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My new home was delivered today and about 80% complete. There are large cracks in the walls mostly around the windows. They are horrable. Also should the trim be free of gaps. Seems like there are alot of gaps in the trim work. So far I am not impressed with this purchase. Maybe they will get a crew...

I have went thru 2 home centers trying to buy a home. My credit was rock so I wanted to have a backup plan. First of all I went to Clayton. I was automatically preapproved with my downpayment and trade in. It was 35% of the total cost of the home. The home was nice but the cabinet doors were the fib...

My new Scotbilt home does not come with celing fans. I would like to replace most of the lights with fans. Will I need to reenforce the roof any to install the fans. I want a rather large one in the main living area, maybe 42" in the bedrooms and a very small one in the master bath. Like a 20&q...

Thanks. The dealer is taking care of all electrics and plumbing. The just delivered 2 loads of dirt yesterday to fill in a little low spot on my property. The whole buying process was rather easy. My credit is not perfect so I had to jump some loops but from start to finish it took less than a week ...

the home is set for delivery on Tuesday. I have noticed a few cosmetic thing wrong with the home. Like cracked trim, cracks around one of the windows. just one. a few places where the trim is not flat on the wall. Simple things. Should I write it down and bring it to the attention of the dealer befo...

We have just been approved for a new home loan for a double wide. It is a 28/76 scotbilt. House is very nice. We are upgrading from a small single wide that we used to have as a rental home. We had some tennets destroy it and we started to remodel the home. After a few thousand $'s we deicded it was...