You may remember our recent post "free for the taking" where we were looking for someone to rescue a perfectly livable double-wide mobile home and avoid filling up the landfill even more. Well, we were successful, and now we are ready to build a new home for our client. After some discussion about size and style of home she wanted, it was decided to build what I refer to as off-site stick built construction. Some might say "isn't that just fancy new terminology for modular construction?"
It is, and it isn't. I'll explain, yes the home is built in sections and is modular. However, I refer to modular homes as being built by companies who also build mobile homes and off-site stick built homes are built by companies who build nothing else. They use local tradesman who come into the plant and build the house much the same way it would be done on-site. Of course it is built in sections so it can be driven to the site but don't think this in anyway limits the size or style of home that can be built. The possibilities are endless.
For this project, we chose a fairly simple ranch style home which made the decision to use off-site stick built construction an even better one.  Stay tuned for more posts on this project and more info on off-site stick built construction.  

Thanks,
Bill Bell
Cell 302.542.3747
Fax 302.424.3784
Email bill@gotchacoveredde.com
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