North Dakota
Manufactured Housing Association
PO Box 2681 Bismarck, North Dakota 58502
Phone & Fax # 701-223-5390
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.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- INSTALLING YOUR HOME
- Will someone inspect your site prior to installation to see that everything has been prepared properly?
- Is your site accessible by the trucks transporting your home?
- Who will transport your home to the homesite?
- Does the transporting company provide a written warranty for any damage that occurs during transporting?
- What foundation options are available and required?
- Will there be an experienced installation crew to ensure that your home is properly leveled and secured to the foundation?
- Will your home need any finishing touches, such as landscaping?
- Who is responsible for securing utility
connections?
Remember that installation is the key to durability and proper functioning of your home.
- INSPECTING YOUR HOME
- Have you thoroughly checked over your home, both inside and out?
- Do all the doors, windows, and drawers close properly?
- Do all appliances and faucets work? Did you make a list of all problems when you moved in, and did you report them to your retailer and manufacturer?
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