While a traditionally built home is constructed on the owner's land, a modular home is manufactured in a warehouse or factory setting and later transported to the owner’s land and assembled in segments. It is built in a controlled environment and is much quick to build.
A module is one component of a manufactured home. A manufactured home is built 95% in a factory. The modules are built and designed for transportation and once on site they will be installed and locked together.
The cost of delivery will be included in the contract price and will be costed depending on how many modules and the distance it needs to go from the warehouse. When you build conventionally you also have delivery costs with all your materials IE the bricks, timber.
Yes, all homes have to meet the Australian building codes and regulations and require the same documentation to obtain a building permit. We will get an independent building surveyor to check your homes at the stages of building including base stage, frame stage, installation and handover.
It takes approximately 26 weeks to build your home from start to finish. This includes 12 weeks preparing your documents and getting a building permit, 7 weeks in the warehouse and 7 weeks on site. Some of the time in the warehouse and the time on site can be done simultaneously. This could save you money on rent and interest rates.
There are many benefits to building a manufactured home. They are more sustainable and quicker to build so you have less time renting or paying interest. You will have a guaranteed contract price with no hidden extras. You don’t have to worry or wait for a builder to finish as your home will be deliver to your land and finished within weeks of your land being titled.
We apply for builder’s warranty assurance on your behalf when we apply for your building permit, the same process as a traditional build. We offer a 7 Home Warranty, all of the your new appliances will have their own warranties and we have 3 month building maintenance period after handover.
A $10,000 first home owners grant (FHOG) is available when you build your first home. The contract price to build price must be less that $750,000 and it must be your first home. For more information you can view here Applying for the First Home Owner Grant | State Revenue Office (sro.vic.gov.au)
As part of the process to obtain a building permit, all new homes must have an energy rating of 7 stars. We send all of your plans to an energy accessor and they will do an assessment on your home including windows, orientation, the types of electricals and the insulation of your home.
We don’t build on a concrete slab but on a pier system. We still have to have your sub floors engineered and meet building code and regulations. We also have a building surveyor to check our work. In most cases the pier system in the same height as a concrete slab.
Yes, any design can be built as a manufactured home. We have in house building designers that can work with you to design your home and determine the module sizes. It is best to work with someone who is experienced in manufactured housing design as they understand the complexities of transportation.
Yes – although the payment structure will change as it is built faster. We have finance options available and can assist you with this.
We have standard colour templates that our interior designers have chosen in light and dark colour schemes. If you don’t love our options, you can have a meeting with an interior designer at an additional charge.
We can do the whole project for you, or you can choose your own builder, and we can educate them to install and complete finishing works. Alternately, it is an option that you can also do the finishing works as an owner builder. The flexibility is yours.
