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Skyline has always made a better than average product but after 25 years the condition of the home depends on how well it was maintained over the years.

Pay a professional home inspection service to visit and go through the home. They will list everything that needs attention down to the smallest detail. Once you have that information you can get a local handyman or contractors to give you estimate of the cost to make the repairs you want. This will...

I have never heard of the brand name Atlanta. "Atlantic" is a trade name for Champion Homes. The name "Atlantis" has been used by Clayton Homes, Liberty Homes and Schult Homes. Since the banks crashed the economy it has not been easy getting financing from a traditional lender fo...

Removing the chair rail will leave some nail holes. You might even find that the dry wall panels were cut and butted together behind the chair rail... but if you are going to mud and tape all the joints the additional work will be minimal and the results can be a much more modern look. Everything is...

The banks crashed our economy by creating an oversupply of mortgage money. Since then they have become very tight with mortgage approvals. Most conventional lenders are just refusing to connsider manufactured homes Try a lender that specializes in manufactured housing. Getting FREE Mortgage Quotes f...

The HUD (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development) certification label is a red metal label affixed to a manufactured home by the home's original manufacturer. The HUD certification label, commonly referred to as the HUD label, exists as proof that your house was constructed under t...

There are few homes that are too old to sell. There are many old homes that have not been maintained and are in too poor a condition to sell. Just a few years ago there was an item in the news about a home about the age of yours sold for a million dollars... it was located on the Pacific Ocean. If t...

The HUD tags with the numbers you seek are always on the back end of each of the sections. That is the end oppisite the hitch end as the home goes down the road.

Regardless of how good you are about changing the filters and keeping your home clean, tiny particles pass through the filter and end up on the coil. We have dogs and if I don't clean the coil before cooling season tiny dog hairs coat the coils and my electric bill spikes up to obnoxious. Cleaning t...