New Mobile Homes
It can be rightfully said that the chasm between mobile homes and traditional bricks and mortar homes is narrowing day by day. New mobile homes can be as trendy as they come, complete with all the amenities – both necessary and luxurious. In contemporary mobile homes, you can even attach a sauna, a bath or a Jacuzzi without much of a problem.
The days of derision towards mobile homes and their owners are coming to an end. There are about 10 million Americans today who are living in mobile homes, individually and in parks. There are ‘snowbirds,’ who have permanent residences in northern areas and move to warm southern climes in winter; or they may be people who are busy accruing money for a more stable home in future. People of almost all groups are now accepting mobile homes.
Even the designing of mobile homes has undergone a sea change. Gone are the days when mobile homes spelt shoddy, uninteresting designs and sharp walls. Today there are a wide array of finishes such as tiles, veneers, wallpapers, distempers and even bricks, as in traditional homes. Mobile homes today can be affixed to permanent foundations, so that there would be no difference, seemingly, between a mobile home and any other home.
Not just the structure and design, but also the nomenclature of mobile homes has undergone a change. Mobile homes are now called manufactured homes. Most of their parts are constructed in factories and then shipped to the sites of location. Here they are bolted and fastened together. Modern technology has enabled manufactured homes to be better affixed, thus eliminating the possibilities of leaks and seepages through their joints.
In the current scenario, mobile homes are economical and quick solutions for people yearning for a home. With the surfeit of bank financing available on mobile homes, more and more people can afford them.
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posted by GSmith @ 9:07 AM
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Yes, your article paints a nice rosy picture of Mfr homes however, you fail to mention the problems associated with some mfr home companies and the way they do business, or don't do business. In 2003 I set out to buy a new mfr home from Palm Harbor Homes in Fife, WA for my family and everything started out just fine but then the problems started. The salesman wouldn't answer my calls for questions when I called and when I did get a hold of him he said they were "having problems with their voice mail". I'm sorry but if it were my business I would sure get my voice mail system fixed so I could communicate with my customers. That aside the problems just kept on coming, the mfr home company told me that all we were waiting on was a building permit so through my lender I locked in a great interest rate. Alas , after speaking with the contractor I found that what I was really waiting on was the septic design permit. So by the time the building permit did come in I had lost my interest rate.
The mfr home company could care less about it. It wasn't until I wrote a letter to the company headquarters that anything positive happened. Well, after we moved in the land was nothing but a mud bog as they didn't finish up until spring so we had water under the house also. I was reassured many times that the problem would be taken care of. I even had the land developement company sign a contract stating that if their final grade didn't keep the water from standing in the yard and under the house that they would come back out and put in a curtain drain.
It was no suprise that their final grading did not work the first winter after that I had upwards of 8-12" of water under my house. Again I was assured that it would be taken care of. About a year ago the land developement company went out of business, the mfr home company said they would take care of it. Well, geuss what? I'm still waiting and probably will wait a lot longer if I don't do it myself.
Bottom line is that once the mortgage papers are signed they want nothing to do with you and I'm not an isolated case either. After talking to others who have bought these types of homes I have found that I'm not alone and one thing we all agree on is that we will NEVER do it again. I would like to take them to court but lack sufficent funds to hire myself a lawyer to deal with the problem so I will try my best to fix the problem on my own which is probably what they wanted in the first place. My advice? Don't buy a mfr home from anyone inless you get a lawer from the start.
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