Everyone wants their family to be healthy and safe. We put a lot of time, money and energy into making sure that our kids are healthy and eat right. Manufactured homes, or mobile homes, go against that instinct to protect families.

While manufactured homes may be cheaper than your average house, they are still not the healthiest of environments. The materials used in the building process are full of chemicals that leach nasty fumes and chemical traces into your home. While you may not notice the actual fumes, you will notice that your family tends to get sick a lot and often without good reason.

Your home could be making you sick and manufactured homes are particularly bad for this, as they tend to contain a lot of plastics and cheaper materials to make them more affordable. To keep your family safe and sound, it`s often better to go with something more secure, like a modular home, built with green materials.

A green home may cost more than a manufactured home, but isn`t the investment in safety worth it?

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Modular homes are one of the best ways to go if you have a specific idea of how you want your home to be designed. While you could end up paying thousands to have a professional design the house that you have in mind, it`s pretty easy and usually part of the deal to alter existing modular homes to suit your preferences.

In general, modular homes are cheaper than stick built as well, so they also make a great option for the budget minded. Rather than end up with a contractor who hits the upper end of the budget just halfway through the project when you have no other choice but to pay, you can guarantee the price of a modular home ahead of time.

Many homeowners prefer to go with the modular home for the fact that it is cheap, but one of the biggest selling points is the rapidity with which modular houses are built. You can literally have a small home done within a couple of months!

Whether you are interested in saving money, getting your house up fast or custom design, modular homes work.

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If you want to be a green homeowner, there are a few things to keep in mind as you go about your green home building project. Here are some tips to ensure that it all goes as well as you`d hoped.

• Go modular. Modular homes are the ideal option for a homeowner who isn`t sure how about investing a lot of money in green home building. Modular homes are automatically quite green and it only takes a little adjustment to create the home of your dreams.

• Educate yourself. Things like reading blogs on green home building (like this one) and talking to other green homeowners will help give you a better idea of what you need to do and also give you plenty of ideas for your home.

• Custom design. Your home should be a place that you want to spend a lot of time in, so why go with a standard design? Add in the details that make it cosy for you and your family.

Homeowners have a great opportunity to create the perfect green home for their families. All you need is a little knowledge and know where to go to implement it.

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Who doesn`t desire a better quality of life? With ecological homes, this is more than possible and you will find that it is far nicer to live in a home where there are no toxic fumes or other issues to worry about.

Most people don`t realize just how bad things are in their homes until they move into an ecological home. Then they find that their old houses were making them sick with mold and nasty fumes everywhere. Ecological homes, when built properly, with all natural materials and when care is taken to avoid chemicals that are present in nearly every older home.

With things like cork flooring and bamboo trim, along with non-toxic paint being incorporated into ecological homes, they are far better for the overall health of those living in them than homes built without regard to these items.

If you want to live a better life, ecological homes can help. With the right home, you`ll find yourself more than ready to live to the fullest.

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It can seem rather daunting to set out designing your own custom home plans, but it doesn`t need to be. Here are steps to creating the perfect dream home.

• Make a list of all the features you want, from roof shape to number of bathrooms.
• Mark the most unusual features, which would not likely be found in the average home plan.
• Look for an existing home plan that is a close match to what you are looking for.
• Have someone (architect or modular home expert) create a custom home plan by altering the existing plan to fit your needs.

Custom home plans are the best way to ensure that you have just what you want in a home, but that doesn`t mean you have to start from scratch. In fact, it`s a good idea to use another plan as your base.

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While many people are more than willing to go green, they would still like to enjoy where they live and not end up building a green home because they feel it would be less comfortable to live in. This certainly isn`t the case though, particularly when it comes to modular homes.

Modular homes offer a full green living experience, if you set them up right and select green building materials. The very process of building them is green and tends to be cheaper than building a regular stick built home by about 10%, sometimes more.

It`s a very useful method of creating a green home that is comfortable to live in and rapid to build. Modular homes can be done very quickly and once assembled, they look exactly like any other home on the block, though they are considerably greener.

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Can my modular home be financed by the bank?
Will regular mortgages apply to a modular home?
What about a construction loan?

These are some very common questions by people who are planning to build a modular home and aren`t sure about financing. It can be a big step to start building a home and while modular homes are cheaper than the average stick built house, that doesn`t mean everyone has the cash at hand.

Financing your modular home shouldn`t be a big deal. Most banks will treat a modular home just like a stick built one, so all you need to do is talk to them. The construction loan will need to be on shorter terms, since a modular home is done far faster and you can switch over to a mortgage faster.

If your bank isn`t interested in financing a modular home, just look for another one that will. They shouldn`t be too hard to find.

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Green roofs are a part of ecological homes across the country. By opting for a roof that reflects the lifestyle you are trying to live, you can really make a difference.

The key to having your entire home be ecological, is to look for options. You will have a lot of different ones available, but many won`t really be green. Choosing only the items that are actually made with techniques that are environmentally friendly will greatly reduce the impact the construction of your home has on the environment, but you will also want to look for ecological home materials.

Green roofs are particularly good, because a good roof will last for decades and you don`t want nasty things leaching out of it. Making sure that your shingles are ecologically friendly and made from green materials and your home will be even more environmentally friendly.

By incorporating a green roof into your ecological home, you are creating an even more friendly place to live, one that will be safe for your family.

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Many people originally figured that green home building would eventually pass, that it was just a hippie phase. But green home building is here to stay, that`s pretty evident now! Entire counties are setting up rules and guidelines in an attempt to reduce the overall carbon footprint.

The truth is that green home building works with the environment, but it`s so much more than that. Going green is a very good way to live and can significantly reduce the amount of damage we do to our own planet, but it has many other advantages.

• Lower electricity bills
• Lower water usage
• Long term health benefits (i.e. no mold)
• Less need for heating and cooling

Green home building is coming into its own and we can easily expect to see it expand over then next decade, to the point where most people will likely live in a green home.

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One of the questions we get a lot at Building Systems Network is whether or not modular homes are safe.

Many people live in high risk areas for natural disasters. There may be a propensity for earthquakes in your area, or perhaps you regularly get hurricane or storm warnings. All of these can pose threats to your new home and it`sonly natural that people want to know if their modular home will be safe in the event of a natural disaster . . . or at least as safe as a stick built home.

The answer to this question is . . . yes. In fact, modular homes are even more resistant to storms and earthquakes than the average house. This is due to the extra security measures put in to enable the house to travel in units for long distances by truck. The beams tend to be larger than required by the building code and joints are well sealed and usually double joined with screws and glue.

Modular homes are safer than the majority of regular, stick built homes, so there`s no need not to build a modular home just because you live in a warning area.

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