Would you purchase a prefabricated home?

Question

We are thinking of buying a house, and the idea of a prefab sounds great.

We are still in the talking stage right now, as we are giving ourselves a year to everything figured out.

Would you buy a prefab? Why or why not?

Anyone here live in one?

Answer 1

I thought they were okay until I saw the one my daughter rents. Everything on the inside is done on the cheap. Cabinets, doors, door frames, bathrooms fixtures, etc.

Answer 2

It depends what you mean by prefab.  Some people refer to trailers as modular homes.  But I think more along the lines of a Wausau Homes http://www.wausauhomes.com/ which are on a foundation or basement and are assembled as kitchen module, bathroom module, etc., are often multi-story, and look as good as an onsite built home.

So it sort of depends whether the home itself was ever on wheels.