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The Modular Home |  | Author: Andrew Gianino
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 109674
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.4 x 1
ISBN: 1580175260
Dewey Decimal Number: 643.2
EAN: 9781580175265
ASIN: 1580175260
Publication Date: February 15, 2005
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Product Description
Home buyers and house architects agree: the most exciting things on the housing market today are modular homes. They can be built and reach move-in condition in just a few weeks, and they offer a host of customizing possibilities.
Now Andy Gianino, founder and president of The Home Store, the largest dealer of modular homes in the Northeast, has written a comprehensive handbook for prospective modular home buyers. The book is packed with everything you need to know about buying and building a modular home--or a modular addition to your existing home.
Gianino dispels the misconceptions about the limitations of modular homes and shows potential buyers that a modular home can be as good as, if not better than, houses built with traditional stick-frame construction. Then he gets down to the nitty-gritty: choosing a dealer, working with a general contractor, selecting a floor plan, choosing the customized details, even planning the landscaping around the house. Throughout the book the emphasis is on top-quality materials and cost-effective measures to ensure that the buyer gets their dream home at a great price. What's more, this book is equally useful for anyone already in the modular business or looking to get in as a dealer, manufacturer, designer, or specialized general contractor.
Illustrated throughout with a 16-page fullcolor insert, plus a host of house plans, The Modular Home shows home buyers how going modular can expand their choices, save time, save money, and prove to be more durable than conventionally-built houses.
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 Good content, but serious issues July 11, 2010
fredo (Portland, OR)
This book is a good resource in spite of its major shortcomings. It contains a wealth of information, most of it specific to modular construction, some that crosses over to site built construction as well.
Here are the problems.
- The author makes his living as a modular home dealer. Not surprisingly, he does a lot of shilling for the modular process and industry. There is not a glimmer of critical thinking to be found here, except for the author's harsh yet liberally dispensed critique of site builders, which, unfortunately, wavers between merely unfair and complete nonsense.
- Perhaps because of his life experience as a dealer, he aims his writing at an audience of slower-than-average high school dropouts. It seems as if everything is repeated three times, and the snail's pace will be especially frustrating for anyone who has prior knowledge of construction and the trades.
- Finally and as mentioned by others, the book concerns itself only with traditional home designs. I don't feel that this is a critical issue, since the value of the book is in the particulars of modular construction and how they differ from site built homes'. Some home designs are offered to illustrate these concepts, and while they won't win any design contests they don't detract from the underlying content and the reader is free to superimpose their own designs.
In summary, it's not a hip book and it is a frustrating read but it contains a lot of good information that anyone contemplating a modular project should have.
 pleasantly surprised June 5, 2010
WAG (Mohawk Valley, NYS)
Least expensive of the three books purchased and by far the BEST.
Worth the purchase!!!!
Pre Fabricated Homes August 17, 2008
Jake (Glen Cove, New york United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is great for anyone who wants to learn the basics of investing in a Modular Home. I would recommend this to anyone who thinks they may be interested in purchasing a Modular. The book will educate you on everything you will need before you meet with a builder. If money and quality is a concern, don't sit down with a builder before you read this.
 Very Good Resource April 21, 2008
Terry Johnson (Lakeside, Ohio)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Every detail is covered in this book. I wanted to know as much detail as I could get my hands on so I knew what questions to pose to my builder. My builder told me everything he would do and it matched all that I read in this book I like the fact that the author shares his mistakes to illustrate how complex the process is but also to show how he learned. I think it also shows a great degree of honesty.
I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone who wants to build a modular home.
Very good resource May 2, 2007
Eddie (Duluth, MN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a useful book on modular building with lots of practical advice.
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