Now on display at the Recreational Vehicle/Manufactured Housing Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana, Clayton’s CrossMod model home represents a modern housing solution for individuals and families amid the ever-growing affordable housing crisis.
The CrossMod is part of a new 21,000-square-foot Manufactured Home Museum expansion. The new wing is dedicated to showcasing the industry’s history and innovation and features interactive displays and the opportunity to tour three off-site built homes.
“CrossMod homes are built off-site like manufactured homes and are an affordable, sustainable solution to today’s housing crisis and can be built more efficiently than traditional site-built homes,” says Kevin Clayton, CEO. “More consumers, lenders, appraisers, and zoning officials are realizing the benefits of building a home indoors—and when visitors walk through this CrossMod home they will see just how indistinguishable it is from any other beautiful, modern house.”
CrossMod homes blend off-site construction methods with on-site features to produce a home on a permanent foundation that looks and performs like a site-built house.
At the museum, the CrossMod home on display is the Hawthorne floor plan, encompassing 1,728 square feet with three beds and two baths. Additional features include a garage, a covered porch, drywall interiors, enhanced cabinets, and energy-efficient details.
In addition to its physical attributes, CrossMod homes can be financed like a site-built home and appraised using site-built comps, reports the company. These new homes can help expand zoning opportunities where manufactured housing has not been previously allowed as a housing solution.
