Modular Homes VA Blog

If you are considering building a new home in the Virginia area, consider building a modular home. Not only is the experience worthwhile, watching your dream home come to fruition; but the cost effectiveness makes it worthwhile as well. Often when buying a new home, many modifications and home improvement projects need to happen in...

We regularly tell you that modular homes are made with the highest quality standards. They are. The modular construction process is a proven superior manufacturing process. Why? Quality Control process and Craftsman specialization. Quality control begins before we get to your building lot. In the factory, where the modules are built, there are endless quality...

The name of our business is Tidewater Custom Modular Homes. Do you know why we included the word “Custom”? Because the homes we design and build for you are Custom Designed by you with the help of our designers and architects. Often when people think modular homes, they think “cookie cutter homes”. This could not...

What is the difference between Modular construction and stick built construction? In order to make an educated decision, you need to know the difference.   Stick Built Home Construction:  These homes are built on-site, meaning they built from the ground up on your building lot. This is the traditional method of home construction, so these...

Modular construction has been widely misunderstood. Custom designed homes that are made with strength and quality is what you get when you opt for modular construction. We think you won’t be able to tell the difference between a modular home and a traditionally built home. Look at the two photos below. Which is stick built,...

You need a larger home, so you are going to all the open houses looking for a new house. But you only like some of the things about the house you may spend quite a bit of money over the next 30 years for? Why not build a home? But there is an even better...

You have probably heard that building a new home is very stressful. Tidewater Custom Modular Homes would like to change that idea. Modular homes are more easily built, more efficiently built and more consistently built. But more than that, there are no hidden surprises. During the design process, we want you to have fun. Create...

You want to know what type of construction is of higher quality, modular construction or stick built? Modular homes are built in factories to very specific specifications, with quality checks regularly on the assembly line. Of course the modules have to be sturdily built, they are transported via truck and put in place via crane....

Many people have a misconception that modular homes are cookie cutter in style. But, did you know that modular homes can be custom designed? In fact, at Tidewater Custom Modular Homes, custom designed homes are what we do. We do have floor plans available for all types of homes, and they are not limited in...

Are you in the market for a new home. If you live on a piece of land  you really enjoy it, but want a new home, consider building a custom designed modular home. Modular construction is a green and energy-saving form of construction when compared to typical stick-built. Tidewater Custom Modular Homes recently built a...