One of the biggest benefits to having manufactured Container House insurance is having the peace of mind of knowing that your manufactured home is protected against any unforeseen accidents or damages. Manufactured home insurance is very much like a regular home insurance policy in which it may not cover everything about your manufactured home, but it may cover a few things that will help ease the pressure of having to pay out of your pocket or savings. Another benefit of manufactured home insurance is that most insurance policies are pretty affordable for most manufactured homeowners and in some cases can be included in your monthly loan payment. One last final benefit of manufactured home insurance is when you file a claim with your insurance company, the turnaround time is usually fairly quick; that way you and your family can get back to a normal life as soon as possible in your manufactured home.

Dubbed Carbon Positive House, the high-efficiency prototype dwelling made its debut earlier this month (hat tip to Dwell) on Swanston Street in Melbourne’s City Square as part of the 2015 Sustainable Living Festival. Smart and stylish with a focus on both comfort and innovation, the boxy modular digs aren’t, looks-wise, too dissimilar from a photovoltaic panel-clad creation you might see on display at the U.S. Solar Decathlon with one key difference: this home isn't a one-off show home but a commercially available residence.

Key to the home’s passive design strategy is the spacious sun parlor/conservatory. This so-called thermal “buffer zone” takes up nearly half of the home's total square footage and helps to regulate interior temperatures and keep things comfortable in a region with notoriously mercurial weather. (As 1980s Aussie pop group Crowded House has noted, Melbourne is indeed a city with "Four Seasons in One Day.")

Acting as a sort of force-field against the harsh summer sun while also capturing the warmth of the winter sunlight and distributing throughout the home’s interior on chilly days, ArchiBlox describes this north-facing (keep in mind which hemisphere we’re dealing with here) space as both “the lungs of the house” and the “food basket” as it's where occupants can flex their green thumbs and grow a variety of hyperlocal produce within nifty modular planter boxes that, like the home itself, can be easily moved around from one spot to another if need be.

Modular is great, but be very weary of the materials that are used to make sure that there are no toxic sealants, paints or finishes in the homes. Also, financing a modular home may be more difficult as opposed to a stick frame, but sometimes the Granny House builder may offer financing alternatives as part of the package. Modular will typically be less expensive by about 15-20% than stick-frame construction. Quality of craftsmanship of the modular home vs. quality of design and construction of stick frame house will vary considerably from contractor to contractor.