As a fan of transportable homes, I believe the greater majority of traditionally built homes have the capacity to be built in a modular fashion. This series of TOP 100 homes gives you an idea of what is possible and an overview of what already exists in the marketplace.
Modern Modular Homes
A great example of bringing the outdoors in. The glass dining area is suspended to give the feeling of eating outside.
Utilising stone and neutral colours, this home blends into the natural environment.
The suspended portions of this home create less impact on the fora and fauna.
Elevated access to this modern modular home gives a unique and relatively cost effective entrance.
This home is very quite plain in design and yet has the ‘wow factor’.
Transportable Homes Video – Tracey talks about various names used for portable homes.
Relocatable homes are also referred to as –
transportable homes
portable homes
pre-manufactured homes
manufactured homes
pre-built homes
modular homes
granny flats
prefabricated homes
prefabs
prefab homes
cabins
holiday park cabins
tourist cabins
affordable housing
These are all types of relocatable homes. However, they are not to be confused with a normally built house on a section of land that is ‘removed’ after a few years and transported to another location. These are just homes that have been removed.
Whereas, relocatable homes (or any other terminology used in the list above) are purposely designed to be transported and have extra reinforcing to cope with possibly several moves over their lifetime.
This is a blog website with valuable information about the transportable homes industry within Australia. Written independently by Tracey Carter, an avid fan of modular homes.
The Purpose of this Website
1. Give you as much information as possible so you can make informed, confident decisions when contemplating buying a transportable home.
2. Broaden your horizons; so you can look at a traditionally built home and recognise the very real potential for it to be constructed using modular building methods.
Answering Your Questions
There are many advantages and benefits to buying relocatable homes; and many questions needing to be answered. Some of the questions answered in this website include:
Can I use my own floor-plan and design?
How big can I build a relocatable home?
Can I make alterations to a standardised granny flat plan?
Can I build a 2-storey modular home?
How do I personalise my new portable home?
How quickly can I get a prefabricated house?
Can I have disabled facilities included in my granny flat?
Who looks after the building permits and Council?
What are my insulation options?
Can I have a granite bench top?
Can I change the oven and range-hood combination?
… and much more!
You will find all your answers on this website about –
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A great example of bringing the outdoors in. The glass dining area is suspended to give the feeling of eating outside.
