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The Complete Cape

Charlie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:23:36 +0000

Over the next few months, as daylight grows scarce, finishing a house becomes a race against the clock. Time or lack thereof, inclement weather, and below freezing temperatures begin to become a builder’s most loathed adversaries.

Recently, Signature Building Systems has begun to witness a shift in the modular market. I’m referring neither to an increase nor a decline in interest overall, but rather a lateral move. We’re seeing a boost in interest in Cape-Cod style homes – “4-box” Cape-Cod style homes to be more precise.

“Traditional” Cape-cod style homes or “2-box” capes have always been a good seller. A traditional cape is delivered with an “unfinished” attic – this area is then completed by the builder to the customer’s specifications on-site after delivery. In the past, this was the road most traveled. Everyone knew there had to be an alternative, faster way to build a cape and began to search for a better way. With the goal of time savings in mind – the “4-box” cape was born.

A “4-box” cape is delivered with the “attic” completed to the same factory specifications as the first floor of the home. Essentially the factory construction is much like a two-story modular home. This coupled with Signatures standard practice of pre-fitting the boxes in the factory eliminates countless hours of on-site construction. Thus, allowing the home to be completed in a fraction of the time.

Measure Twice – Cut Once

Charlie — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:56:59 +0000

At Signature, we pride ourselves on our engineering and production capabilities. Our state-of-the-art facility allows us tremendous flexibility when it comes to creating custom designs once thought impossible in the modular industry. The layout of our factory allows us to pre-fit every home before it leaves the manufacturing facility. This enables us to assure our customer that when their home arrives on site it will go together exactly as it was designed.
Our most recent project to showcase our design flexibility is a home in Teaneck, NJ that we manufactured for A&A Property Maintenance Services. This is a 3600 +/- sq. ft. 5 bedroom 3 1/2 bath 2-story home featuring a hip roof w/ 2 dormers. The original house on the lot was torn down and new the modular was set on foundation with in a 1-month period. Due to the pre-fit roof panels and dormers, the house was set in 1 day. Because of our ability to “proof” the home in our factory, even with the complex roof system, all of the modules and dormers fit together perfectly and set day was flawless. The set crew finished roof shingles and bolting on the 2nd day and the builder was able to start finish work within 2 days of the house arriving on site. Stay tuned for future completion pictures!

We would like to thank A&A for allowing us the opportunity to construct this truly unique modular home.

For more information on this project or Signature Building Systems, please contact us.