Hi, this is Anita from Real Estate Crunch, where we talk about all things to do with
real estate. Today we're going to talk a little bit about modular homes
And one of the questions a lot of people ask is modular homes come with a HVAC system or
the heating and the cooling systems already in place. Generally speaking, modular homes do come with heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
The heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems are used to move warm air, cold air
and ventilation throughout the rooms. Let's say if the modular home manufacturer tells your home only comes with AC, that means
your modular home is only coming with air conditioning. Now there might be some reasons for that
If they're selling you a modular home that's going to be used in a place that doesn't need heating, they may only sell you with the air conditioning
If it's going to be in a place of the United States, it's going to be colder, then it should
also come with the heating system in place. Normally speaking, the modular homes will come with a furnace and an air conditioning
system and also with some of the ventilation systems in place. What type of system it is, whether it's gas or it's electrical or how the system is being
used really depends upon the modular home supplier and what they are supplying
It's very important that when you buy a modular home that you understand this about the heating
ventilation and the air conditioning system and exactly what you are buying and exactly
what it entails. But generally it should entail something as a furnace and the air conditioner
Heat pumps could be another type of unit which circulate an air, heated or cooled air around
You could have a ductless mini split system. There's different types of systems that you could have
If you're looking to buy a modular home, those are the questions you need to be asking. In fact, if you're looking to buy any type of home, it is a question that you need to
be asking exactly what is your heating and what is your air conditioning system which
is in place. Generally today, a lot of modular homes are energy efficient homes
Many of the home suppliers that are producing modular homes are producing them to be energy
efficient homes. They may try to use less energy consumption than other homes
They may build the homes in such a way as that the homes will not need to use as much
energy as other homes. So they may not have the exact heating or air conditioning systems as you would have
for a traditional home. That is why many modular homes today and many modular home suppliers are also considered
to be more like green homes in that they are trying to produce homes that can help
save on utility bills. They try to use homes that save on water and save on heat
They try to have homes that have building waste reduction and they have high sustainable standards
This is one of the things that appeals to many people when they are looking to purchase
a modular home is that many of these homes can be green efficient homes that they may
already have the green efficiency in place because these homes have been built offsite
in the factory. So this allows them to be able to build these type of homes that will have these type of
energy and efficiency aspects already in place for the home itself. That for me is really one thing that appeals to me, reason why I like many of the modular
homes that are being built because many of them are highly, you know, green or they may
even be, you know, resistant to things as fire. They might be resistant to hurricanes
They may have these other type of things already built in because of the way the home was built
So it's very important when you're looking to buy a modular home that you understand what you are buying
And I think this is what the lesson is for anyone that's looking to buy a modular home
is to do your research, check it out and understand exactly what you are getting and what is being
included in the price of the modular home. This is Anita from Real Estate Crunch
Thank you so much for listening. I have a blog post I've written called Do Modular Homes Come With the HVAC, the H-V-A-C system
And you can be able to read more about this and you can be able to learn more about some
of the details and about why modular homes, many of them are considered today to be green homes
Thank you so much for listening. We really do appreciate you and we'd like to thank our technical team, especially RECO
puts this together. Thank you. Thank you