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Maples Homes, a prefab housing sales & construction company that sells prefabs throughout the US and Canada, has documented IN-DEPTH through photos the building process of their “Cambridge” model home.  From the lot digging, to the roof, to the exterior and interior build, to the final product it’s a great visual of the process.
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1. Less Waste, More Materials: While material waste is virtually eliminated, prefab homes typically use 25-35 percent more material in the structure of the home itself. While the overall material consumption is probably a wash, the extra building materials of a prefab home go to good use. The factory-setting allows builders to construct a stronger [...]

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Manufactured housing is projected to achieve above-average growth through 2011, and approach $6.4 million. This is the result of a positive shipments growth after a long period of depressed demand during which easier credit and rising home value made site-built homes relatively more attractive (the wonderful housing boom that has since crashed the US economy. Those [...]

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The Cabin Series by Balance Associates Architects currently features two lines of models, the Method Cabin and the Balance S-M-L Cabins.
The Method Cabin is available in many different configurations and layouts from 1050 square feet and up. It features an innovative cantilevered roof system and a functional floor plan for modern cabin dwelling.
The Balance S-M-L [...]

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