Can anyone give advice on the company Palm Harbor that produces manufactured homes?
Manufactured Homes June 20th, 2009My fiance and I are looking into buying a manufactured home (not a trailer) as our first home and we are wondering if anyone can give feedback on this company. They have wonderful floor plans and great square footage, but we are worried about their warranties and gaurantees. If anyone knows anything about Palm Harbor Homes, please let me know, any info is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
June 20th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Hmm i work for as an engineer in Palm Harbor Homes (Arizona) at the moment, and if i was to recommend any house it would be The Presidente (almost 3000 sq feet), it's large and it is vary popular, i have heard great things about customers except for a few things here and there that were fixed quickly, not to sound like a salesmen (I'm not) but i would even buy one of these houses… so yeah…
June 20th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Manufactured homes are trailers. They have steel frames and Vin #s. No matter what the sales person tells you a manufactured home is a trailer home is a mobile home. They have come along way and some are very nice. Manufactured is the new term. Modular homes is were things are different, They are wood framed, stick built off sight. In my area modullar finance, insure and appraise the same as a traditional stick built, manufactured homes don't. I checked into manufactured homes about two years ago and was set to buy one until I started taking to the banks and insurance companies. Palm Harbor is a name that came up when i was doing my research but I dropped the manufactured home idea and went modular. If you want manufactured check into Patriot, they also build modular. I bought my modular from them and have been happy with it.
Here is a good site to help clear up any confusion:
http://homebuying.about.com/cs/modulareducation/a/modularhomes.htm
It is important to understand the difference. Things can be much different when it comes to financing and insuring a manufactured home.