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Show G4 Advertising Supplementto The Salt Lake Tribune | The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, September 10, 1995 Modular-Home Construction on the Upswing By Gene Austin Knight-Ridder Newspapers When builder Mark Sims decided to build a house for himself and his family, he chose a modular home. The houseis in Briarwood, an ups- _cale development near Doylestown, Pa., but Simsis confident that his house compares well with the custom-bnilt homes of his neighbors. The Sims house, which has about 5,400 square feet of living space — bnot ineluding the garage, basement ‘or a third floor that will remain unfinished for some time — illustrates the advances made in modular build‘ing in recent years. And Sims’ choice ‘of modular construction for his own {house is an endorsementof a prod‘uct that he thinksis ‘‘on the leading sedge” of housing. { The houseis constructed ofsix smodules, each containing several *rooms, that were delivered to the ‘two-acre building site on trucks. The : modules, each 48 by 14 feet, were built by Avis America in Avis, Pa. It took about two days to put themin ‘place with a crane, link them togeth‘er with bolts, and roof the house, Sims said. Modulesarrive at a site with plasterboard, electrical and plumbing ‘components, bath fixtures, countertops, cabinets and some flooring al‘ready installed. Roofs, iaid flat on the modules during transport, swing up on hinges like barn doors when the modules are assembled. Modular homes have been around for decades, but currently make up only about 6 percentof all housing starts nationaily, according to Barba‘ra Martin, executive director of the Building Systems Council of the National Association of Home Build- ings, a trade group that includes Norwood said he decided to beabout 50 modular-home manufactur- come a modular-homebuilder after visiting the Apex plant and observers. ing “the speed and quality with The factory output of modular which they can bebuilt.” homes appears to be growing, howSims doesn’t give a blanket enever, and builders are showing increased interest in them, Martin dorsementto all modular homes.‘I went through quite a few manufacsaid. ‘We give programs (about modular homes) at the NAHB conturers,” he said. “I check every year ventions, and we've gone fromgetto make sure I’m going with the best.” ting about 15 people to standing Manufacturing techniques and room only,” she said. Sims, whose M&A HomesInc. in speed of assembiy are the big advanRichboro, Pa., has built some 25 mo- tages, Sims said. He said construcdularsin the past four years, said tion of his own house was delayed there was some consumer and build- while he worked on two other moduer prejudice against modular houslar housesforclients. “Everything is built in a factory, ing. Heattributed it to lack of knowledge about advances in quali- where the woodstays dry,” said Sims of modular construction. ty. “The real problem is that a lot of “More attention is paid to making modular construction companies are everything square, and quality control is better (than in on-site stick still using homes that are built like building). Sometimes, the house is mobile homes,” said Sims. ‘When fully closed up in two days, and you'restriving to build a better people can movein within 10 days.” product, using homes like those by Sims said stick-built houses could Avis America, you’re getting a home often take three or more weeks to that meets or exceeds stick-buiit close up (including walls, roof, winhomes.” dows and doors) and three months Stick building is the conventional or more to put into move-in condiconstruction technique whereby a houseis put together onsite using tion. Moduiar homesas large as 10,000 individual pieces of umber. square feet — four times the size of Quincey Norwood, president of a typical suburban home — have Perdon Associates Inc. of Yardley, Pa., also says modular housing rep- been built by M&A in the past four years, Sims said. “A modular house resents “real quality.” Norwood’s can be as large as you want,” he firm chose modulars for Melvin said. “You can build a simple ranchCourt, a 61-home development of er or go up to three stories.” townhousesit is building. Noel Jorgensen, director of sales “Dll make you a bet that in 20 and marketing for Avis America, years, 50 percent of all houses will said cost savings with modularsofbe factory-built,” said Norwood, ten depend on the builder’s business whose two-bedroom and three-bedskills and the economic conditions in room townhouses havepricesstarting-at about $104,000. The Melvin the area where the homesarebuilt. “In most situations, there’s a savCourt modulars were manufactured by Apex Homes of Middleburg, Pa. ing just from the speed of construction,” said Jorgensen. “But in a tight, competitive housing area, the cost might beclose to stick-|built. In New Jersey, they talk 10 percent to 20 percent savings by using modujar. In Pennsylvania, it might be USE YOUR EQUITY TO PAY OFF DEBTS less, depending on how astute (conventional builders are) in dealing REMODEL YOUR HOME with subcontractors.” MAKEINVESTMENTS REFINANCE NOW. RATESARE DOWN Interest Rate Hotline! 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