Modular homes?

[lamywaby]

I moved to Oregon a few months ago and bought a nice piece of land with a 30x40 shop in a fantastic location for me -- and with the weirdest house ever. (OK, maybe not the weirdest for Oregon). Not just weird, but badly soundproofed, needs foundation work, and a bunch of other stuff.

I'm thinking about bulldozing it and having a modular home dropped in. I'm finding surprisingly few online reviews, even though there are lots of companies. around One highly rated place has a radius I am just outside of. Another one the local rep couldn't even lead me to pics of house models on a website, so he had to email me... and I couldn't even figure out if they were modular or manufactured. (I asked and he said they could be made both ways. Uh... really?) And so on. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but shouldn't there be lots of reviews and feedback?

Can anyone recommend a company that deals in modular homes in the PNW? Any feedback on Express Modular?

 

[lamywaby]

I moved to Oregon a few months ago and bought a nice piece of land with a 30x40 shop in a fantastic location for me -- and with the weirdest house ever. (OK, maybe not the weirdest for Oregon). Not just weird, but badly soundproofed, needs foundation work, and a bunch of other stuff.

I'm thinking about bulldozing it and having a modular home dropped in. I'm finding surprisingly few online reviews, even though there are lots of companies. around One highly rated place has a radius I am just outside of. Another one the local rep couldn't even lead me to pics of house models on a website, so he had to email me... and I couldn't even figure out if they were modular or manufactured. (I asked and he said they could be made both ways. Uh... really?) And so on. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but shouldn't there be lots of reviews and feedback?

Can anyone recommend a company that deals in modular homes asheboro nc? Any feedback on Express Modular?

thanks for any help

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I can't recommend one, buy one of my employees had to deal with an interesting issue regarding one.

His parents bought a modular home and had it assembled on their land. It was like a regular home. I would never had known it was modular, but I was never in the attic,, and they always are obvious when modular.. Fast forward 20-30 years and mother wants to sell and move to an assisted living facility. A buyer is found, but the mortgage wouldn't go through until a DOT certification could be found. Unfortunately the manufacturer was long out of business. One was eventually found after over a year of searching. This was during covid, so I'm sure that slowed things down.

Make sure you get a DOT cert if you go this route!

 

[peakbagger]

There are lots of different modular homes out there. My house is a medium to high end modular. I designed the layout 30 years ago and the lower floor was built in factory and shipped to the site, then the second floor was added with prebuilt panels and the roof was stick built. At the time it was built more energy efficient than a stick built house of its era. There are a couple of firms that build high end modulars that can meet Passive Home standards (super energy efficient). Then of course there are the low end modulars that are one step away from a mobile home and some dealers try to pass off mobile homes as modular homes. Mobile homes can be built to far lower federal standards than modulars that have to be built to the same IBC codes as regular homes. BTW, some local inpectors do not like modulars homes as they feel its taking work away from the locals. Make sure that is not the case in your locality as they can make things a PITA to get a CO. Any legit modular company has a third party inpsector on site that signs off on the work is being done to the applicable local codes. Note every community may have special local code requirements like ground snow load, it is important that those local requirements are included in the contract as that can get expensive.

In most cases, a person does not buy direct from the factory, they go through a local representative that is typically a contractor. The local rep is responsible to make sure the site and foundation is ready to go when the house is ready to be delivered. They also are responsible to do the inevitable finish work once the pieces are in place. I paid them to give me weathertight shell and then I did the finish work myself, that means hooking up all the plumbing stubs under the floor, mounting the electrical panel in my basement and shortening up the wires and running them neatly into the panel (mine was supplied with the panel connected but with the wiring coiled up long). I also installed a boiler and connected up all the radiator stubs.

I do want to stress that the local rep is key, mine was not great, it was a building boom and he made promises he didnt keep, the house got delivered 3 months late. I am pretty sure he knew it would be late but didnt want to lose the sale. It got delivered the day before Thanksgiving in Northern NH and made for stressful winter for me getting it buttoned up.

 

[zrock]

I can't recommend one, buy one of my employees had to deal with an interesting issue regarding one.

His parents bought a modular home and had it assembled on their land. It was like a regular home. I would never had known it was modular, but I was never in the attic,, and they always are obvious when modular.. Fast forward 20-30 years and mother wants to sell and move to an assisted living facility. A buyer is found, but the mortgage wouldn't go through until a DOT certification could be found. Unfortunately the manufacturer was long out of business. One was eventually found after over a year of searching. This was during covid, so I'm sure that slowed things down.

Make sure you get a DOT cert if you go this route!

Finding the certification for a 30 year old home is pretty standard and is usually always a sticker on the outside of the home that has been painted or covered over.. I took pictures of mine when i moved in and has saved my butt several times with insurance..

I used to set up Moduline morular homes/ mobile home.. All made by the same company's and use the same standards for building.. I was always impressed with these homes and to be they are built better than having a home built on site by a contractor.. Stupid efficient i have talked to several of my old customers about their heating bills and such and they are stupid low.. If i ever have to i would order one of these before a contractor built house.. In my area i can have it move in ready in less than 2 months from day of order..

 

[begreen]

Friends have a Marlett made to Montana standards with 6" walls. It is very easy to heat and cool in Western WA.

 

[lamywaby]

I can't recommend one, buy one of my employees had to deal with an interesting issue regarding one.

His parents bought a modular home and had it assembled on their land. It was like a regular home. I would never had known it was modular, but I was never in the attic,, and they always are obvious when modular.. Fast forward 20-30 years and mother wants to sell and move to an assisted living facility. A buyer is found, but the mortgage wouldn't go through until a DOT certification could be found. Unfortunately the manufacturer was long out of business. One was eventually found after over a year of searching. This was during covid, so I'm sure that slowed things down.

Make sure you get a DOT cert if you go this route! Apartments for rent in Metn
Fast forward 20-30 years and mother wants to sell and move to an assisted living facility. A buyer is found, but the mortgage wouldn't go through until a DOT certification could be found. Unfortunately the manufacturer was long out of business. One was eventually found after over a year of searching. This was during covid, so I'm sure that slowed things down.

thank you so much for your suggestion. really appreciate that.