Modular Cabins Built in Colorado
Cabins Plus builds modular cabins in Gardner, Colorado for people who want a real cabin they can legally live in full time. A modular build is constructed to the residential building code in our shop, delivered to your site, and set on a permanent foundation, where it becomes real property like any site-built home. Every model in our lineup can be built modular, with the same spray foam insulation, lifetime porch decking, and solid surface countertops we put in every cabin, and the same crew handles the build, the delivery, and the set.
Built to the residential building code
Modular construction in Colorado runs through the state Division of Housing, which oversees factory-built residential structures and requires an insignia showing the unit was built to the adopted residential code. That is the practical difference from a park model: a modular cabin is a house that happens to be built indoors. It can be your primary residence, it is appraised and financed as real property once permanently installed, and your county reviews the foundation and site work the same way it would for any home. For land in the mountains, building indoors also means your cabin is not sitting half-framed through a monsoon season.
How a modular cabin arrives and gets set
A modular build travels from Gardner in one or more sections, depending on the model, and gets set on the foundation your site requires. You will pull a county permit for the foundation and utilities, and the county inspects the site work. We coordinate the delivery route, crane or roller set where needed, and the finish work where sections join. Because we are the builder and the hauler, there is no finger-pointing between a factory in another state and a local set crew. One company built it, moved it, and stands behind it.
When modular is the right call
Choose modular when the cabin is the destination: a primary residence on your acreage, a legal long-term rental, or a family place you want to pass down as part of the property. Financing is usually simpler because lenders treat a permanently set modular as real estate, and resale follows the land instead of a title transfer. If you are still deciding between build types, our park model cabins cover the movable, seasonal side of things, and our skid cabins cover the simple outbuilding side. We will tell you plainly which one fits, because delivering the wrong cabin helps nobody.
When we'd talk you out of this
- If there is any real chance you will want to move the cabin later, do not set it on a permanent foundation. A park model keeps its wheels and its title, and moving one is a delivery, not a demolition.
- If the cabin is going in an RV park or campground, modular is the wrong category entirely. Those communities are built around park models, and that is the build we would quote you.
- If you need a hunting camp or a guest cabin and the words foundation permit make you tired, a skid cabin gets you a warm, dry, well-built space with far less process. We build those too, and for that use we would steer you there.
Modular Cabins questions
Can a modular cabin be my primary residence in Colorado?
Yes. That is the point of the modular route. A modular cabin is built to the residential building code under Colorado Division of Housing oversight, set on a permanent foundation with county-permitted site work, and treated as real property once installed. It is a legal full-time home the same way a site-built house is. Your county still governs zoning for the parcel itself, so confirm the land allows a dwelling.
How is a modular cabin delivered and installed?
It travels from our shop in Gardner in sections and is set on your foundation, which is built and permitted through your county before delivery. Depending on the site we set with rollers or a crane, join and finish the sections, and complete hookups. Plan on foundation work, an inspection or two, and a delivery day we coordinate with you directly, since our own crew does the hauling and the set.
What is the difference between a modular cabin and a park model?
Code and paperwork. A modular cabin is built to the residential building code, carries a Colorado Division of Housing insignia, sits on a permanent foundation, and becomes real property. A park model is built to the ANSI A119.5 RV standard, keeps its wheels and title, and can move again later. Full-time living points to modular. Seasonal use, RV parks, or a cabin you may relocate point to a park model.
Every model, this build
All five of our floor plans can be built this way. Pick the plan; we'll handle what the build type means for your county and your site.
Moose Creek
12'6" x 28' · 22'
A 12'6" by 28' family cabin with a bunk room for the kids, a kitchenette, and a covered porch, wrapped in hand-hewn Adirondack siding.
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Alpine Cottage
13' x 25' · 12' x 13' clerestory
A 13' by 25' cabin with a clerestory sleeping loft, an open main floor, and a covered end porch. A natural fit for campgrounds and guest duty.
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Buffalo River
13' x 39' · Modern low-slope
A 13' by 39' cabin with a modern low-slope roof, a full bath with a tub and shower, and a multipurpose room you order as laundry, desk space, or bunks.
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Stargazer
13' x 39' · 8' x 13'
Our flagship: a rooftop stargazing deck, a spiral staircase to a clerestory loft, and the largest kitchen of any model, in a 13' by 39' cabin.
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Two-piece, joined on site · 2, each with a closet
A two-piece cabin joined on site, with two bedrooms with closets, a full bath with a tub and shower, and a roomy shared living space.
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