Buying Guide
For anyone buying a modular or ready-to-move home: the week-by-week timeline, financing, insurance, what comes standard, and how homes travel from the Enderby, Zehner and St. Paul sites.
8 posts
Modular Homes in BC, Built at Enderby
Built indoors at the 50,000 sq ft Enderby plant, coordinated from Kelowna and hauled whole to sites from the Okanagan to Nelson. The code, the route and the timeline.
Read more
Insuring a Modular Home in Canada
On its foundation a modular home is insured like any house. The questions are the weeks before that: the build, the move and set day. What to ask your broker, and when.
Read more
How Fast Is Modular Construction, Week by Week
About 16 weeks from order to move-in, up to 50% faster than site-building, because two timelines run at once. Here is where each week goes and what actually slows a build.
Read more
RTM Homes in Alberta, From the St. Paul Yard
Built indoors, finished at the St. Paul yard and moved in one piece to land across Alberta. What the yard does, where it delivers, and which plans travel whole.
Read more
Saskatoon Ready-to-Move Homes: Plant to Set Day
Built complete at Zehner and moved north in one piece. Which plans travel whole, the route to Saskatoon, where a finished house waits, and what happens on set day.
Read more
What Comes Standard in a Herauf RTM Home
Construction that meets or exceeds CSA A277, an envelope energy-modelled for climate zones 6 to 8, triple-pane windows and electric heat come standard. The finishes are yours to choose.
Read more
Modular vs. RTM Homes: Which Fits Your Land?
Ready-to-move homes and modular homes both arrive built. How they're certified, how far they travel, and how big they can be is where they part ways.
Read moreFinancing a Modular Home in Canada: How It Actually Works
A modular home on a permanent foundation is mortgaged like any other house. Here is the financing path step by step, and how the 16-week build changes the math.
Read more