Today, the educated consumers that are seeking to have a new home built to their specifications are increasingly turning to modular construction to achieve a higher quality of construction without sacrificing architectural style, open floor planning and quality finishes. Invariably, when clients initially call us, one of their first questions is "how do I get started?"
If your interest is having your new dream home built with modern modular technology and you, too, want to know "how to get started", I offer here the two most important elements to insure a successful project: select both the right manufacturer of the modular housing components and the right builder to perform all of the required work on-site to transform your "dream" to reality.
The modular components of your new home will be manufactured in a factory and those components will be shipped to your home site and finished to turnkey by the builder. Thus, the process of building a new home with modern modular building components should be viewed as a "team" effort, with both team members requiring its own complimentary strengths to offer the best possible solution.
The right manufacturer should easily meet the following criteria:
• Does it have a reputation for building quality product?
• Is it capable of integrating architectural flexibility and custom design into its homes?
• Does it have a reputation for strong customer service?
• Does it maintain a network of exclusive quality builders that support its product?
• Does it take responsibility for setting its homes with its own employees?
• Does it have strong financial capabilities?
• Can it provide construction financing, if your project so requires in this difficult financial market?
Once you have the right manufacturer, you then need to select your builder. That builder should also easily meet the following criteria:
• Is the builder a "preferred representative" for a major modular home manufacturer, and more importantly the manufacturer you have selected?
• Can the builder substantiate that it understands fundamental and universal design principles?
• Is the builder a true hands-on "builder" that has the proven background and capabilities to build your home, or is it simply offering to act as a "consultant" to the process, in which you take the bulk of contracting administrative and financial risks?
• Has the builder built "stick" housing, so you can be confident that it has the capabilities to perform framing and finish work that may be necessary for your job to compliment the modular technology? Some elements of stick-building are often required for most quality homes?
• Does the builder have varied experience, insuring it has the capabilities to handle problems as they arise? Remember, problems may arise, it is a matter of how they are handled that determines the true professional.
• Does the builder use a strong, stable subcontractor base, or does it seek the cheapest subcontractors at any point in time to "just get the job done"? What is the depth of experience of its subcontractors?
• Does the builder have management in place to keep the business running, while the field operations build?
• Does the builder have experience with site work and the basic engineering principles that need to be considered when finishing your project to "turn-key"
Hopefully, the above points will provide you guidance to assist the transformation of your dream into reality.
http://www.southviewhomes.com A leading modular home builder in central and southern New Jersey, Southview Homes represents Westchester Modular Homes
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