Off-Site Stick Built Homes

      The Off-Site Stick-Built Home Construction Process - The building process begins at the design phase. HandCrafted Homes uses state-of-the-art technology to assist in customizing floor plans and producing drawings and material requirement lists. Once the house plan is designed, the building process begins. This process is similar to traditional site-built construction because the quality of materials and building codes are the exact same. So why is Off-site Stick Built home construction better? Work is never delayed by weather, subcontractor no-shows or missing material. Quality engineering and Off-site Stick Built construction techniques significantly increase the energy efficiency of your house and the quality control process provides 100% assurance that your home has been inspected for code compliance and workmanship. Off-site Stick Built homes are inspected at the plant during each phase of construction. Consumers can move into their houses anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks after signing the contract compared to conventional site-built homes which range anywhere from 6 months to a year.

     The Definition of Building Systems - A highly engineered method of producing building components in an efficient and cost-effective way. Off-Site Stick-Built homes are one example of a building system. Off-Site Stick-Built houses actually begin as components designed, engineered and assembled in the controlled environment of a modern manufacturing plant. It is when these components are assembled by the builder on the site that the Off-Site Stick-Built components become a home.

     The Difference in Off-site Stick Built Homes and Manufactured Homes - Manufactured homes, sometimes referred to as mobile homes or trailers, are another type of building system and are constructed to a different building standard. This standard-unlike conventional building codes-requires manufactured homes to be constructed on a non-removable steel chassis. Many residential neighborhoods have restrictions on where manufactured homes can be placed. Off-site Stick Built and site-built homes are constructed to the same building code as required by the state governments and therefore are NOT restricted by building or zoning regulations.

     The Appearance of Off-site Stick Built Construction - Modern technology has enabled Off-site Stick Built developers to create any style of house or commercial building. Off-site Stick-Built construction can be designed anywhere from a ranch to very contemporary, to Victorian era homes. Builders are also focusing more and more on Off-site Stick Built construction for banks, hotels, schools, office buildings and restaurants because they can build faster with less skilled labor and have buildings up in less than 2 months.