With prefab homes quickly rising in popularity, you might be wondering what exactly makes them different from a regular house?

PREFAB VS. TRADITIONAL

While a conventional stick-built home is constructed piece by piece on the owner's land, a prefab home is constructed in a warehouse or factory setting and later transported to the lot and assembled in segments.

PRIMARY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PREFAB + CONVENTIONAL HOUSES

SHORTER BUILD TIME

Because prefab homes are built indoors in a climate-controlled environment, construction time is not affected by weather.

Construction of modular homes can be measured in weeks rather than months, and it's far easier to stick to schedule and avoid on-site delays so often encountered with traditional home construction.

LESS WASTE

A study by the National Association of Home Builders estimates that when building a 2,000 square foot conventional home, 8,000 pounds of waste material gets sent to the landfill (!!).

At HAVEN, responsible waste management is inherent in our company DNA. Like most modular home builders, we work in a controlled environment where every piece of material is paid attention to and efforts are always made to eliminate, minimize, and recycle waste to achieve green construction.

FOUNDATION

Prefab homes are anchored to the foundation, making them technically able to be removed from the foundation in the future if desired. Whereas a conventional home and its foundation are in a lifelong commitment to a single place.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY

At HAVEN, we build our homes to withstand the elements using the highest quality materials and sturdy steel frames.

Because modular homes are built in a controlled setting, the entire process is under strict quality control.

Furthermore, all materials are protected from the weather. A common mishap on a conventional construction site is that lumber will be inadequately protected, leaving it exposed to the elements. Structural and environmental issues can arise years later from this kind of neglect.

So now you know the ways in which prefab homes differ from conventionally built homes.

If you've read our blog you already know that HAVENS fit all predicted real estate trends for 2018, that they have net zero potential, can pretty much pay for themselves, and that we offer the simplest home buying process on the market!

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