Aluminum Houses Aluminum houses have many good features. One of the main ones is that aluminum is a very lightweight material and this allows the landlord to easily raise and lower his house. They come painted from the factory and usually last a long time. Most aluminum houses have a way to check each individual compartment during a nest check. Avoid the houses that do not have this feature.
Many manufacturers have accessories for their houses.
They include owl guards, sub-floors, plugs for entrances holes, and porch dividers. I use each of these on my aluminum houses. Some aluminum houses allow you to take out a center section of neighboring compartments and make one larger compartment. Some of the more modern houses already have this compartment size. One of the drawbacks of aluminum houses is that they get very hot inside during the hot summers of the South.