Modular Housing
Right after the storm there was a lot of conversation about the rebuilding and modular homes. A lot of conversation about how great they are and how well they will fit in. Not much conversation about the depreciation of the homes, and the fact they have have a life expectancy.
Last month I attended the BZA to request that the salesman of this modular not be allowed to place this home on this site because it needed a variance because of it’s size. Simply put the house was too large for the lot, a fact that the company who contracted this sale chose to ignore the zoning restrictions sets a precedent for this block.
Arguing in favor was Sherman Copelan a man who has fought against aprtment complexes in his part of the City.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
“Newer manufactured homes are expected to last 50 years. That, of course, depends on how they are taken care of.”
I had a professor once say that a cardboard box could last forever, if it was properly maintained. But then, no one was trying to call it a house.