If you have ever struggled through new home construction, you likely are aware of the slew of unexpected delays that can occur along the way. The four days of solid rain prevents the framers from completing your home's frame, so the electrician that was ready to work on your project is off to another commitment. Each step has an order, and if one falls out of schedule, so do the rest. It's like being the last patient of the day in the dentist's office. Chances are, out of the dozen patients before you, a few were late, and you have to pay the consequences.

Time is money. And in today's busy world, the cost of time keeps rising. But trends in the housing market are helping solve this problem one factory at a time. Modular homes are the epitome of efficiency from start to finish. And in the end, you can smile all the way to the bank with the time you save.

Modular homes are 80 percent constructed within a factory before it is even shipped to your land site. That means a nice climate controlled work environment 365 days of the year. No rain, no snow, no sub-freezing temperature. Weather delays and scheduling catastrophes are a thing of the past. This is why total construction time for a modular home is less than half the time for a regular site built home.

Did you know some modular home factories build 6 to 8 homes every week? Try accomplishing this in your town. In addition to climate benefits, labor resources are utilized more efficiently. Tools are always in the same place and tasks are performed by factory workers repeatedly increasing efficiency and skill. There are no traveling delays between jobs and the amount of work accomplished per day dramatically increases.

In addition, modular homes allow simultaneous parts of the construction to occur at the same time. In the factory, a frame of one wall is being completed in one area, while insulation and drywall are attached to a second wall in another. Likewise, the foundation is being prepared on your site while your above-ground structure is being built indoors. This allows maximum use of the time in completing each single project.

What? The tile-guy can't come back until when? This never happens in a modular home. Specialized craftsmen and employees are constantly available daily to perform their tasks so those homes are finished according to schedule. In addition, qualified building inspectors are present to guarantee that the construction will meet building regulations for your job. All of this saves time in the end.

Figures tell the tale. The custom modular home construction from start to finish takes 4 months compared to 14 months for a custom site-built home. And the time saved in labor efficiency and other resources allow the cost of construction to be 20 percent less on average. This does not even account for the time savings in construction loan interest. If you like saving time and money, modular homes are for you. There are few things in today's world that saves you both and at the same time gives you a superior product.

Copyright (c) 2008 Mike Zenga