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A CSI Modular Home is ...

     
  • Quality construction
  • A family owned and operated business. Striving to build homes that we would be proud to call "Home"
  • A "Stick-Built" home - just constructed in our factory under climate controlled conditions. A CSI home is structurally built and engineered in modules which are transported and assembled on your site. The modular concept is to produce in the factory setting as much of your home as is possible in order to minimize the amount of work to be completed "on site'". This is a double savings - one of time and of cost. Since modular construction cannot replace all of the on-site work - we strive to combine the best of both methods to achieve the highest quality home for the lowest cost possible and in a lesser amount of time.

Some of the benefits of Modular Construction are:

  • Building Materials are stored inside protected from the elements.
  • Construction is performed in a controlled environment, no rain, no snow, no ice, no mud to hamper the workers or affect the quality of your home.
  • Individual modules are built structurally strong enough to retain their integrity without the support of the remaining modules.
  • Floor joists are integral to the center beam, not standing on edge on top of the beam.
  • Steel strapping is used in critical areas to add strength. Our homes will easily meet the 90 mph Wind requirements.
  • Two Story and Cape Cod Style homes are built with an independent ceiling and upper level floor system, resulting in a stronger and more quiet home.
  • You have the option to act as your own general contractor, to complete the final limited phases of your home, thus saving substantially on labor.
  • Firm Price ...The contract price you sign is the final price you pay. They are no "Construction Overruns" at completion. Typically banks figure on a site built / stick built home 10-15% of the contract price for construction overruns. This is not so with a CSI Modular Home. If you initiate any changes after the contract is signed, you will be given a change order, with the cost change, and will have the option to execute the change or not.

To clear up common misconceptions about Modular Housing:

A CSI Modular Home IS NOT:

  • A mobile home
  • An inferior quality home
  • Restricted to a handful of basic plans or styles
  • Difficult to finance
  • A negative at the time of re-sale
  • Sealed in a bubble, ready to move in to upon delivery to the home site