A question for the real estate agents (house, new construction, property)

[stoils]

What does "Site Built Stick" mean? I see it as a description for property type on some homes.

[lamishra]

I'm not an agent but i know it means the house was built on site. It wasn't pre-fabricated.

[coltank]

What it is supposed to mean is that the home was built entirely on site with all dimensional lumber. i.e. no engineered floor joists, roof trusses, etc. Many builders use engineered roof trusses, and have certain wall sections factory built in order to frame the home more quickly, and ensure that it is done correctly since some of the labor out there isn't the best. The term has been misused a lot however. Very few builders, if any, are truly "stick built". I mean can anyone tell me that they've been inside a new construction home with solid wood subfloors?

[magellan]

Originally Posted by coltank

What it is supposed to mean is that the home was built entirely on site with all dimensional lumber. i.e. no engineered floor joists, roof trusses, etc. Many builders use engineered roof trusses, and have certain wall sections factory built in order to frame the home more quickly, and ensure that it is done correctly since some of the labor out there isn't the best. The term has been misused a lot however. Very few builders, if any, are truly "stick built". I mean can anyone tell me that they've been inside a new construction home with solid wood subfloors?

The term "stick built" can still be used for a home that has engineered floor joists and roof trusses. Saying a home is stick built when it has the latest construction technology in it isn't misusing the word IMO.

I have seen homes in our area built with solid wood subfloors recently. It's becoming more rare. I can't say that I've seen a builder build roof trusses by hand in a long time.

There is, however, new building techniques where entire wall sections, including heat runs and electrical runs, are built in offsite plants. Those seem to be pushing the envelope.

[WendyK]

In my area, "stick-built" is used to differentiate from "manufactured home". There are some "stick built" homes that from initial viewpoint appear to be manufactured homes, but aren't. There are also some high-end manufactured homes that you would swear are stick-built, but aren't.

[keeperk]

Where I'm at, it just plain means built on site. Or site built.
Not a prefab. Nothing about prefab trusses.

[Zmehappy]

Stoils, the posts above are right on the money. Being in the building business, we have adopted the stick built term even though many features of an on site built home are "manufactured." Today's manufactures can actually provide better and stronger products with less materials then we used in the "old days." Save a Tree!