{"id":2576,"date":"2021-07-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2021-06-29T22:46:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:46:01","slug":"building-modular-a-viable-option-for-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swproperties.com\/new-mexico-news\/uncategorized\/building-modular-a-viable-option-for-many\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Modular, a viable option for many."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is a Modular Home?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlike site-built homes, modular homes are built in a factory setting, shipped in pieces to a location, and assembled on a foundation. This process decreases construction time, provides a weather-controlled environment for the materials and building, and allows you to customize your home. Modular homes have come a long way in the past decade. They aren’t just your standard, ugly double wide that you are used to seeing. Modular Homes can be customized to fit almost any style whether it be a log home, adobe, farm house or modern; if you can imagine it, they can build it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Basic Steps before building<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before your home can be ordered, you will need to find a location to place the home, and obtain any necessary permits. Knowing the building codes for your specific location will be useful when obtaining such permits. While you wait for your factory home to be built, you will make preparations for the foundation. Perhaps one of the most important steps of site preparation before your home arrives is connecting the utilities correctly. Discussions on whether you will hook in to a municipal sewer system or septic system will also be had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price Differential<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Modular construction tends to be cheaper than stick-built homes by an average of 10 to 25 percent. This is because mass-produced materials on an assembly line, cut down costs as factories buy supplies in bulk. The cost of labor is also less because you don\u2019t have to send individual carpenters, plumbers, and electricians to individual construction sites. Furthermore, a faster build time saves money too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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