Modern Prefab Homes
Did you know that you can completely custom design both the outside and the inside of your SmartPads home, choosing finishes for the siding, flooring, cabinets, and more?
Let's look at what can be customized on the outside of your SmartPads home, trends in design and the elements that best work together for custom homes in the Mountain West. From our production facility in Utah, we deliver modern prefab homes to Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
Curated Finishes - As Custom as You Choose
The SmartPads team has put together a curated set of finishes for the modular homes in Colorado, all of which are designed with a mountain-modern aesthetic. This includes things like the siding, stain color, and type of steel. We prefer there are not too many combinations of materials to keep the look simplistic and clean.
Typically, no more than two or three elements are used to keep the design tight and fresh. Each surface is augmented with the number of modules and how they are overlaid together. Different surfaces will have different materials to showcase the architectural flair.
Blending Modern and Rustic for Mountain Living
We like to use high-grade quality commercial steel on the fascia, which is a little thicker than most facias, as it provides a look that is both elegant and sophisticated. Historically, builders would use wood fascia to create a rustic look, but we like to use steel to create a crisp mountain-modern look for our contemporary modular homes. The unique SmartPads modern prefab look emerges by mixing in something complementary on different façades to bring the steel elements together, such as cedar wood paneling.
We use different cedar grades, from clean vertical grade cedar, which would be the highest cost, to rough sawn, which would be on the lower end of price tags. Our style features very tight reveals (such as one-eighth to one-quarter thick), which gives it a more linear and modern look while retaining a rustic feel, rather than the old-style V-groove. Between the linear look of the steel and the rustic complementary wood with the tight reveal, we end up with a modern and rustic combination perfect for mountain living.
While we lean more heavily on the modern aesthetic, we pay homage to the rustic style that is consistent with the heritage of the Western states where we built originally in Colorado and now Arizona, Montana, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming.
Focusing on the Details
For railings on balconies, we recommend steel with steel cables to give a seamless look and not to interrupt view corridors. Garages and doors should also be complementary and not deviate too far from the two or three elements that have been selected for the outside design.
Creating Efficiencies for Homebuilders
All of the finishes available from SmartPads have been negotiated with suppliers to provide significant savings, which we pass on to our clients. This is another reason why SmartPads modern prefab homes are a more efficient option than traditionally built homes. In the event where we do not offer something in our finish selection catalog that you are looking for, our design team can provide custom options.
About SmartPads
SmartPads is a Colorado based boutique modern prefab home builder founded by two adventurers with a clear vision: to craft homes with a distinct look and feel that harmonize with mountain living. The SmartPads design ethos maximizes views, provides open and airy spaces, and embraces mountain modern architecture. This unique vision is embodied in all SmartPads modern prefab designs. In a time of high building costs and labor shortages, we recognized an opportunity to redefine the home-building experience in the Mountain West.
Explore our current designs to get a feel for the unique SmartPads look and learn more about our story in this article.
