Prefabricated construction is a hot topic in architecture these days, and for good reason. Prospective homebuilders around the world are gravitating to prefab as an environ-mentally responsible and cost-effective way to achieve that holiest of grails: an affordable, well-designed house. If you’re hoping to jump onto this bandwagon or are just interested in what prefab building really entails, Prefab Prototypes is required reading. While other prefab books on the market show what can be done, dan
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For some, flat pack construction will always bring to mind pre-fabricated buildings that are as identical as they are uninspiring, but things are changing and new flat pack technology and improved quality in materials and manufacture are creating flat pack buildings quite unlike those seen before. Here, manufacturer of insulated panels and provider of turn-key flat pack home services SIP Direct (http://www.structuralinsulatedpanels.co.uk/) looks at whether flat packs are always pre-fab clones or if they can be tailor made aspirational homes.
Flat pack construction used to be reserved for temporary buildings where speed of erection and removal were far more important than quality or longevity. But the construction sector has changed just as much as the real estate market. More people than ever before are interested in self-build projects and an unreliable housing market has made people consider low-cost building options that they may previously have dismissed. Happily for these people, construction technology has changed just as much: structural insulated panels, like those from SIP Direct, are light yet completely air-tight; flexible yet strong; low-cost yet durable. These composite panels are of a far higher quality than in previous years and have created a whole new construction option for self-builders: the flat pack house.
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It’s the flexibility of these panels that has allowed flat pack technology to enter the 21st century. No longer is a house flat pack ‘one-design-fits all’, creating a home which ends up looking like a pre-fab clone like those seen on construction sites or used for school outbuildings. Now the owner of a home flat pack can get involved in the design process from the very beginning, choosing the size and layouts of rooms, which areas will be open plan, the amount of light in different areas of the house, whether to add a study, a garden room, a wet room, etc. Now, thanks to the superior building panels used in flat pack construction, just about the only limitation is the owner’s imagination. In fact, people can even choose to add period touches to their very modern style of home.
To see just how quickly a flat pack home can be created, even for a tailor made design, view the video at http://www.structuralinsulatedpanels.co.uk/.
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Editor’s Note: Structural Insulated Panels Direct (http://www.structuralinsulatedpanels.co.uk/) is represented by the digital marketing specialists and SEO provider Jumping Spider Media. Please direct all press queries to Louise Byrne. Email: louise@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959 / +34 952 783 637.
Nowadays, practicality is the name of the game. To save money, we reduce the things we buy, like in owning a house and lot. Now, more and more people resort to modular home plans. Why? Generally, the cause for its popularity is its inexpensive budget.
With modular home plans you can build your dream homes at less expense. This plan offers a much lower price per square foot as compared to site built home plans. Modular homes will stand long and sturdy like any site built homes because modular factories construct according to certain codes. The fact that it will be transported is also a factor that will prompt the constructor to make it stronger and more stable. With modular home plans, you can customize the home and build your dream home. You can adjust the roofs, add a deck, cut out a window, just about anything you wish.
What’s good about this is the fact that it is not costly—both in terms of time and money! Since modular homes are constructed in modular factories (meaning indoors), there are no weather related delays in construction. This saves not only time but also the daily construction payment. It also assures that the materials used are not exposed to climate harm and thus ensuring a quality building. Materials for constructing modular homes are also bought in bulk thus reducing the expense.
After it has been permanently erected on the site, you can customize the interior as you desire. Nowadays, manufactures of modular homes utilize computers to aid in the designing plans of your dream home. They can even change the plans they have created just to fit your needs. With that, you will spend less and thus saving more. You dream home will be exactly what you wanted it to be.
Nowadays, most people opt for practical and less expensive things to meet their needs. In housing, modular homes are the most common options because of its convenience – to the pocket, to time, and effort (for general cleaning). Modular home plans can be well suited in urban and sub-urban areas where there is a need for inexpensive yet quality homes. Besides, nowadays practicality is the keyword to living.
Question by paul c: is there a manufactured/modular home manufacturer making homes for export? who ships them?
to mexico?- europe?-anywhere/everywhere else?
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Answer by saaanen No, You buy them where you are living.
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Question by *Insert Name Here*: Do you prefer traditional or modern design?
I’m a huge fan of modern/contemporary.
But I also like a sortof traditional-ish modern design, if that makes any sense.
Kindof like this house. It’s really modern, with clean lines and it’s very simple. But it has a lot of color and very warm-feeling, haha.
So, which do you prefer?
Best answer:
Answer by tea.addict modern with a traditional twist
Give your answer to this question below!
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Dwell has long been known for its fresh and innovative take on modern bedding. Since their very first collection in 1999, dwell’s designers Jennifer Chused and Christiane Lemieux have constantly reinterpreted the definition of modern, exploring different expressions of what is current. Quality has also been important to dwell, they chose to take the high road on the thread count debate and rather than using a lesser quality construction in a higher thread count, they chose their staple fabric to be 100% Egyptian cotton percale in a 320 thread count. dwell’s patterns have become a modern classics. They are regularly featured in home design and fashion magazines like Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor, Lucky, Glamour, Domino and New York Magazine.
In 2006, dwell debuted “dwelledition”, a series of limited edition styles that represent the very latest in their design direction. In Sketch and Talon the debut dwelledition patterns, they reinterpreted old world details and historical European motifs into something current and modern. With their 2007 chinoiserie collection, they have reinterpreted ornamentation in a fresh, minimal style perfect for the contemporary home. Dwell Linen‘s 2007 chinoiserie collection is about what’s modern now. By reducing the decorative to its essential elements, dwell has reinterpreted ornamentation in a fresh, minimal style for the contemporary home.
Attention to detail makes this collection distinctive and unique – from the rich hand of the fabrics to the addition of woven linen trim and fine tailoring. Stanton is yard dyed, not printed. What this means is that the yarns are dyed, then woven on a jacquard loom to create the pattern. The use of the different color yarns in the weave creates the contrast in the woven pattern. Please purchase on online www.etabletop.com
Modern contemporary furniture offers great advantages over the traditional furniture that you might have purchased for your home. The first prominent feature is that modern contemporary furniture can give your home a fresh look without spending a fortune on a renovation. Sometimes just changing the furniture con make over your home completely. The sleek and contemporary designs of this type of furniture will add a lot to the appearance of your home.
Another feature is the colors and materials that modern contemporary furniture come in. Modern contemporary furniture often comes in different colors that give a very unique appearance to your home. Choosing soft colors like beige and other brown tones will add a smooth touch to you room. White will often give your room a more spacious feeling, while the red will give in an impact or passion that you might be looking for.
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Combining modern contemporary furniture with modern lighting and other accessories will also help in delivering a sophisticated look to your home. Modern contemporary furniture always comes in sleek and simple designs with no extra frills or fanciness. This enhances the comfort of every room furnished with this type of furniture.
Modern contemporary furniture always stresses on comfort and efficiency, and you should always choose your modern contemporary furniture from a reputable seller. Check that they are offering the high quality modern contemporary furniture in order to get the level of comfort you are looking for.
Living contemporary is one of the leading modern contemporary furniture retailers in the United States; they offer a great purchasing experience for every client because of their ever growing presence in the market.
Living contemporary has a huge selection of modern contemporary furniture that comes directly from reputable manufacturers who are known of producing some of the best quality furniture on the market. Living contemporary is also ensures its customers of the best price on the web because by dealing with the manufacturers directly they completely eliminate the middlemen who increase the price immensely. They also operate fully online so, they do not add showroom charges and they do not have to pay for an extensive number of sales agents. No overhead expenses greatly helps to reduce their price of modern contemporary furniture.
Living contemporary also gives its customers different payment options like paying with any major credit card or even with their PayPal accounts. The website is highly secure so all transactions are completed securely and your identity is protected.
It can be confusing to tell the difference between a manufactured home, mobile home, and/or modular home. They can be very similar in appearance, and on top of that, many people use the terms interchangeably. So let’s try to clear it all up and get a better definition.
What are Manufactured Homes?
A manufactured home is any factory-built home in the United States that is built conforming to HUD Title 6 construction standards (commonly known as “the HUD-code”). The HUD-code was implemented and took effect starting June 15, 1976. A HUD-coded home will display documentation called the HUD Certification Label and the Data Plate. The red HUD Certification Label (sometimes called the “HUD Label”) can be located on the tail end of each transportable section of the home. The Data Plate will be located inside of the home. A manufactured home is also built on a permanent chassis to ensure transportability. However, typically a manufactured home is not moved from its initial installed site. The home can then be placed on HUD permanent foundation. This is what an professional engineer (like us at Foundation Certifications) inspects and certifies when we visit your home-site.
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What are Mobile Homes?
A mobile home is similar to a manufactured home, in that it is a factory-built home. However, it differs in that it is: 1) built before June 15, 1976, and 2) not built to any uniform construction code, including HUD, since the HUD code didn’t come out until June 15, 1976.
What are Modular Homes?
A modular home is any factory-built home that is constructed to a local (City or County), or state building code. In most cases, a state will have adopted one of the uniform construction codes (i.e. UBC, IRC, etc.). Modular homes will not have the red HUD Certification Label, but will have a different label (often called a “UBC Label”, or similar) attached to the home stating the code it complies with. A modular home can be built as an “on-frame” or “off-frame” modular. On-frame will be built on a permanent chassis, whereas, the off-frame modular will be built with removal of the chassis frame in mind. An off-frame modular will usually require additional cranes to assist with home placement. Modular homes are, usually, only attached to private land, and not typically installed in manufactured (mobile) home parks.
Ed Harrison, PE is a licensed professional engineer in a multitude of states across the country and is the owner of Foundation Certifications. He works with mortgage lenders, loan officers, real estate agents, and private parties across the United States with their manufactured home foundations and loans. He is an expert in the field of FHA/HUD/VA compliant manufactured home foundations. His engineering firm provides not only certifications for HUD compliant manufactured home foundations, but they are also a full service civil and structural engineering design firm. To learn more about Ed Harrison and his company, go to http://www.FoundationCertifications.com or http://www.HarrisonEngr.com
Indeed you can save money by choosing a modular home, but how much are the savings? It depends on your design complexity, the size, and the number of options that are added to your modular home plan. Compared to a site-built home, savings are significant, but you are still paying for high quality construction that meets the same rigorous building code standards. In this regard, your costs are still substantial, but you can expect to save about 20 percent overall compared to a home built on-site.
In looking at floor design options, the price as anticipated varies according to design complexity. The more elegant the home, the higher the price per square foot. Within a design, some manufacturers offer grades of amenities. For instance a single floor design may come in a basic, an average and a high end option with advancing levels of amenities added accordingly. For most standard plans, prices range from 55 dollars per square foot up to 150 dollars per square foot. As you begin to tailor your modular home to more architecturally complex styles, the prices can continue to rise of course.
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When looking to add options, pricing can be summarized by the type of “upgrade” that you want. Here are some examples of what you might consider in designing your home and its related price range.
Extra window – 0 Picture window – 00-00 Cathedral ceiling – per foot Swinging door – 00-00 Recessed lights – per fixture Dormers w/window – 00 Extra TV/Phone jacks – per jack Shutters – per pair
These are just some examples for pricing, but each manufacturer will have their own catalog of options available and pricing for design styles. Unlike site-built homes, once you have submitted the design with your builder’s approval to the manufacturer, construction on your home begins immediately. Therefore, there are not options to change the plans once the manufacturer begins. This has advantages and disadvantages. On a good note, your budget and financing are quite secure with a known cost and little chance for unexpected surprises. But you are locked into your design once construction starts, and there is little room for a change of mind. In short, be sure about your plans before they are formally submitted.
In addition to the home’s construction, the pricing also includes delivery of your modular home to its site, crane and set crew labor, installation of support columns for your home, assembly and shingling of the roof, connection of the modules, and completion of all exterior siding and trim. The remainder of the finishing work is additional costs that you will negotiate with your builder, and these averages another 10-15 percent of your costs. Finishing costs include site preparation work, foundation work, buttoning up and tie in procedures, landscaping, etc. These should also be known up front by sitting down with your builder and detailing expenses.
Pricing options vary significantly just as they do with site built homes. Decide what your budget is and decide what is important to you. The best thing is that tremendous choices await you, and certainly there is a perfect modular home style that fits your family’s needs for the right price.
Michael Zenga is a Modular Home Builder in the Boston, MA area. He founded ZN Custom Building, in 2002, which specializes in modular home construction. Known as the Modular Building Specialist, Michael is an unabashed advocate for the industry and contributes related articles to many publications.
