Do you fear cost overruns with building a new home?

You’ve likely heard the horror stories. Maybe it happened to a friend or a relative, or maybe you just heard about it through the grapevine when you mentioned you want to build a new home. Phrases like cost overruns and change orders are mentioned.  Tales of unfinished homes, where the builder ultimately charged the customer…

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4 Floor Plans You Don’t Want To Miss

Everyone has a different need when it comes to their home’s floor plan. Love to spend your time cooking? Then lots of cabinets, counter space, and a pantry may be a must. Is your home the gathering place for all of your children’s friends? Or maybe your home is where the family gathers every holiday?…

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Can modular homes be customized?

Yes! Modular homes are highly customizable. We often have customers stretch and widen homes to add more square footage and more rooms, change room placement, and sometimes do a complete custom floorplan they brought with them. That’s just the layout. When ordering your home, you will have multiple options for both the interior of the…

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Picking the right floorplan

  Sometimes picking your floorplan can be the hardest part of the process. With over 250 standard floorplans available, as well as the ability to build using custom plans, knowing what your basic requirements are for your home will help narrow down your options. We recommend starting with the style of home first. If you…

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Style of Home: What’s the difference?

D&W Homes carries three different styles of floorplans: Ranch, Cape Cod, and 2-Story. So, what’s the difference? A ranch home is a one-story home that typically has an open concept in the living area, which means the kitchen, living room, dining nook, and any other living areas are not separated by walls. The ranch style…

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Where Do I Start?

It’s a question often asked, and the answer will depend on your knowledge of the modular home building process. If the idea of building a modular home is completely new to you, then the best place to start would probably be to visit a model center. Not only will you get a feel for the…

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Resale Value and Buying Land with Real Estate Broker Kelly Wiley

One of the biggest concerns people often have about building a modular home is resale value. Oftentimes, that can be attributed to blurred lines between mobile homes and modular homes which has led to some confusion between the two. Unlike mobile homes, that are typically titled and built to HUD code, modular homes are built…

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Construction Loans: Q&A with Ohio Valley Bank

One of our most frequently asked questions is about financing a modular home build. Typically, building a modular home requires a construction loan. While much of the process will depend on your lender’s policies, we asked Ohio Valley Bank Assistant Vice President Joe J. Wyant some questions about their process that might be of interest…

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Now is the right time to start looking

It doesn’t matter how far down the road you are planning to build your new home, NOW is the right time to start looking! One of the things I’ve grown to love about the modular home process is the way it brings all of the aspects of building a new home into one convenient place.…

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