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Perhaps no variety of home is more misunderstood than the modular home. Here is a list of the most common misconceptions about modular homes – the truth may shock you.

• Modular homes are the same as mobile/manufactured homes.
  The fact is, there are only two things that modular homes and mobile and/or manufactured homes have in common – they begin their careers in a factory, and they are brought by truck to the home site. Mobile/manufactured homes are completed constructed in the factory. From the floor to the roof, and everything in between, a mobile/manufactured home is built on an assembly line. A modular home, on the other hand, is built in sections in a factory, but is constructed at the home site.

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The growing popularity of modular homes means that more and more people are talking about them. Unfortunately, not every one is as informed about modular homes as they should be, and not all the information one hears about modular homes is true. To sort out the facts and fiction, here’s a list of the most-heard comments about modular homes – and whether they are, in fact, fact or fiction.

Modular homes are the same thing as mobile homes. This is fiction. While both modular homes and mobile homes get their start in the factory, that’s where the similarity ends. Mobile homes are required by law to rest on a steel chassis, which greatly restricts the design options available to mobile homes. Modular homes do not have a steel chassis, and cannot be hooked to a truck and moved after construction. Furthermore, mobile homes are nowhere near as sturdy as modular homes, which have been used in hurricane-prone areas due to their ability to withstand high winds.

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