Is there a good website to get quotes on these things? They look very interesting, I'm wondering how they compare price wise to a stick built.

I also want to get a price on one for when I build my dream home in Guilford in 20 years. I need to find one thats about 8ksf, and I would like them to prefab an 8 car garage that will be seperate. Then all I need is about 15 acreas of land so I can have a nice long driveway, and not see my neighbors, ever, there will be a gate.... Water views would be nice as well...

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Hat, manufactured homes are the way to go.


My dream is to one day have a couple of acres in a nice area, and stick a manufactured home on it. Complete with 6 car garage.

My dad priced some out not too long ago. Very reasonable considering what he wanted.

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Sorry, forgot to throw this in.

http://www.fabprefab.com/

It was in Veloce300DTs signature for a while.

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it's automatic.

not in FL... well.. not those new style double wide trailers.. But I have seen some pretty nice homes that come in sections they build( two stories with garage)

I still like my great grandpa's Sears and Roebuck house he bought and built...

There is a Sears house down the street from me, pretty cool.

Double wide trailer? Thats like 8k sf?

I saw one go up once, they lay the foundation and do the site work like on a normal house. Then one day a crane shows up, the next a bunch of people and trucks with house sections. By the end of the day you have a house, cool stuff.

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Why would you want a pre-fab house? Yes the price might be lower, but how great is that quality? Will it last for years to come? Is it going to look tacky?

My dream house would be up in the hill overlooking the ocean/city with a 6 car garage and full mechanics shop including a lift. A nice driveway would also be nice.

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A buddy of mine is in the process of putting one together. Should be moved in by the end of July. The boxes are all up last week but now there is still plumbing, electrical, sheetrock (cathedral ceiling, stick built garage), hardwoods, etc. to do. Looks like it will end up less than $100 sq/ft. and its pretty darn nice for that. 2 car garage, full basement, 1900sq/ft, water view. Stick built would likely have run him $130-$140 sq/ft. Once its done there will be no way anyone would know its modular. The quality is BETTER than the sticks I see being put up. It meets national codes and all municipal. Very strong. All corners lag screwed, the sheetrock is screwed and glued. Microlams everywhere. Andersen windows, etc. Its the real deal. RT

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Warranty..... The houses my dad was looking at came with a warranty. Does the stick house come with that?


Not to mention the fit and finish on one of those houses is pretty good. I looked at a prefab house the other day. Not only did it look amazing, it was built like a Toyota.

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it's automatic.

I agree. The accuracy of the build and the quality of the materials are simply unmatched by stick builders.

These guys build 1000 houses, all identical...........in a factory.........with jigs.

Compare that to a crew of hammer jockeys who might be tired and thirsty. All of their screwups are buried in the house.

BINGO! Cost is about 25% less than conventional construction, too.

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One of my co-workers had a log cabinet built on his property in Luray, VA. The house was built in NC, dissassembled, and trucked to Luray, where it was reassembled in a day or two. It's not exactly a pre-fab, but pretty cool nonetheless.

What you guys want is a giant garage with a tool sh, . . er, LIVING shed, behind it.

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Forget the house- just build a garage!

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I built five specs a couple years ago and the construction of a true modular, is that the cost is slightly less but not much. I think that you savings goes up with more square footage the homes I built were 1300-1800 sq ft so the threshold for greater profits was not too high, if anything cost was break even and we saved time which is money.

The main thing to look for is trades that are used to dealing with modular construction I had the worst flooring and drywallers available and they made it a nightmare which resulted in a tear out and replace.

I'd be worried about the use of lighter, possibly flimsier materials in a prefab. I assume they try to engineer the weight down on those, whereas a stick-built house doesn't have to be transported, and weight isn't an issue.

Stick-builts nowadays seem pretty flimsey anyhow. I wouldn't want anything less sturdy than that.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Prefabs are beefed up to handle the trucking stress. A true modular is much stronger than a house built to minimum code.