Modular home
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Modular homes are houses that are manufactured in a remote facility and then delivered to their intended site of use. They differ from mobile homes largely in their absence of axles or a frame, meaning that they are typically transported to their site by means of flat-bed trucks.
Modular homes usually lack the shallowly-sloping rooflines typical of mobile homes as the roof can be transported separately from the other components. Many modular homes, though, come preroofed. Once assembled on the site, a process taking hours or days rather than weeks or months as is typical with site-built housing, they are essentially indistinguishable from typical site-built homes. For this reason, the rapid depreciation in market value typical of mobile homes does not apply to them. Given these facts, many courts have ruled that zoning restictions applicable to mobile homes do not apply to modular homes. This development is expected to increase the sales of modular homes greatly in the near future.
Modular homes can be assembled over full basements and built to multi-story heights. Some hotels have been constructed of modular rooms and suites.