Kit Homes : The Solution For Modern Day Living

Kit homes – a modern convenience suited to your very own personal taste, at a price that won't burn a hole in your pocket or your bank account. These prefabricated homes offer the perfect solution for those who've got the land, and now require the home in which they'll be able to start building all those happy memories. If that's you, keep on reading: We'll give you straight facts to help you make that all-important decision.

History

If you thought kit homes are a new phenomena, think again. The idea of the kit home dates back more than 100 years to the early 20th century and were brought into public focus by Sears Roebuck and Company (although for the sake of accuracy, please note that they did not develop the concept).

While the earlier kit homes were rather simplistic according to our modern tastes, we can doff our hats to technology for the wide variety of kit homes available on the market today - from the simplistic and inexpensive to the designs tailored to the tastes of the rich and famous. The fact is, there's a kit home for everyone.

Types

Struggling to understand the concept of a kit home? Well then just consider a doll house, only much bigger, with all the parts pre-made in a factory. These parts are then assembled according to a set of plans - either by a construction team or even the future homeowner himself.

Throughout the years the designs of the kit homes have evolved and varied, supplying potential homeowners with their design of choice. Here's a rundown of some of the more popular types of kit homes:

Panelized Kit Homes

Made from pre-manufactured panels - each panel representing a wall or part thereof - and then assembled on-site.

Log Homes

As the name states, these homes are assembled using horizontally placed logs to construct the walls.

Geodesic Domes

Invented by R. Buckminster Fuller, these domes consist of interlocking polygons.

Steel Frame Kit Homes

As the name implies, these kit homes are built around a steel frame and represent the more popular among the various kit home types due to the ease and speed with which these can be assembled. Steel frame kit homes also provide a number of unique benefits, including a greater resistance to fire, being termite proof, providing a solid structure that won't warp or bend as a result of extreme weather and, of course, being environmentally friendly due to the minimal use of wood.

Who Should Buy Kit Homes

In recent years kit homes have become a veritable success due to one singular reason: they provide potential homeowners with an affordable and attractive pre-designed alternative. This means that those individuals with the intent to invest in a new home – be it newly weds, individuals, property investors, etc – will have the luxury of choosing the home they want instead of having to downscale to absorb the usual costs of designing and building a new home from scratch. This makes kit homes the ideal modern day living solution for, well, everyone.