Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina on September 27, 2024. There is a LOT of damage which you are seeing on the news. Friends and family have a lot of damage, are still without power and water and may be for a while. It was …
Mom has moved in. All of the furniture from her old house fits perfectly and the colors are perfect together. This photo makes it look more cramped than it looks in real life. There is a lot in the living room. A sofa, two arm …
We want a great front porch on the cabin. The plan was to do something like this, with the porch starting at the end of the cabin. But now that Mom has moved in, she doesn’t want the living room window covered by a porch. …
Buy? Build? Or Modular? Which is the better deal? A lot depends on where you live. Buying a home costs less in some areas than others. If you live where real estate is still affordable, buying a home will probably be your best choice. A …
Prefab, modular or manufactured homes and builders like Schumacher give you a price-per-square foot that helps you compare houses to each other. This price includes only the house, not land or labor. Westwood Modular Cabins can be is little as $109 per square foot. Deer …
The price per square foot is one way to compare home prices. Real estate listings will tell you a home’s price per square foot. This is the listing price divided by the home’s total square footage. Around us, the average price per square foot right …
A team showed up from Sumter Utilities to pull power to the cabin. Now Mom can move in as soon as she is ready. Want to see how they get electricity from the road to the power meter? Although people had been here to mark …
We did not need an electrician to set up our modular cabin. All the wiring was done by Westwood Cabins, www.westwoodcabins.com and the electric meter was already mounted. I keep thinking we are done, but there are still things I didn’t think of. The only …
We plan to have a real front porch, but the project has cost more than we expected, so for now we just have the minimum steps and landings we need to get a CO. We can add a porch later. The temporary landings are so …
We want as few steps as possible to get into the cabin from the (future) carport. But that means the ground comes up pretty close to the foundation vents. The inspector decided it is too close, so we have to add Vent Wells. We don’t …
