Modular Home Prices

Home Prices - The first question everyone asks "what's the price of a modular home?" Most builders and dealers can answer the price question immediately with a ball park estimate. This ball park price typically includes the house being delivered and finshed and, a hard number can be delivered within a few days from the factory.

a solid answer within twenty four hours. The factory will cost the house and the modular home builder will pass the price on to you. The pricing of modular homes is easy. Estimating the cost to build a prefab house is more difficult.

Price and Costing of Prefab Houses

What is Included in a Modular Home Price

Building Site Conditions

Construction Specifications

How to Keep Your Modular Home Price Low

Factory Upgrades and Options

Modular Home Options

Options - The options are the upgrades you select to personalize your home. There are interior, exterior, bathroom, kitchen and flooring options for you to select from when you are buying a modular home. When you receive a price for a modular home, the price only includes the standard specifications and standard building materials.

Modular Home Costs

Costs - Asking a modular home builder, "How much do modular homes cost?" is a tough question. The cost of a modular home includes the price of the modular home and all of the cost to finish the home.

Before you ask your prefab house supplier about the cost of a modular home, you first need to discuss the following items:

Price and Cost Issues

Modular Home Options - Another major element on the cost of your modular home will be the options you choose for your modular home. Options for your prefab home will include standard factory options, custom factory options and site installed options you or your builder will install in your new home. The base price on a modular home is also influenced by state and local building codes. Our page on modular home option will help you discover options which will make your home more comfortable, energy efficient, functional and attractive. Your builder or supplier will help you make all of the selections for your new prefab home.

Modular Home Design

The steps to building a modular home include: finding a building lot; financing; selecting a builder or dealer; designing or modifying your modular home floor plans and selecting the options for your modular home. Each of the steps are covered on Modular Home Place to help make buying, designing and building a modular home easy.

Prefab Design and Floor Plans

When designing your home you have the these choices: selecting a standard modular home floor plan and modifying the plan; using a stock floor plan and modifying plans to be built as a modular home; designing a total custom floor plan and or a combination of these choices to design your modular home. Modular Home place will help you understand what you need to know to design a modular home.

Designing Modular Homes

Over the years prefabricated housing factories have designed hundreds of modular home floor plans. Standard plans often originate from a custom floor plan and previous homes the factory has manufactured.

Customization and Modifications - Modifying a standard modular home floor plan is the most popular approach to designing a modular home. Modular home designs and floor plans are very easy to modify.

Custom Floor Plans - For those of you who can't find a standard floor plan to modify, you can select a stock plan and modify it to be a modular home or you can use a modular home designer or architect to design your home. It is very important to select a designer who is familiar and experienced with system built housing.

Modular Home Floor Plans and Considerations for Occupants

Selecting a floor plan for you new home can be a major undertaking. Most people start looking at the exterior of homes hoping the floor plan will have the same appeal as the exterior of the home. This is where floor plan selection can become frustrating. The home looks great from the outside, but the home does''t have a functional layout for your family. The elements influencing your floor plan selection include: family size; building lot; life style requirements; potential to add on to the home in the future. In addition to these basic elements come personal requirements such as home offices, play rooms; media rooms and storage. Selecting a modular home floor plan should be the second step before looking at the exterior of homes.

Spray Foam Insulation for Modular Homes

The Energy Professionals located in Lock Haven PA install both open and closed spray foam insulation in your new modular home. Spray foam insulation in a prefab home has benefits including exceptional air sealing, effective R-values and sound deadening properties - making your home energy efficient, comfortable and quiet.

The Energy Professionals are centrally located in the middle of a multitude of Pennsylvania modular home factories: Avis America; Haven Homes; Professional Building Systems; Excel Homes; Simplex Homes; Signature Building Systems; ProBuilt Homes: Design Homes llc; Signature Building Systems; Apex Homes; Legacy Icon llc; and the new Haven Homes factory in Selinsgrove Pennsylvania. All of these modular home factories service most states including: New York; New Jersey Jersey; Pennsylvania; Maine; Vermont; Maryland and North Carolina.

Energy Efficient Modular Homes

Are you considering making your new modular home as energy efficient as it can be? If you have done your research, you understand the homes thermal envelope is key to low energy bills and comfort. Most modular homes are insulated with fiberglass batts. Fiberglass batts improperly installed in a modular home can be as little as 25% efficient if installed incorrectly. The solution to poorly installed fiberglass inspection includes having a thermal bypass inspection completed on your home while it is being constructed to make sure the insulation is installed correctly. A thermal bypass inspection is a requirement for ENERGY STAR homes. The other solution is to have spray foam installed in your new modular home at the factory.

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