Installing on a permanent foundation

[Susan]

I have bought a 1999 doublewide in a park. I want to move it to my own land and put it onto a permanent foundation. The land is level and cleared, and has public water and sewer at the street. Could you please recommend a good resource to help me understand the various options and estimate the costs of creating a permanent foundation?
Thanks for your help. Susan.

[David Oxhandler]

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[Rita]

Hi Susan,

Is it okay to put a manufactured home on this land? Are there any age restrictions on the age of the home? Are there any special requirements?

The term "permanent foundation" means different things to different people. Does your lender have a specific definition? Are you thinking "on a basement", which may or may not be possible, depending on whether your home is 'basement-ready" or not.

Good luck to you; I hope you enjoy your new home!

[Eugene]

Susan,
see if you can get the manufacturer of the home to give you a foundation plan. They are quite commonly offered.
Almost any good masonry contractor can construct a great foundation. If your home has a standard chassis, you will run steel cross beams across the foundation. the home will rest on the cross beams. Some of the better installers will recess the cross beams and lower the home so the the floor of the home rests on the foundation wall. others fill in from the foundation to the floor the height of the main beam.

[Suresh]

We contracted with a modular home agent to design and build a house for us. He is not a builder himself. He referred me to a contractor. Though thsi contractor is is pricy his work is satisfactory to date. The agent is responsible to order the house and I had signed a contract directly with him not the Manufacturer.

During the last year an a half of this designing and ordering process my Agent had fallen out with the site contractor whom he referred to me because of certain previous business dealings.

This is affecting me having the site ready for the modular home.

My agent is responsible to set-up and button -up the modular home when it arrives. My site contractor is resposible to get the site ready for the set-up.

Though there were several delays by the agent to get our house designed and approved for manufacturing, we have been patient all along until recent.

From December 2004 the agent had promised to have my drawing completed and approved by the manufacturer but found an excuse to post phone the manufacturing date every single month and ultimately got a date for us for delivery on June 15, 2005.

My site contractor is trying to have the site ready to receive the modular home, but this agent is finding faults with him for no valid reasons.

I am afraid he is trying the blame us for the any further delays and trying to postphone the manufacturing of the house.

He also had obtain from me a substantial down payment almost a year ago.
in addition he had threaten me not to call the Manufacturer threatening me with breach of contract.

Recently I heard within the last 1 year our agent had misled two more home owners in similar situation like ours and have fallen out with them.

What sould I do at this point ?

Though I have a date for the manufacturing but they could easily postphone it for no valid reason. I factury will not directly communicate with me and I have to go by what the Agent tells the Ageny whom I have found not to be genuine.