#modular-homes

#modular-homes

Builders FirstSource, the largest American supplier of structural building products, quietly acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based Pleasant Valley Homes, a wholesale manufacturer of modular homes. Lori Conrad, Senior Director of Corporate Communications for Builders FirstSource, confirmed to The Builder's Daily that the company acquired Pleasant Valley Homes' assets in November at an undisclosed price. Pleasant Valley Homes has sales of about 400 homes per year, according to Conrad, and operates in ten states in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, from Virginia to Maine.

high school student June Baker and her teacher Darrin Rassmusen huddled over blueprints trying to figure out what went wrong with a drywall installation. Turns out it was confusion over two panels both labelled A. "We have one wall A that's right and then one that's not built because I had to take it apart," Baker said. "But I've learned from my mistake and they realized from that mistake that they need to start labelling each wall with numbers."

Douro Wood House is a small vacation home in Portugal's Douro River valley, designed with sustainability at its core, aiming to minimize impact on the landscape.

The modular homes will offer a significant improvement on current options like hostels and hotels, giving families a safer, more stable place to live.