What Does Modular Mean? Is It Better Than Traditional Building Methods?

Many factors differentiate our modular homes from typical site-built homes today. Our homes are built better because the modules we use to construct your house are carefully manufactured in the controlled environment of a modern factory, rather than outdoors. Experienced, highly-skilled construction craftsmen, using the finest materials and equipment, build the modules for every home. Our quality-control experts monitor every step of the manufacturing process.

The term "modular" simply refers to the method of custom engineering and manufacturing of the modules for your home.  The modules are constructed in carefully designed sections under optimal conditions in our factory.   Your builder then transports the completed modules to your new home’s site where they are seamlessly set together and finished.

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EXCEL HOMES, the manufacturer of our houses, is nationally recognized as the leader in the modular homes industry. They have been one of the nation's top modular home producers for many years. Their success is attributed to the skill and dedication of their quality craftsmen and the experience of their management team which has a wealth of knowledge in the construction and building trades.

Country Classic Homes is proud to be an authorized builder of Excel Homes in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York.

Our Homes Are Built Year-Round. Why? And How?

Conventional outdoor construction can often grind to a halt for weeks on end due to rain or other adverse conditions. But at Excel's indoor factory, our modular construction is never delayed by inclement weather conditions. This provides many benefits for the buyer. One direct result of eliminating construction delays is lower interest payments for you throughout the construction period. Building materials are stored indoors and are not subject to bad weather. Indoor storage of materials also eliminates the theft and vandalism common at outdoor job sites.

How Have Our Homes Earned Their National Reputation For High Quality Construction?

Our homes are actually "over-built" in order to be strong enough to withstand the transportation by truck from the factory to your home site.  Consider, for example, the critical construction processes for your home's floors, studs, and walls. With on-site construction, most builders simply nail their floor joists, decking, and exterior sheeting. However, our homes are built better than site-built homes.  Our manufacturing process utilizes industrial adhesives and pneumatic fasteners throughout every home. And the equipment used in the factory is stronger and more sophisticated than the equipment used at the traditional home-building site. This construction method, along with high-quality graded lumber and abundant strapping and fastening, creates "tighter" homes that are more solid, more energy-efficient, and built for several lifetimes.

Will My Home Be Built To My Local Codes?

Yes. Our houses actually meet and/or exceed all federal, state, and local building codes. In addition to our own full-time quality control engineers, your home is inspected and approved by an independent licensed agency to ensure that high quality standards are met at each stage of construction. This independent third-party "seal of approval" appears on each home that leaves the plant and is recorded in each state office.

What Kinds of Building Materials Are Used In The Construction Of Our Homes?

Only the finest building materials go into our homes. In fact, EXCEL HOMES selects premium quality national brand name building materials. These are names you know and trust - brands like Andersen, Armstrong, Delta, and Owens Corning - just to mention a few. And because our homes use such nationally recognized name brands, each home comes with both a full warranty package from the individual product manufacturer and a one year warranty which can be extended up to ten years.

How Do Our Home Prices Differ From Those Of Traditionally Built Homes?

The price of a modular home is less than that of a comparable site-built home due to the modern cost-cutting efficiencies that are used in modular construction.  Costs are lowered in a variety of ways: through volume purchasing of materials, by increasing worker efficiency, through the elimination of on-site vandalism and theft and by speeding construction time through the elimination of weather variables.

What Advantages Can I Expect From Building Modular?

Your modular home is simply a traditional home that has been designed and built inside an environmentally-controlled factory, then carefully delivered to your site and erected by a highly-skilled construction crew. There are no disadvantages.

And our homes do offer many advantages:

1)   Code Compliance For Higher Quality.

Your home is built at least to the same stringent codes as any local "stick-built" home, and your modular home exceeds many of these local codes. Your modular home will appraise and appreciate in value like any traditionally built home

2)   The Finest Raw Materials, Protected From The Elements.

Only the finest raw materials from quality name brands are used in the construction of your home and these materials are protected from the elements. The completed house will not be subject to the same inevitable nail pops and drywall cracking due to lumber drying after the house is complete.

3) Year-Round Construction For Higher Quality.

Our building season never ends. This allows your home to be built year-round with our stable and highly skilled work force. As a result, the workmanship in your home is consistently of the highest quality. And quality assurance is built into every home at the factory.  In addition, an independent inspection agency monitors the quality of your home throughout the entire construction process.

          4) Rapid Modular Construction Means Lower Cost To You.

Speed of completion is another of the many advantages offered by your selection of a modular home. Construction time is substantially shorter than a site-built home. Our construction methods do not entail the same delays due to weather or subcontractors as do site built homes. This shorter construction time can lead to substantial savings. And your construction loan, which typically carries a higher interest rate, can be converted into your lower-rate final mortgage in a period of weeks rather than months.

Is it any wonder that consumers who demand both quality and cost-effectiveness are buying modular homes from Country Classic Homes?