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The peaks in popularity are super interesting because they line up exactly with my parents owning a manufactured home. They bought one as newlyweds in the 70s,
by pram 4y ago
The peaks in popularity are super interesting because they line up exactly with my parents owning a manufactured home.
They bought one as newlyweds in the 70s, and then a double-wide in the 90s. These were both on acre sized lots.
We lived in regular suburban style houses too so I don’t know what the appeal was. Some kind of weird Boomer romanticism?
- rascul 4y agoFrom what I understand, the appeal is that it's quick and cheap to get a mobile home compared to having a house built.
- lotsofpulp 4y agoIn the US, tract builders target houses to be built from the ground up in 100 days, assuming supplies and workers are available. If it was more economical to do prefab, DR Horton/Lennar/etc would be doing it.
- rascul 4y agoWhen I first got into construction a couple decades ago, I was working for a roofing and siding contractor doing a new development. Houses were going up so fast that as soon as we finished one house, the next was one ready for us. My recollection is probably about 12 to 15 weeks start to finish, which is approximately in line with your 100 day number. Although, if you already have the land, you can potentially buy a mobile home, have it delivered and setup, utilities hooked up, and move in within a week, for a lesser overall price. There are a lot of tradeoffs, though.
- iancmceachern 4y agoYeah but that's for a whole neighborhood, they gaun economy of scale. It entirely different to build one house, in 10 acres 2 hours outside of a major city. It's like building a hot rod vs. A production car.