Delivery assessment

One of the unique factors to working with a prefabricated home builder is that the home is not constructed on site, but rather built in a factory and transported by truck to the land.  This, obviously, presents some challenges in "delivery," as they put it.  The entire road – from factory to foundation mush satisfy minimum height, width, radius/elevation and weight criteria.  Again, you have to imagine a semi truck carrying a 60-foot house module when finding a suitable piece of land way out in the country.

Normally delivery is all included in the price of the house (even across the country), but in certain circumstances Blu will ask for additional money if there are special delivery costs to be factored in.  Last week Blu Homes performed our delivery assessment and we found out we may have some problems with the bridge that crosses a small culvert on the driveway to the land.

The bridge in question

They've determined that the bridge is not crossable by the heavy trucks and they have proposed craning the modules over the bridge onto trailers on the opposite side of the 13-foot bridge.  Somehow this process adds up to a $41,000 surcharge.

Honestly, I can't imagine paying that much money to cross a bridge.  I would guess that the bridge, itself, is worth about that much.  Unless we can come up with an alternative to this plan it might put the whole prefab project in jeopardy.