About 5 years ago we toured the model homes at a northern NY dealership who represented 4 brands of manufactured and modular homes, mostly constructed in Pennsy

About 5 years ago we toured the model homes at a northern NY dealership who represented 4 brands of manufactured and modular homes, mostly constructed in Pennsylvania and then driven up via state highways. This is one of the brands of manufactured homes: https://www.commodore-pennsylvania.com/gallery?gallery=78 https://www.commodore-pennsylvania.com/gallery?gallery=78 This is a modular home brand: https://www.neweramodulars.com/photo-galleries https://www.neweramodulars.com/photo-galleries The agent steered us away from the modular homes (built to higher NY state building codes), even though they were more expensive. "I don't know if we can get the crane on that lot, it's pretty windy on those parcels and it's hard to get an operator who will do it," was one of the claims. It became clear their business model was centered around the faster to set up (and close) manufactured homes. These are basically two trailers stitched together down the middle (formerly known as "double wides") and configured in a bunch of different ways mostly based on interior amenities such as type of bathroom, kitchen, HVAC, drywall, flooring, etc. The lowest cost manufactured home was $160k including the foundation but not land, site prep, or connection to local utilities. The 2 story modular homes topped out around $450k.