Hose Hookups Missing?

[Debbie]

I am not a first time buyer, but a second time (haven't owned a Mfg. Home in 10 years) buyer. I am two weeks away from closing on a 2002 Patriot manufactured home. The home is set on the lot in the park, however it is not yet skirted (I live in the Chicago area); it is my guess that this is because of weather conditions or possibly because the sod has not been laid yet. There is another home that was set up a couple of months before ours, is occupied, and not skirted either.

What is bothering me is that there are no exterior water hookups anywhere on the home. My husband and I have walked around the home several times and they are not there. To my knowledge and prior ownership experience, these hookups and bibs are attached to the home near the bottom (just above where the skirting would go). We have the exterior electrical outlets. I asked the sales office about this when we noticed this a couple of weeks ago. They said that the hookups would be there, but would be extending from the skirting. At the time I accepted that answer.

I owned a 1991 Prestige home ten years ago and clearly remember the hookups attached to the home; not the skirting. Now I am beginning to worry. Is it possible that Patriot left this off the house by mistake? How can this possibly be remedied?

[Dan O'Flaherty]

On some homes an outside faucet is not a standard item. Take a look at the standard features offered with the home you purchased, if the faucet is not listed, it is not standard.

The retailer may be putting it in, after market, but I can't understand why. Do you have any paperwork that says that you will have the item you desire? Was the home special ordered and the faucet listed as an option?

Before everything is set, get this strightened out, do a sit down with the people you purchased the home from and get the result in writing.