Forget everything you’ve heard about mobile homes, especially the Hollywood image of cheap trailers and seedy mobile home parks. New technology and improved materials are making mobile homes an attractive housing option.
In fact, the name mobile home may no longer be an accurate term. These homes are built in factory conditions using quality materials to meet federal and state codes. Unlike a modular home, mobile homes are built on a steel undercarriage. The wheels are used to transport the sections to the site where the home is slid off the carriage onto a foundation and permanently anchored.
The terms mobile and manufactured home are almost interchangeable, since both are transported in sections and joined at the site. The fine line difference is how much finish work is done on site. If you want to split hairs, you could say a mobile is completely finished at the factory and the sections joined at the site. A manufactured home may have siding or other finish work done on site to make it look more stick built.
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