Why Customizing Your Double Wide Home Makes Perfect Sense in Texas
When you customize double wide homes, you’re not just buying a house – you’re creating a personalized living space that fits your family’s unique needs and budget. Here’s what customization can offer Texas homebuyers:
Key Customization Options:
- Floor Plans: Open-concept layouts, additional bedrooms, or home offices
- Exterior Features: Siding materials, roofing styles, porches, and dormers
- Interior Finishes: Kitchen cabinets, countertops, flooring, and bathroom fixtures
- Energy Efficiency: Upgraded insulation, windows, and HVAC systems
- Structural Changes: Room additions, ceiling heights, and window placements
Double wide homes are the largest category of factory-built homes, offering between 900 to over 2,000 square feet of living space. Unlike standard models that come with predetermined features, customizing allows you to make choices about everything from your kitchen island to your front porch design.
The biggest advantage? You can get a home that looks and feels exactly like what you want, often for thousands less than site-built construction. With an average starting price around $60,000 and build times of just 6-16 weeks, customized double wides offer an affordable path to homeownership in Texas.
At Manufactured Housing Consultants, we help Texas families steer the customization process from our locations in San Antonio, New Braunfels, and across the state. While we specialize in designing and delivering your dream home, it’s important to note that our services do not include purchasing the land or performing site preparation like clearing or foundation work. We focus on what we do best: helping you create a home that truly works for your lifestyle and budget.
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How to Customize Your Double Wide Home: A Step-by-Step Guide
When you customize double wide homes, you create a space that works for your family’s daily life, with every detail reflecting your style. Unlike site-built houses with fixed layouts, customizing gives you the power to make changes that improve how you live, from adding a home office to creating an open-concept kitchen. Thoughtful customizations, such as energy-efficient features and quality finishes, can also increase your home’s value. At Manufactured Housing Consultants, we help Texas families from our San Antonio location turn their housing dreams into reality, creating homes for every lifestyle.
Opening up the Possibilities: What You Can Change
The beauty of customizing a double wide lies in how much you can change, with possibilities that rival site-built construction.
Your floor plan is the most impactful customization. Choose an open-concept layout for a spacious feel perfect for entertaining, or modify the plan to include extra bedrooms, a dedicated home office, or a game room.
Your home’s exterior makes a statement. Exterior siding options range from durable vinyl to classic lap siding to stand up to Texas weather. Different roofing materials and styles, like a hip roof or metal roofing, can transform your home’s look. And nothing says “Texas living” quite like a welcoming front porch or deck, which we can design as a cozy covered space or an expansive outdoor area.
Inside, the customization continues. Your kitchen can feature custom cabinets and countertops (like granite or quartz) in a layout that works for you. In the bathroom, you can select fixtures like tile showers, jetted tubs, and modern vanities. The right window styles bring in natural light and improve energy efficiency, while your choice of flooring, from vinyl planks to plush carpet, ties the whole look together.
Popular Custom Features We Help Texas Families Choose:
- Open-concept living areas
- Kitchen islands with seating and storage
- Upgraded cabinetry and countertops (granite and quartz)
- Spa-like master bathrooms with large showers or jetted tubs
- Energy-efficient windows and insulation
- Built-in entertainment centers and storage
- Cozy fireplaces
- Practical mudrooms and utility areas
- Vaulted ceilings
- Custom exterior colors
- Covered outdoor spaces
- Upgraded appliance packages
- Walk-in closets and pantries
- Smart home technology
The Customization Journey: From Blueprint to Build in Texas
Here’s how we turn your vision into reality.
Your journey starts with a consultation with our Texas team. Whether you visit us in San Antonio, Von Ormy, New Braunfels, Laredo, Corpus Christi, or Victoria, we’ll listen to your family’s needs and lifestyle.
The design phase is where you see your choices come to life. Using advanced design tools, you can experiment with cabinet finishes, backsplash options, flooring, and exterior siding to see how they look.
Finalizing your selections means nailing down every detail within your budget and timeline, so there are no surprises.
Factory construction occurs in a climate-controlled environment, avoiding weather delays and ensuring quality control at every step.
Build time is impressively fast, with most customized double wides completed in 6-16 weeks—a fraction of the time for site-built construction.
On-site assembly is where our expert teams transport your home’s two sections to your location, carefully join them, connect utilities, and complete the final trim work.
Texas-wide delivery means we can bring your custom home anywhere in the state, handling all the logistics.
Budgeting for Your Vision: Understanding Costs
Understanding the costs helps you make the best decisions. Customized double wide homes offer incredible value compared to site-built construction.
Base prices typically start around $60,000, with a common 56×26 foot double wide averaging about $75,000. This is your starting point before personal touches.
Upgrade costs vary, but every customization adds value. Premium kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, or a luxurious master bath will increase your investment, enjoyment, and future home value.
Material choices impact your budget. For example, vinyl flooring versus premium vinyl planks will affect your final cost. We help you balance your wishes with your budget.
Structural changes like modifying floor plans typically cost more than finish upgrades but can completely transform how your home functions.
Don’t forget delivery and setup fees ($5,000 to $15,000) and costs for land, permits, utility connections, and site preparation. While our team at our Texas locations, including San Antonio and Laredo, can guide you on these requirements, it’s important to understand that Manufactured Housing Consultants does not sell land, perform site work like grading or pouring foundations, or directly connect utilities. These are separate services you will need to arrange. However, we do specialize in helping Texas families find financing solutions that can cover many of these aspects, regardless of credit. We can guide you through Manufactured Home Financing options.
Key Considerations When You Customize a Double Wide
Keep these key considerations in mind for a smooth process.
Build timelines can extend beyond the standard 6-16 weeks for extensive customizations. We’ll keep you updated throughout the process.
Texas zoning and land-use regulations are crucial for private land placement. Our experienced teams at our locations across Texas, from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, can help you understand and steer local requirements. However, please note that securing permits and ensuring land compliance are ultimately the homeowner’s responsibility, as we do not perform these legal or filing services. For more information, check out zoning and land-use regulations.
Resale value is often a concern, but well-customized double wides with modern features and energy-efficient upgrades typically hold their value well.
Energy efficiency upgrades are vital in Texas. Upgraded insulation, high-performance windows, and efficient HVAC systems save you money on utility bills. Working with our experienced Texas team at Manufactured Housing Consultants makes all the difference.
Finalizing Your Custom Double Wide Dream Home
Finalizing your customize double wide dream home is the most exciting part of the journey. You’re creating a space where your family will make memories, with every detail chosen to fit your lifestyle. This level of personalization transforms a house into a sanctuary. At Manufactured Housing Consultants, we love seeing a family’s vision come together, creating a perfect fit between their lifestyle and living space.
Finding Inspiration for Your Custom Double Wide
Finding inspiration for your custom home should be enjoyable. Start by thinking about how your family lives and what styles you love.
The farmhouse style is a Texas favorite, known for wraparound porches, open kitchens, shiplap walls, and rustic touches like barn doors. It creates a timeless and welcoming feel. For those who prefer cleaner lines, modern aesthetics offer large windows, sleek kitchen finishes, and uncluttered open-concept layouts.
No matter your style, energy-efficient features are a smart investment in Texas. Upgraded insulation and high-performance windows keep your home comfortable while reducing energy bills. You might also consider smart home technology like programmable thermostats for added convenience.
Creating a vision board with images of kitchens, exteriors, and layouts you love can help organize your ideas. Our guide to Mobile Home Interior Design Ideas is another great place to find inspiration for your Texas home.
Let’s Build Your Texas Dream Home
As this guide shows, Texas families choose to customize double wide homes for the compelling benefits: complete personalization, significant savings over traditional construction, and a much faster timeline.
What sets Manufactured Housing Consultants apart is our commitment to being your trusted partner across our Texas service locations, including San Antonio, Victoria, and New Braunfels. Our specialists use their experience to help families with every design decision. We understand local regulations, work with the best manufacturers, and know how to balance your dreams with your budget. While we focus exclusively on the home itself—from design to delivery and setup—we do not offer services such as land sales, real estate brokerage, or site construction. Our expertise is in creating your perfect manufactured home, and our Texas-wide delivery service can bring it anywhere in the state.
We’re proud of our guaranteed lowest prices because we believe every Texas family deserves a beautiful, high-quality home. Homeownership should be an achievable goal.
Your custom double wide is an investment in your family’s happiness. Imagine hosting dinners in your perfect kitchen or relaxing on your custom porch. The time to stop dreaming and start building is now.
Ready to take the next step? View our customizable manufactured homes for sale and let’s start creating your dream Texas home today!
