Modular Homes Make Luxury Affordable

The Heritage, a 6800 square foot home appraised atadvantage of the benefits and opportunities available
$895,000, provides a breathtaking example of whatto them through new homebuilding technologies and
the newest home construction technologies andtrends, and to educate themselves on the possibilities
trends are making available to homebuyers throughprovided by modular homes.
modular homes."The Homestead and other BSN modular homes
Called the "modular mansion", this immaculate home isrepresent a significant development in home
the most recent custom modular home offering fromconstruction technologies, and a brighter future for
Building Systems Network, a nationwide modularhomebuyers," Smereczynsky says. "Homebuyers of
homes builder and designer of custom modular homemodular homes reap the benefits of the cost savings
plans. The Homestead is one of the largest andprovided by the systems-built process while attaining
highest appraised homes built by Building Systemstheir dream home exactly the way they envisioned
Network, and demonstrates the trend in Americanit."
homebuilding of combining the advanced technologiesSome of the benefits of utilizing the modular homes,
of the modular building process withsystems-built construction process are significantly
hand-craftsmanship and custom finishes to providereduced construction time, which saves interest on
luxurious homes at significantly less cost than thatconstruction loans, as well as considerable savings in
required by a traditional site built home.materials costs due to the high-volume purchasing
The Heritage not only demonstrates the eleganceabilities of systems-built production facilities.
and innovation of custom modular home designs, butModular homes, or systems-built homes, are
also the infinite possibilities available to homebuyersconstructed under optimum building conditions within
through modular home technology. Modular homescontrolled environments at fractions of the cost and
are constructed in the same steps as traditionally builttime required by traditional site-built homes. Since the
homes but, because many of the components aremodular homebuilder provides 80 to 85 percent of
pre-constructed, homes require less "site-building"the home, buyers do not face the risk of giving
time and are completed at a fraction of the timemoney to a builder and not having a home built to
required for a traditional home build. Modular homestheir specifications.
are also built with stronger components thanAdditionally, unlike modular homes, site-built homes
traditional site built homes, utilizing ten to fifteenare exposed to unfavorable weather conditions
percent more construction materials to ensure theduring the construction process, making the home
maximum strength and durability of all homevulnerable to water or weather damage, and
components.increasing the costs of the project by adding
Grant Smereczynsky, CEO of Building Systemsadditional materials and replacement components.
Network, is actively encouraging consumers to take