IS MODULAR CONSTRUCTION LESS COSTLY THAN A SITE-BUILT HOME?
In most instances, modular construction is slightly less than site-built. For a house project budgeted in that great mid-range of new construction costs, a modular house will be typically 5% to 25% less than a comparative site-built house, depending on the cost of site labor. There are exceptions to the above statement for comparative costing in some areas of the United States where the home purchaser is choosing to build. In urban areas with inflated housing market costs, the cost savings of a modular house will be more dramatic than building a modular home in areas where overall residential construction costs are lower such as areas of the Mid-West and in the Southeastern and Gulf Coast states. One pricing category in which modular technologies shines as a cost saving building system is in the construction of houses with a more up-scaled line item specification. It is typical that a high-end residential modular project will generate savings for the home owner in the area of 20% to 25
