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Construction of a prefabricated modular home (see also time-lapse video)Prefabricated homes, often referred to as prefab homes or simply prefabs, are specialist dwelling types of prefabricated building, which are manufactured off-site in advance, usually in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled.
Clayton Homes also owns retail brands Oakwood Homes, [57] TruValue Homes [58] and Luv Homes. [59] [60] In 2016, Clayton acquired G&I Homes, [61] a family-run company based in New York. [62] As of 2019, Clayton Homes has 40 home building facilities and more than 350 retail outlets located across the United States.
The MHINCC distinguishes among several types of factory-built housing: manufactured homes, modular homes, panelized homes, pre-cut homes, and mobile homes. From the same source, mobile home "is the term used for manufactured homes produced prior to June 15, 1976, when the HUD Code went into effect."
One subset of mobile home parks, retirement communities, restrict residents to those age 55 and older. Another subset of mobile home parks, seasonal communities, are located in popular vacation destinations or are used as a location for summer homes. In New York State, as of 2019, there were 1,811 parks with 83,929 homes. [12]
In 2015 Legal & General launched a modular homes operation, L&G Modular Homes, opening a 550,000 sq ft factory in Sherburn-in-Elmet, near Selby in Yorkshire. [14] The company incurred large losses as it invested in its factory before earning any revenues; by 2019, it had lost over £100m. [15]
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Boxabl provides pre-fabricated homes with walls, a floor, and a roof that fold into each other to form a self-contained transportable unit. [2] The company's main model, the Casita, is a 361 square foot base unit. [14] [29] [30] According to their website, these homes are designed to be unpacked and assembled in less than an hour.
Modern methods of construction (MMC) is a term used mainly in the UK construction industry to refer to "smart construction" processes designed to improve upon traditional design and construction approaches by focusing on (among other things) component and process standardisation, design for manufacture and assembly (), prefabrication, preassembly, off-site manufacture (including modular ...