Modern Prefab Homes

[evolusd]

Have any of you Piggs ever researched modern prefab homes? I’ve been scouring the web recently and it seems like the best resources at the moment are Michelle Kaufman and http://www.livinghomes.net. Any other sites you have seen with good info?

My wife and I have long discussed moving to a small(er) town where we could buy some land to build a functional home to our specs. This prefab thing looks like it could be very cool and cost effective.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

[UCGal]

The designs of pre-manufactured homes have come a long way since the old “doublewide”.

If you’re planning on living in a seismically active area (CA) – then the added advantage is pre-fab homes are designed to withstand pretty extreme vibration during shipping – so they weather moderate earthquakes better than most built in place homes. The steel framing is part of the reason.

We seriously looked at prefab when we were first looking at our companion unit… but there wasn’t anything of the right scale with the ADA features we needed.

[UCGal]

The designs of pre-manufactured homes have come a long way since the old “doublewide”.

If you’re planning on living in a seismically active area (CA) – then the added advantage is pre-fab homes are designed to withstand pretty extreme vibration during shipping – so they weather moderate earthquakes better than most built in place homes. The steel framing is part of the reason.

We seriously looked at prefab when we were first looking at our companion unit… but there wasn’t anything of the right scale with the ADA features we needed.

[UCGal]

The designs of pre-manufactured homes have come a long way since the old “doublewide”.

If you’re planning on living in a seismically active area (CA) – then the added advantage is pre-fab homes are designed to withstand pretty extreme vibration during shipping – so they weather moderate earthquakes better than most built in place homes. The steel framing is part of the reason.

We seriously looked at prefab when we were first looking at our companion unit… but there wasn’t anything of the right scale with the ADA features we needed.

[UCGal]

The designs of pre-manufactured homes have come a long way since the old “doublewide”.

If you’re planning on living in a seismically active area (CA) – then the added advantage is pre-fab homes are designed to withstand pretty extreme vibration during shipping – so they weather moderate earthquakes better than most built in place homes. The steel framing is part of the reason.

We seriously looked at prefab when we were first looking at our companion unit… but there wasn’t anything of the right scale with the ADA features we needed.

[UCGal]

The designs of pre-manufactured homes have come a long way since the old “doublewide”.

If you’re planning on living in a seismically active area (CA) – then the added advantage is pre-fab homes are designed to withstand pretty extreme vibration during shipping – so they weather moderate earthquakes better than most built in place homes. The steel framing is part of the reason.

We seriously looked at prefab when we were first looking at our companion unit… but there wasn’t anything of the right scale with the ADA features we needed.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

From my limited experience (maybe I look at the older homes the newer ones could be a whole lot better)

But from my experience, the prefab homes are very difficult to repair when they get old, and they lose value very quickly after about 10 years (but this is just an amateur talking so do your own DD).

Most of the ones I have seen are basically scrap after 20 to 30 years.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

From my limited experience (maybe I look at the older homes the newer ones could be a whole lot better)

But from my experience, the prefab homes are very difficult to repair when they get old, and they lose value very quickly after about 10 years (but this is just an amateur talking so do your own DD).

Most of the ones I have seen are basically scrap after 20 to 30 years.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

From my limited experience (maybe I look at the older homes the newer ones could be a whole lot better)

But from my experience, the prefab homes are very difficult to repair when they get old, and they lose value very quickly after about 10 years (but this is just an amateur talking so do your own DD).

Most of the ones I have seen are basically scrap after 20 to 30 years.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

From my limited experience (maybe I look at the older homes the newer ones could be a whole lot better)

But from my experience, the prefab homes are very difficult to repair when they get old, and they lose value very quickly after about 10 years (but this is just an amateur talking so do your own DD).

Most of the ones I have seen are basically scrap after 20 to 30 years.

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

From my limited experience (maybe I look at the older homes the newer ones could be a whole lot better)

But from my experience, the prefab homes are very difficult to repair when they get old, and they lose value very quickly after about 10 years (but this is just an amateur talking so do your own DD).

Most of the ones I have seen are basically scrap after 20 to 30 years.

[Zeitgeist]

I understand the windows will become tweaked in an earth quake and they are not repairable. In a high fire threat zone, a steel building would make sense though.

[Zeitgeist]

I understand the windows will become tweaked in an earth quake and they are not repairable. In a high fire threat zone, a steel building would make sense though.

[Zeitgeist]

I understand the windows will become tweaked in an earth quake and they are not repairable. In a high fire threat zone, a steel building would make sense though.

[Zeitgeist]

I understand the windows will become tweaked in an earth quake and they are not repairable. In a high fire threat zone, a steel building would make sense though.

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