Manufactured & Modular Homes Blog

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Manufactured Homes Gone Rustic!

These pictures are of a Champion home that our friends at Champion sent to us.  It is on display at a dealer up in Vermont.  I love the rustic feel of this home and I could easily see these details incorporated into our Porch lot model.  Here are some pictures of our display model.    You […]

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Subdividing Property for Modular Homes

Let’s say your parents (or grandparents, or children for that matter) have a piece of property with a house on it.  You would like to build on a section of that property.  We see it almost every day.  Many families are considering ways to move closer to help with caregiving, cut expenses, and make life […]

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Modern Modular Homes – Your Dream Home Awaits!

Home building has come a long way from the days of generic layout and design. With new technology and access to various building materials, today’s consumers can design a modern manufactured home to be their dream home while meeting their own unique needs, budgets, and preferences. Every project starts with a plan.  To build your dream […]

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Heating and Cooling a Sectional Home

There’s nothing worse than being cold all winter (except maybe being too warm all summer), so we’d thought we’d take a moment to talk about your options for heating and cooling a sectional home. Sectional (or HUD-code) homes come with a forced air heating package installed from the factory with one of three fuel types: […]

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Doing Our Part – Green Modular Homes

In honor of Earth Day, I want to look into Green Modular Design. Factory built housing has been around for years yet the benefits of factory-built homes and its impact on our environment is still a hot topic. Modular and manufactured housing have some inherent green aspects embedded in the construction process. Less Site Disturbance – […]

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Floor Plan Changes in Manufactured and Modular Homes

“This floor plan is just what I want, except…”  If you’re like everyone else, that thought has crossed your mind at least once during your search for a new home.  So the question is, “Can I make floor plan changes to manufactured and modular houses?”  The quick answer is: absolutely.  As is usually the case, […]

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Five disasters to avoid when buying a manufactured home.  

Your new home purchase should be an exciting time.  The last thing you want is problems that cost you time and money!  While no builder is perfect, there are ways to avoid these types of problems: purchase your new home through a reputable experienced builder.  Be upfront with your housing consultant on the information related […]

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Think Spring

It’s time to start thinking about your spring building project. You may be thinking: why? There is still 6” of snow on the ground, aren’t you rushing it a little? From a builder’s perspective, not really. A typical project schedule is as follows: Step one: you will need to meet with a housing consultant to […]

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Furniture Arrangements

Many times, you walk into display houses and think “Wow, this furniture is perfect for this house!”  You may start to wonder: will my furniture fit?  We can help you with this question.  Just give us the dimensions of some of your furniture and roughly where you would like to have it, and we can draw […]

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Manorwood Fall Show

I would like to share the Bellissimo, a 28’x56′ home with lots of great features. This home is on display at Manorwood’s Fall Show. You can still tour this home at the factory. If you would like to arrange a tour of the home and the factory, please give us a call at 1-800-773-2835. I personally […]

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Customer Review

Recently we completed a project for customers of ours, the Kentner Family. They came to us looking for a home that would have enough room for the whole family and also have living space for Mrs. Kentner’s mother. In order to provide everything they needed, we had to do some custom work for them. The […]