Question on time frame for building a house - Page 2

ID2 · ‎06-25-2012

Our old cottage was knocked down in April and we were in our newly built cottage by Christmas.

"Pure Michigan"

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

My DH just reminded me that we had in our contract a contingency that if this home wasn't finished by a certain date there would be financial consequences to the builder - ours wasn't finished on time by 2 weeks and they did have to take $1500 off the price which made us just about even since we ended up at a hotel & eating out in restaurants for 5 days. It is good to get something like this in your contract from the beginning.

gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

If time is critically important then you might want to consider a factory built/modular home. These are typically completed faster, built better than traditional stick built homes, and cost comparable. They're often 85% or more complete within 90 days. They can now be built to suit whatever style of home you're looking for and will pretty much guarantee you'll be in your home by November. (Starting on April first you'd likely be in by the house by September first, at the latest.)

Google "modular homes" and you'll likely be impressed by what you see. There's very little limiting you with a modular build and something magical about seeing a lot go from having just a basement/foundation to a real house you can walk through in a day or two.

Fly!!! Eagles!!! Fly!!!

ccassaday · ‎10-21-2010

@gardenman wrote:
If time is critically important then you might want to consider a factory built/modular home. These are typically completed faster, built better than traditional stick built homes, and cost comparable. They're often 85% or more complete within 90 days. They can now be built to suit whatever style of home you're looking for and will pretty much guarantee you'll be in your home by November. (Starting on April first you'd likely be in by the house by September first, at the latest.)

Google "modular homes" and you'll likely be impressed by what you see. There's very little limiting you with a modular build and something magical about seeing a lot go from having just a basement/foundation to a real house you can walk through in a day or two.

No way. My parents have worked hard and we deserve our dream home. Time is not important. I was just curious. And we were just thinking it would be nice to be in before the holidays.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

We started our house on July 1st, 1981 and moved in September 24th. My BIL didn't get all the brick work done until the summer of 1982.

gardenman · ‎03-09-2010

@ccassaday wrote:
@gardenman wrote:
If time is critically important then you might want to consider a factory built/modular home. These are typically completed faster, built better than traditional stick built homes, and cost comparable. They're often 85% or more complete within 90 days. They can now be built to suit whatever style of home you're looking for and will pretty much guarantee you'll be in your home by November. (Starting on April first you'd likely be in by the house by September first, at the latest.)

Google "modular homes" and you'll likely be impressed by what you see. There's very little limiting you with a modular build and something magical about seeing a lot go from having just a basement/foundation to a real house you can walk through in a day or two.
No way. My parents have worked hard and we deserve our dream home. Time is not important. I was just curious. And we were just thinking it would be nice to be in before the holidays.

There's nothing saying your dream home can't be a modular home. They literally make them in every possible size, shape and configuration these days. Here's a link to some of the design options available and pretty much every modular home builder will even do custom design work.

http://www.modulardirect.com/modular-home-designs/Estate-Homes/

You can make them as fancy or plain as you'd like these days. Factory built homes are assembled using dry materials, in a factory setting, on jigs and fixtures designed to ensure that everything is built square and true. Temperature and humidity are generally kept near optimal levels for the various adhesives, grouts and mortars to ensure optimal bonding. You might want to take a fresh look at what the modular builders are doing these days.

Check out the gallery on that site also if you want to see what the finished products look like. Don't sell modular houses short as being inferior or lesser quality. In most cases the opposite is true.

Fly!!! Eagles!!! Fly!!!

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@ccassaday wrote:
@gardenman wrote:
If time is critically important then you might want to consider a factory built/modular home. These are typically completed faster, built better than traditional stick built homes, and cost comparable. They're often 85% or more complete within 90 days. They can now be built to suit whatever style of home you're looking for and will pretty much guarantee you'll be in your home by November. (Starting on April first you'd likely be in by the house by September first, at the latest.)

Google "modular homes" and you'll likely be impressed by what you see. There's very little limiting you with a modular build and something magical about seeing a lot go from having just a basement/foundation to a real house you can walk through in a day or two.
No way. My parents have worked hard and we deserve our dream home. Time is not important. I was just curious. And we were just thinking it would be nice to be in before the holidays.

I'm with you - a modular home is not my idea of my dream home either.I have seen them, we even contemplated the idea of building one at one point, but the fact is - we did not like how the walls are constructed from lighter weight materials instead of plaster board and the tub enclosures etc are also all plastic, windows are lesser quality but you are paying the same as a stick built house with much better finishes.Some of the materials used were the same as our camper has.