Deltec Homes was founded in 1968 in Asheville, North Carolina as a builder of hurricane-resistant homes – primarily for resort communities. When visitors to those coastal resorts kept contacting the ...

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Looking at a brochure from Deltec Homes feels like watching an episode of HGTV's "House Hunters" - beachfront homes with ornate patios and panoramic windows overlook pristine ocean views. It's hard to ...

Since 1968, Asheville’s Deltec Homes has been a purveyor of prefabricated homes, typically custom designed around a distinctive octagonal floorplan. Now the eco-conscious company, which has seen many ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Hurricane Katrina blew down a lot of houses last August. But no matter how hard the huge storm huffed and puffed, it couldn’t blow away Dale and Carolyn Medley’s home. Located in ...

Modular-home builders have been drawing interest in their net-zero-energy, solar-equipped houses in the aftermath of this summer's hurricanes. Credit: Vermod The scope of the damage to mobile home ...

Correction: This article, first published May 16, incorrectly stated that “all” Deltec homes have escaped with minimal damage from hurricanes. Since that time, The Washington Post has learned about at ...