| Manufactured homes or mobile homes are houses | | | | Ask Questions |
| that are manufactured on assembly lines and easily | | | | You are buying a house, and buying costs money. |
| shipped complete to the site of the new owner's | | | | Asking questions before laying your hard-earned cash |
| home. While manufactured homes have come a long | | | | down on the dealer's table can help get you the kind |
| way from what they used to be, there are still some | | | | of manufactured home you wish to buy in the quality |
| points you have to cover to ensure that you are | | | | you should be getting it at. Questions about the |
| indeed getting a quality manufactured home for the | | | | house's installations and construction can help you |
| price you are paying. | | | | determine whether they will do a good job on it. |
| Don't Hesitate to Inspect | | | | Some of the important points you should bring up |
| Some people don't like to be called nit-pickers, but | | | | with your manufactured house dealer would be: |
| going through the manufactured home you are | | | | Â- How the home will be set up. Knowing the |
| planning to purchase does require a little bit of it. You | | | | basic procedure for the home's site construction can |
| need to look through the entire house for flaws and | | | | help you understand whether or not your home will |
| questionable parts and fixtures that may need repair | | | | be secure enough. |
| or replacement. Remember that the house was | | | | Â- Ask to see a blocking print for your home. |
| essentially assembled on an assembly line and while | | | | This will help you determine whether or not the |
| these manufacturing lines do have certain standards | | | | company you are dealing with is professional enough |
| and quality codes to follow, there can always be one | | | | to do things by the book. If you are told that there |
| or two flaws that can remain overlooked unless | | | | are no blocking prints for your house's layout, be |
| scrutinized. | | | | warned. |
| Some of the things you have to look out for to see | | | | Â- Ask about what is covered by your |
| if the manufacturer of your prefab home is quality | | | | payment. Unless specified, there might be some |
| conscious includes the smaller things like the cabinet | | | | expenses you may not be prepared for and you |
| doors, shelves, window frames, sidings, and door | | | | may come up short of cash or your house may not |
| frames. If these areas of your prefab house aren't | | | | be completed because of these. Some concerns you |
| installed straight or have some questionable looking | | | | might want to ask about would be site preparation, |
| seams, then you should point this out to the dealer. | | | | sewer and water connections, anchors, |
| If the person you are dealing with addresses these | | | | air-conditioning and a few other installations. |
| concerns with repairs and replacements, then you are | | | | Knowing what to ask and what to look for before |
| in relatively safe waters. Also, don't forget to check | | | | signing on that dotted line will help you get the most |
| underneath for the kind of support the house is built | | | | for your money and help keep you from feeling |
| on. These are usually steel I-beams that offer some | | | | cheated of the quality manufactured home you want. |
| stability to the house's structure. | | | | |