Workers put together Bob and Kristen McCarrick's modular home in the Greenwich Forest neighborhood of Bethesda, an area with large older homes and mature trees. Another home is being built next door.
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A modular portion of the roof awaits assembly onto the six-bedroom, 6 1/2-bath home, by Sandy Spring Builders.
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A portion of the roof is hoisted to the third floor of the house, on York Lane in Bethesda.
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A worker adjusts the placement of a portion of the roof onto the house, which was trucked 205 miles to Bethesda in 21 boxes stacked on a fleet of semis.
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Part of the draw of modular homes is that they can be built in a third of the time it takes to build a traditional custom house. Here, insulated venting and sprinkler system piping are already installed.
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Less than 24 hours after the arrival of the McCarricks' house, in pieces, part of it remains in the street while workers assemble portions on their empty lot.
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Wooden parts for a conventional home are lifted over the modular home and put onto a conventional home lot.
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The conventional house going up next to the McCarricks' is is all wood beams and empty window frames three months into construction.
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Workers make progress on the house less than 24 hours after its arrival in Bethesda on trucks.
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Kristen McCarrick explores the upstairs of her modular home. The McCarricks had been gone a week and were checking out the progress that had been made during their absence.
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The modular design saves on construction time, but there are still finishing details to be done once the house is put together on site.
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Bob and Kristen McCarrick explore their kitchen with son Dylan, 6.
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The modular home market has had a small high end since the mid-1980s, but manufacturers can do a lot more now to satisfy luxury buyers: open floor plans, higher-grade windows and doors, better moldings.
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Bob McCarrick checks out the fireplace in the room that the family will use as an office.
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Kristen and Dylan McCarrick explore their new home. June is their hoped-for move-in date.
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After three months of finish work, Bob and Kristen McCarrick will move into a new home with a distressed stucco exterior, a cedar shake roof and exercise, media and mud rooms. All were made to order for them and their three young children.
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Gallery Credits:
Producer, Photo Editor Stephen Cook
Text Editor Kendra Nichols
