Factory Built Housing - The BEST Choice

Manufactured Housing Benefits

Factory Built Housing: The Best Choice

Factory built homes offer affordability, quality, efficiency, design flexibility, and a faster path to homeownership.

Factory built home exterior
Affordability

Factory Built Homes Are Affordable

Factory built housing is one of the most affordable options for home ownership. Excluding land costs, the average price of a factory built home in the U.S. is approximately $58.00 per square foot, compared to the average site-built home at $135.00 per square foot according to the National Association of Home Builders.

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Factory home construction process
Quality Control

Controlled Building Process

Manufactured homes are built in factories under strict rules, tight federal regulations, and continuous quality inspections. Assembly line construction leaves little room for error while maximizing the efficiency of labor and materials.

Because the homes are built indoors, weather delays and material damage from rain, snow, or moisture are greatly reduced. Homes are also protected from theft, vandalism, and the unreliability of contractors and subcontractors during construction.

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Faster Timeline

Speedy Construction

Factories can build a typical double-wide or single-wide manufactured home in about one-third of the time it takes a contractor to construct a site-built home. When the house arrives on your property, it is nearly 90 percent complete, helping you move into your new home much faster.

Fast construction does not mean builders can ignore safety or building codes. In-house and third-party inspectors examine each structure before and after the home is placed on site.

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Manufactured home interior amenities
Comfort & Features

Amenities

Manufactured homes can include many of the same amenities found in site-built homes, including wall-to-wall carpet, hardwood floors, ENERGY STAR appliances, top-of-the-line fixtures, 10-foot ceilings, ceramic tile, walk-in closets, jetted bathtubs, fireplaces, bay windows, gabled roofs, and multiple bathrooms.

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Energy Savings

Factory Built Homes Are Energy Efficient

With a higher level of quality control, newer generations of manufactured homes are extremely energy efficient. Homes can meet ENERGY STAR certification, and builders take great care to ensure each home is tightly constructed with efficient heating and cooling systems, water heaters, and high-performance windows.

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Manufactured housing flexibility in design
Design Options

Flexibility in Design

Today’s manufactured homes are not the mobile homes of the past. Designs can be elaborate and may include multiple stories, porches, garages, decks, and vaulted ceilings. Builders can also customize homes to meet a customer’s specific needs, from stainless steel appliances to hardwood floors and granite countertops.

Floor plans are available from 400 square feet to more than 5,000 square feet.

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Community Living

Manufactured Home Communities Offer Savings and Convenience

Manufactured home communities offer comfort, convenience, and value. Many communities provide amenities similar to upscale apartment complexes, but without shared walls or upstairs neighbors.

Homeowners can rent the lot and own their home, often realizing significant savings while building equity. More than 75 percent of all manufactured homes are located on private property and qualify for attractive mortgage finance options.

Be part of Illinois’ manufactured housing community

Membership in IMHA connects you with the advocacy, education, resources, and professional network that help move the factory-built housing industry forward.