Manufactured Housing Institute
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Arlington, Virginia 22202
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YOUR MANUFACTURED HOME SUMMARY
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This checklist can help you remember all the points to consider in choosing, buying, and installing your home.
Read and compare all warranties offered on the homes that interest you before deciding to buy.
The following is a summary of "How to Buy a Manufactured Home." It
provides you with some questions to ask the retailer or yourself before
making your purchase.
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]- WARRANTY PROTECTION
- What warranties are offered by the home manufacturer, the retailer, the transporter, the installer, and the appliance manufacturers?
- Are the warranties in writing?
- Do you know what is and is not covered by the warranties?
- Who performs the service under the warranties?[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
- PLACING YOUR HOME
- If you intend to place your home on your own land, are there zoning regulations or restrictive covenants that prohibit the location of a manufactured home?
- Are electric, gas, water, and sewerage lines available on your homesite, or will you have to make other arrangements to provide necessary utilities?
- If you locate your home in a rental community, who will be responsible for ground maintenance, snow removal, and other such services?
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- CHOOSING YOUR HOME
- How do you want your home to look?
- What size home and floor plan do you want or need?
- Will state laws on transporting oversize loads prevent you from moving your home?
- What custom options and features are available?
- What appliance packages are available?
- What energy-efficiency options are available?
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