Modular Home Prices

I would like to build a house on land near the Smoky Mountains. The land is wooded and not on a busy road. I live a day’s drive away but want to build this house as a vacation house and eventually a place to retire.

So, the house needs to be:
-attractive – a log home would be pretty or a traditional looking home
-large enough to handle a family – at least three bedrooms
-built well enough that it will last at least 50 years (NOT a trailer)
-able to handle being closed up for whole seasons – sometimes 6-9 months at a time.
-able to resist things like flooding, insects/termites/mice
-It would be nice if it had some level of green-ness but that can come later

I could find someone who could check in on it every few months to make sure there isn’t flooding or whatever.

So what do you think? Modular? Log Cabin? Traditionally built home? Basement? Slab? Stilts?

I appreciate any information and advice you have!! I’ve just started thinking about this so I have a blank slate
Thanks for the info and tips on log homes. I’ve been interested in them since I started seeing so many companies spring up ten or fifteen years ago – I figured that meant there had been some advancements and new designs in that type of structure. I’ll look into it more!!!

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I have been looking for a home now for about ten months. I know what I want, but I just can't find it. I can't afford much more than a monthly payment of about 00 so a 0,000 house is about the limit for me right now. I've found a nice chunk of property on a few acres for about ,000. By my way of thinking, if I can get a house on that acreage, I wouldn't have to deal with an old house that isn't up to date (which is what i've been finding in my price range). Does anyone have any experience with modular homes? Tell me your experience, please!
I'm probably looking at about a 1000-1200 sft capecod or ranch style home with a garage and a basement (not a slab). In michigan, where no one seems to have any work right now anyhow… what price do you think iw ould pay for this? Does the price of a modular home include the septic/well? if not, how much does that run? Would the price include things like toilets, cupboards, appliances? What can I expect?

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I have 4 children that would like to keep their own bedrooms after years of having to share. I own 1.5 acres of land and a double wide mobile home. I want out of my mobile home. I have been seriously looking at log cabins & modular homes. I would put them on a slab on my property. After weeks of internets searches, I found a modular home that I am very interested in–the Cinci Cape by Palm Harbor. Anyone have any input on modulars or Palm Harbor?
How well made are they?
Do they retain their value?
Does thair value increase like a traditional "stick" home?
How do they compair in cost? Are they really substantially cheaper?
What should I look for?
If I decide against the modular home, what input do you have on log cabins?
Are they a realistic option in southern LA?
Are they energy efficient?
Do they settle and become unlevel?
Ideas people?
I cant afford to build traditionally, but I do not want to live in a mobile home any longer.
There is a substantial difference between mobile homes and modular homes–the differance starts with the ground up… mobile homes are on metal frames and are raised–modular homes are built like "stick" homes and can go on foundations/slabs.
Also, I am not renting. I own the land outright and have a mortgage on my mobile home. And, surprisingly, the value of the two has almost doubled since I bought them 7 years ago.

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