Why Owning A Manufactured Home Is The Most Affordable And Best Type Of Home Ownership Option For Prospective Home Owners

by Dr. Harrison Sachs

Overview

This essay sheds light on why owning a manufactured home is the utmost most affordable and best type of home ownership option for prospective home owners to avail themselves of, demystifies the benefits of owning a manufactured home, and reveals the downsides appertaining to owning a manufactured home. In spite the stigmatized perception of manufactured homes, owning a manufactured home is by far the utmost affordable home ownership option for prospective home owners to avail themselves of. Owning a manufactured home is also deemed to be the quintessential home ownership option for prospective home owners to avail themselves of for a myriad of disparate reasons. The homes that were manufactured in the digital era and that resemble mobile homes are manufactured homes even though people erroneously often refer to them as mobile homes. Manufactured homes are manufactured in a factory setting and have just as much structural integrity, if not more, than stick-built homes which are built on a housing site instead of in a factory setting. The housing units built in a factory setting after 1976, the manufactured homes, are no more vulnerable to tornado damage than stick-built homes. Stick-built homes are far more prone to having less structural integrity than manufactured homes due to having been exposed to the outdoor elements when being constructed in outdoor settings. On the other hand, manufactured homes are constructed in a factory setting and are not exposed to "rain, snow, hail, sleet", nor wind when they are being constructed. Since manufactured homes are constructed in a factory setting, their construction materials are inapt to be adversely affected by weather conditions during the manufactured home construction process. The construction materials of a manufactured homes are inapt to be impacted by severe weather conditions, such as thunderstorms, winter storms, tornadoes, and floods, during the manufactured home construction process. On the other hand, the constructions materials of a stick-built home are highly prone to being impacted by severe weather conditions, such as thunderstorms, winter storms, tornadoes, and floods, during the stick-built home construction process. This is because, outdoor settings that serve as construction sites for stick-built home render construction materials highly prone to being impacted by severe weather conditions. In stark contrast to manufactured homes that are constructed in indoor factory settings where the climate can be controlled, stick-built home are not constructed in indoor factory settings, but rather are constructed in outdoor settings where the climate cannot be controlled. Manufactured homes are significantly superior to their mobile home counterparts that predate them. A mobile home owner can augment his standard of living by making the transition of moving from a mobile home to a manufactured home. Manufactured homes have significantly greater structural integrity than their mobile home counterparts. "The term 'mobile home' refers to an unregulated pre-1976 construction, and the term 'manufactured home' refers to a housing unit that is constructed post-1976". Manufactured home are constructed in a manner to be in compliance with "specific rules for design, durability and safety" (Understanding the difference," 2017). Manufactured homes are designed to be quality housing units that can be lived in for a prolonged period of time. A high quality manufactured home does not have the same issues as a low quality mobile home. A high manufactured home is not a shoddy housing unit, but rather is a quality housing unit that is manufactured to be in compliance with the HUD code. Mobile homes predate the enactment of the HUD code and are unable to fulfill "the safety and quality requirements" of the HUD code. Mobile homes are vastly inferior to their manufactured homes counterparts in all facets. The savings that home owners reap by owning a manufactured home goes far beyond manufacturers of manufactured homes being able to pass on cost savings to home owners as a result of having reduced labor costs and reduced construction material costs than construction companies who construct stick-built homes on behalf of real estate developers. Manufacturers of manufactured homes are able to procure parts of a manufactured home in bulk at a discounted rate. Manufactured homes are substantially more affordable to purchase than stick-built homes, primarily because they are constructed in a factory setting, are produced in massive quantities with limited customization options available, and the manufactured home construction process has been eminently streamlined to minimize inefficiencies. The process of constructing a stick-built home is a highly time draining process that is fraught with inefficiencies. The process of constructing a stick-built home can "take at least three to six months" to complete.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798369278765
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/21/2019
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.05(d)