Home prices in

Cedarcroft start at $135,000, and Phase I

contains 64 homesites. The community is located

off MacDuff Parkway, which runs off Hwy. 54 west

of Ga. Highway 74 North, and the entrance road

into the community is St. Albans Way.

Rossetti said

Cedarcroft will be Fayette County's first

community of modular homes. The manufacturer is

Nationwide Homes, a 30-year-old Martinsville, VA,

firm, which has established a facility in Arabi,

GA, to produce the homes which are destined for

Cedarcroft.

According to

Rossetti, modular homes must meet the same

building codes as other types of site built

housing. "In fact," he said, "many

experts in the building industry believe that

modular homes are even higher quality than

`stick-built' homes. Manufactured in a

climate-controlled facility, modular homes also

have the advantage of affordability, and it only

takes about three months to complete a modular

home."

Griffith, who has

been with the Ravin organization for two years,

said that many options for homebuyers are

available with modular homes, including such

things as cabinet selection, hardwood floors,

jacuzzi tubs, ceramic tile baths, countertop

color selections, and carpet selection.

The homes in

Cedarcroft will contain from 1,300 to 2,000

square feet and both ranch and two-story designs

will be available. Completion of the first homes

in the community is expected early next year The

second phase of the community will consist of 81

homes, while the third and final phase will have

75 homesites.