The embedded video below filmed in a Clayton Manufactured Home Factory gives a great sense of how a home is built in a manufacturing environment. Although each manufacturer has their own unique style of building, this video will give you a good primer for how the industry builds their homes.
If you would like to take a virtual video tour of Clayton's Model Homes, take a look at the videos in their tour playlist. You will be impressed by the interior designs of most of these models. Enjoy.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Squeezing Costs, Builders Take A New Look At Prefab
By Rhonda Kaysen for The New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — A package arrived on a shabby north Philadelphia block in January 2010, wrapped in Tyvek and measuring 55 feet long and 16 feet wide. Inside was a kitchenette, a bathroom and two bedrooms. The only thing missing was the toilet bowl lid. Read More
PHILADELPHIA — A package arrived on a shabby north Philadelphia block in January 2010, wrapped in Tyvek and measuring 55 feet long and 16 feet wide. Inside was a kitchenette, a bathroom and two bedrooms. The only thing missing was the toilet bowl lid. Read More
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Million-Dollar Mobile Homes - MSN Real Estate
Want to rub elbows with stars and the superrich — for millions less than many of your neighbors? Have a look at life in a luxe mobile-home park.
By Leah L. Culler of MSN Real Estate
In the high-priced mecca of Malibu, Calif., you can buy limitless ocean views and unbeatable private beach access from an estate perched on the bluff, for $14.5 million. Read More
By Leah L. Culler of MSN Real Estate
In the high-priced mecca of Malibu, Calif., you can buy limitless ocean views and unbeatable private beach access from an estate perched on the bluff, for $14.5 million. Read More
Monday, December 13, 2010
Green Building with Mobile and Modular Homes
Sun 12/12/10 04:10:31 pm
by Nat Criss
Do the words "mobile home" make you think of run down trailer parks and shoddy construction? After decades of earning a less-than-stellar reputation, the manufactured housing industry has upped its standards and is touting advancements in green building methods. Read More
by Nat Criss
Do the words "mobile home" make you think of run down trailer parks and shoddy construction? After decades of earning a less-than-stellar reputation, the manufactured housing industry has upped its standards and is touting advancements in green building methods. Read More
Monday, September 27, 2010
NewsRegister.com - Manufactured housing gaining new traction
Home sales are in a slump in Yamhill County, as they are virtually everywhere in the country. But sales are holding up better for lower-cost manufactured homes than for traditional site-built homes, manufacturing and sales outlets report.
Follow the link below to read the full story.
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Follow the link below to read the full story.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Economic woes mean manufactured home sales spike
While much of the housing industry continues to struggle, companies that make modular and manufactured homes say their sales are up. At Oakwood Homes in Greensboro sales are up 28 percent since last year.
http://charlotte.news14.com//Default.aspx?ArID=630090
http://charlotte.news14.com//Default.aspx?ArID=630090
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Advantages of the Metal Chassis Frames
Frames
By George Porter
This author gives a good argument for why the HUD required metal frame chassis has advantages other than making it possible to transport a manufactured home to its home site. Read More
By George Porter
This author gives a good argument for why the HUD required metal frame chassis has advantages other than making it possible to transport a manufactured home to its home site. Read More
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Manufactured Home Financing Guidelines
I have just found this informative post about financing manufactured homes: click here
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