Modular home construction can be a rapid process with a house taking as little as 10 – 14 weeks to construct however… it’s important to remember that we’ll need to check off a lot of items before we can get to that stage. The current realistic timeline from initial sign up to move in day is somewhere between 10 – 12 months. This takes into account ample time for design tailoring, site testing, reports & certifications, council approvals, prestart consultation, and material supply, before the actual construction of your new modular home begins. Once your house is transported to its destination (anywhere in Western Australia!) – siteworks usually take around another 4 weeks depending on what you have opted to include in your contract.

Our homes are delivered directly from the back of a large heavy semi-trailer specialised for modular homes.

We use a unique hydraulic jacking method to offload directly from the trailer, so we’ll need enough room to drive into place for delivery.

We deliver modular homes statewide across Western Australia.

For many years now, Modular WA has been one of the most reputable modular builders of choice, providing quality transportable pre-fabricated,  modular homes from Exmouth to Esperance, and everywhere in between.

Please note that some blocks may not be ideally suited for modular delivery due to transport restrictions and challenges.

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When your home is delivered, it will be lowered directly from its specialised transport trailers which will then drive away, leaving the new modular residence behind. Because of this, our homes are not suited for backyard granny flats in the inner suburbs of Perth as generally there will not be enough room for our trucks to maneuver – but we absolutely could install one in say… Toodyay, Albany, Geraldton, or Bridgetown!

If you’re unsure, give us a quick phone call and we can check your block to see if we’ll be able to work together.

*Subject to estate, developer, and transport restrictions. Note some estates may impose restrictions on modular buildings.

Yes, unlike many Tiny Homes and Sea Container Homes, all of our designs are compliant with the National Building Codes and relevant Australian Standards. Our homes are built to the same standards that all regular site-built residential homes are subject to.

Every project is also independently certified by multiple consultants for design compliance, structural and engineering, energy and other approvals as required for Western Australian residential building permits.

Yes, absolutely! Everything we do is built-to-order, and modifying plans is no issue. We suggest marking up one of our existing designs to take advantage of  tried and tested layouts.

If you’ve got a vision, you can absolutely create your own from scratch too. Just have a chat with us before you start sketching and we can help you with our module size constraints.

We use fully engineered, pre-stressed concrete floors as the base for the construction of all of our homes. These concrete floors are superior for energy efficiency, acoustics, and durability, and allow us to transport the fully complete home to site anywhere in Western Australia without feeling like a “donga”.

Once the home is installed, the concrete floor results in a great solid underfoot feeling, as if the house must have been built on site.

No worries. Speak to one of our sales consultants and we’ll happily have a look and offer our professional opinions. We’ll help point out the things you may miss, any potential risks or cost blowouts, or hidden benefits one block may have over the other.

Our team can help you with this decision as part of our service ethos, free of charge, and before you sign anything.

Definitely. We have built many homes in cyclonic regions along the Pilbara and Gascoyne coastlines. Our homes have proven time and time again that modular is a durable, safe building option for WA’s harshest conditions.

Please ask us about additional costs associated with engineering to a cyclonic rated level.

Yes. We take care of the building permit for you as part of our standard process so you don’t have to worry about it!

We’ll also cover off water corporation approvals and can assist with subdivision advice, effluent/septic applications, planning and developer approvals too if required.

In almost all cases, a building permit granted by a permit authority such as the Shire Council will be required before a modular home can be delivered. Technically anyone can apply for a building permit whether it’s the owner, builder, designer, or someone else involved in the project – however at Modular WA we will take care of this for you unless you opt otherwise.

In order to be granted a building permit, plans must undergo a number of independent certifications (structural, engineering, energy efficiency, etc), and as the Builder we assume responsibility for ensuring the construction complies with all applicable Australian building standards (NCA, BCA, etc) and any other requirements stipulated in the approved building permit.

Yes! First our sales consultants will carry out a block review using satellite and mapping imagery for initial investigations.

If we have any concerns, we’ll send one of our site teams to do an in-person assessment before you sign anything at all.

Actually yes! There are now a number of banks which support modular finance, and we can provide finance broker recommendations if required.

In 2023 Bankwest announced their Modular initiative to support lending for new modular homes across Western Australia. Some banks may not yet support modular lending, but there are plenty of alternative options available.

Of course you can! We would encourage you to use your preferred bank or mortgage broker or you can speak to one of our brokers who can help you every step of the way.