What is the difference between a modular home and a mobile home?
Modular Home Questions July 8th, 2010
Recent Modular Homes Info
- what is the process of getting a moving and placement permit for manufactured homes?
- Affordable home for camping?!? (ex: log cabin kit,modular home) Any ideas!?! ?
- where can i find the plans for the revised plymouth style modular home?
- Are Commodore manufactured homes well made?
- Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- Pre-Fab homes and tornados?
- I am looking to buy a modular home, how much does an average one start? Not including lot and such.?
- can i get a heloc on my modular home in AZ?
- I have a client who has a modular home. This home was stripped out to the bare walls and reconfigured.?
- I have a modular home in my sister's land. I can no longer afford to make the payments, can the bank repossess?
- How to change a mobile home into a modular home?
- Can I make my own floor plan for a modular home?
- I want to refinance my modular home on a permanent foundation on one acre. Do you know anyone who can do this?
- Has anyone here ever purchased a Modular home?
- How do I find out the manufacturer of my modular home?
Modular Home Prices Categories
Modular Home Tags
amp
apartment
appliances
award modular bios
bad credit
bedrooms
bios award
build 2600
chip type
double wide mobile home
electricity
experiences
fiance
flooring
floor plans
home park
insurance
insurance company
job
log home
manufactured home
Manufactured Homes
manufacturer gigabyte
mobile home
mobile home park
mobile homes
modular home
modular homes
mom
money
mortgage
mortgage company
parents
plumbing
processor intel
pros and cons
quot
regional setting
setup parameters
sq ft
system manufacturer
system model
technology co
thanks in advance
windows xp home edition
Opinions
- Fusion on what is the process of getting a moving and placement permit for manufactured homes?
- exbuilder on where can i find the plans for the revised plymouth style modular home?
- saaanen on Are Commodore manufactured homes well made?
- penny p on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- John P on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- J B1234 on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- AJ on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- cyah71 on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- Catherine B on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- rafikey on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- Dont_taze_me_bro on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- cc_malone on Whats the difference between a Modular Home and a Doublewide Home?
- udsweetness on Pre-Fab homes and tornados?
- brody on Pre-Fab homes and tornados?
- Water on Pre-Fab homes and tornados?
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
None of the answers you received specify the differences. I went thru the same thing, so here are the key differences: A manufactured home (mobile) is built to HUD code. A modular home is built to the IRC standard – which is the same standard a site built home is built to. All replacement parts in a modular are standard and therefore, all plumbing, electrical, seals, etc can be found at your local Home Depot. You will have to go to a special mobile home place to get parts for your mobile home. There are 2 different types of modular homes – off frame and on frame. On frame is built on a steel frame just like a mobile home. It will come to your house on wheels – they will take the axles off. Because it is a modular home and built to the IRC code just like a site built, your modular will be put on a permanent foundation system. Mobile homes contain 2 x 3 pieces on the side. A modular home is built just like a site built with 2×4’s everywhere. In some cases, you can and should upgrade to 2×6 lumber in your modular. Also, a modular home qualifies for conventional financing, just like a site built. A manufactured home does not. Also, a manufactured home will never qualify for a home equity loan but banks view modular homes like a site built and you will qualify for a home equity loan. Off Frame modulars are the best modulars possible. They will come to your home on a flat bed truck, with no axles on the home like the on frame modulars. A crane has to be used to place the sections on the permanent foundations. Also, do not underestimate the IRC code. It is a stricter standard of workmanship and materials than the HUD code. On frame modulars generally cost $10,000 more than a manufactured home, plus the cost of the permanent foundation, but you will have a home that competes with a sitebuilt and that financial institutions view as appreciating in value. That is why they will finance modulars just like a site built and qualify for home equity loans in the future, should you need it.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
a modular home is put together on site,a mobile home has wheels and is pulled to the site.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
The wheels
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
1 bE a TrAleR
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
A Mobile home is can be moved easier than a modular home
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Believe it or not – mobile homes are on wheels… and can be towed to different places. They usually remove the wheels – but the undercarriages are still there – which is why you always have to walk up steps to get inside a mobile home.
Modular e build in sections (or modules) and pieced together on a permentant foundation.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Modular homes are built in sections- units such as bathrooms, kitchens, etc.- and are assembled on location. Once put in place they are a permanent fixture. Most mobile homes come already assembled in one unit, or in the case of most doublewide mobile homes, in two sections which are spliced together once moved to the homesite. Most mobile homes are also, as the name suggests, potentially movable.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
One you loose in a tornado and the other you loose in a divorce. No just kidding. and Mobile home has wheels under it and is built well enough to be hauled down the road in tow because of the framing under it, and a Modular Home is built similar but doesn’t have the mobility the Mobile home has and the modular Home sets on a Foundation for a more permanent setting.
July 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
A modular home is a factory built house. Which usually include 3 walls and a plain ceiling. with all the amenities it is then moved to a foundation that has plumbing. . .
A mobile home is almost similar but you can move it where you want it to go. Basically a large trailer.