As briefly touched upon earlier within the article, the traditional methods used to build houses were ineffective and riddled with problems, and the modular homes manage to address these issues quickly and safely as well as with no small measure of efficiency. Because the materials are produced and used in a 100% climate-controlled environment this means that there is no need to worry about or be concerned with any damage or destruction of the building materials.

Because the materials are completed in the factory and then erected when finished, there is no need to worry about theft because the materials are no longer in an easily accessible state meaning that any would be thief will find that the cost of dismantling and transporting the materials they have purloined will far exceed any sort of illicit profit they may have netted for themselves!