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I spoke with the NC appraisal board and they informed me that it is not NC state law that the home be looked at as a manufactured when appraising an on-frmae modular. He said that it is actually more to the contrary. The only guidlines they have is that the home be compared to homes most like them i...

I know this message is old, but I thought that I would reply just in case you needed any more info. My husband and I have an on-frame modular and it is VERY confusing, I have done a tremendous amount of research on the subject trying to find how we can have our home appraised as a modular rather tha...

We had the same problem in our home (stick built and then our modular) so I would not worry about the structural integrity. My husband fixed the problem once by going under the home and placing shims (I think this is how it is spelled) in between the floor board and the joist. This fixed the problem...

Did you add the basement once the home was set? We had thought about adding a basement to our current home, but weren't real sure how we could go about doing that. My biggest concern is the value of the home. It is a modular, I have looked everywhere for the "red tag" outside and any indic...

Since the metal framing cannot be removed, would there be any benefit to installing a permanent perimeter foundation? I have seen sights that have these available, but I am unsure if this will make the home considered a permanent structure and therefore looked at the same as a regular modular or sti...

I have a two-year old two story Modular with steel framing undernieth. When we purchased the home we were told that the metal undernieth would make no difference in the value of the home,only make it sturdier, which is why we chose to leave it there. While recently refinancing, however, we found tha...