We had a manufactured home installed and have been occupying it for the last 90 days. Upon initial impressions, the house seems nice and well built, but the devil is in the details. As the previous reviewer stated, the cabinets throughout the home are poorly constructed. The doors on multiple cabinets don't close properly, impinging on one another. Ive tried using the adjustment screw with no success. Its as if the hinges were improperly located during construction. If you buy one of these homes, be sure to crawl under the home and inspect the underbelly after they install the siding. When I crawled under the home, there were three large tears in the moisture barrier plastic causing insulation to fall out from under the home, creating a portal of entry for vermin and moisture. The tears were caused by the installation crew shoving the towing/shipping tongues under the home haphazardly. Additionally, inspect the water heater relief valve pipe and AC condenser run off pipe. Both pipes terminated underneath the home, causing an enormous amount of moisture buildup. Before I ran the pipes out from underneath the home, the humidity in the crawl space would have been severely damaging to the exposed framing cause by the torn moisture barrier. Inspect all clean out access panels that are supposed to be secured under the home. The panel beneath our kitchen sink was missing. They only allow you to select from a variety of matte paints for the interior and the paint is cheap. I have children with grimy hands that like to touch walls and when you attempt to clean them with even a slightly moist towel, the paint comes off the wall. Repaint before you move in! One of the toilets float valves failed within one day of move in due to excess debris and sediment in the pipes during installation. I had to remove the floats on both toilets and the screens on all faucets to run the water and clear the pips. The master bath sinks had no caulking applied on the mirror side of the sinks or backsplash. The door fixtures and knobs are cheap with the locks failing after a month of use. Also, you may have to be creative when it comes to ventilation of the home. The back bedrooms don't equalize with the rest of the home; meaning it could be 78F in the living room and 82 in the bedrooms and conversely it could be 68F in the LR and 60F in the BR's. The unfortunate part about this is the thermostat is located by the bedrooms so its only detects ambient temperatures from the most poorly ventilated spaces within the home. If you don't install a window mounted air circulator, your AC will run all summer, despite the rest of the home reaching your desired temperature. A lot of the larger windows are a pain to close and secure, requiring rocking and varying pressures on the face of the window to get it to close. Most of the light fixtures were loose and required re tightening. We're also experiencing poor draining from the master bath (poor pitch on drain pipe?). In summary, I think structurally, the house is well built, however the daily use aspects of the home are problem ridden. As for the "15 month" warranty, know that starts from when the house was DELIVERED and not necessarily when you move in. We had a cabinet door replaced that was damaged during installation and it took six weeks for a work order that simple to be completed. I fear that any of these more complicated discrepancies will be rode out by the manufacturer until maturation of the "warranty." read more
