To Cert or Not to Cert? Our Opinion—Not So Fast
I am a female manufactured home contractor specializing in manufactured home foundation repair. It’s not the most glamorous job in the world and mainly consists of crawling underneath the darkside of people’s homes, often in claustrophobic tight conditions and in poor air [...]
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The Manufactured Home Foundation and the Engineer’s Certification
HUD Code Manufactured Homes
One of the problems with manufactured housing and its perceived reliability in the mind of the consmer to withstand different weather and terrain conditions has been the disconnect between how the code requires the home to be designed and engineered in the factory and how the home is installed in the field. In [...]
Confusions about manufactured homes and foundations!
One of the most frustrating things for manufactured home owners in the last few years has been the changing emphasis on type of foundations on their understructures in order to qualify for loans. Frustrating because as of a few years ago this was not a requirement so many homeowners either bought a home [...]
Manufactured homes in Condo Parks and Lending Practices
Many high quality manufactured home developments were first developed as rental or lease communities and later through the resident or homeowner association efforts or through owner determination, the development was converted to resident ownership. One of the most popular methods of park conversion was through a condominium plan.
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Foundations and the Mobile home Park Conversion Process
Many mobile home parks and manufactured home communities began as rental parks where space rent was dictated by location, size, date of purchase and cost of living increases. It has become increasingly popular for residents to desire a greater control over their living situation and costs associated with their residences, thus converting the park to [...]
