Are You Looking For Mobile, Manufactured or Modular Homes?

Mobile homes (or trailers) are affordable living spaces, that are mass produced off-site, and that can easily move to different locations. Mobile homes aren't actually built anymore because they don't meet the standards set in the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Act of 1974 and the HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards released in 1976.

Since 1976, the formal regulation of production safety and quality forced these mobile homes to built against a higher set of building standards. These homes would now be identified as manufactured homes.

Mobile homes build after 1976 are referred to as manufactured homes with a more rules around design and construction of the unit. Manufactured homes are built with quality materials in a well-regulated homebuilding facility, to speed up the construction process and ensure they are built to build standards.

They typically come in three sizes: single section, double section and triple section and are extremely customizable. Once they are built, they are transported to the home owner's location where builders place the home on wooden pillars, metal piers, a solid foundation or a basement.

A modular home is a house that's partially constructed in a factory and shipped to the homeowner’s location, where it is then pieced together. Modular homes are placed on a permanent foundation and can have full basements.

Modular homes (or prefab homes) resemble site-built homes and can be custom built so specific layouts or customizations. The construction of a modular home must adhere to the building codes and standards of where the home will eventually reside.