What is an Off-Site Built home?
An Off-Site Built home, also called a sectional, factory built, or Modular Home, is built in a factory to the same state and local building codes as homes built on site. The home is then carried in sections by special trucks to the building site where a local builder puts it together. How are Off-Site Built homes different than manufactured or mobile homes? Off-Site Built homes are built to the same Uniform Building Codes (UBC) as homes built on site. The Uniform Building Codes are created by building professionals to insure that a home is built to withstand the unique environmental stresses of a state and local area. However, manufactured homes, sometimes referred to as mobile homes, are built to a federal HUD code and do not have to meet state and local code standards. How long does it take to build an Off-Site Built home? An Off-Site Built home is usually completed in half the time it takes to build a home on site. Under normal market conditions, it usually takes a factory four to f
