Land-Home Checklists MANUFACTURED HOMES ARIZONA

Manufactured Homes are built entirely in a factory under the federal building code administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These homes are constructed to meet the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standard Act of June 15, 1976. The federal standards regulate manufactured housing design and construction, strength and durability, transportability, fire resistance, energy efficiency and quality. The HUD Code also sets performance standards for the heating, plumbing, air conditioning, thermal and electrical systems. HUD is the only federally-regulated national building code. Each home or segment of a home is labeled with a red tag that is the manufacturer's guarantee the home was built to conform to the HUD code. On-site additions, such as garages, decks and porches, often add to the attractiveness of manufactured homes and must be built to local, state or regional building codes.Manufactured homes generally come in single or two-section units and their dimensions range from 8 feet or more wide and 40 feet or more long.

Compared to site-built (traditional stick-frame) homes, manufactured homes are about half the cost per square foot. In 1998 the average sales price of a manufactured home in the U.S. was $52,300. The average cost per square foot was $30.21. By comparison the average cost of a single-family site-built home including land was $136,425. When you exclude land costs, the price per square foot on a site-built home is $62.29, more than double the price per square foot of a manufactured home. The efficiencies of building homes in factories rather than on-site allow manufactured homes to match or beat the quality of site-built homes for a fraction of the cost. Manufactured homes are built on a non-removable steel chassis, the sections are transported to the site on their own wheels and joined together by a set-up crew. Manufactured homes can be placed on a permanent foundation (Stem Wall) and can even be ground set, giving the manufactured home a more (traditional stick-frame) apperance. By utilizing this type of set-up and affixing your manufactured home to real-property, you can expect to see an annual value increse much like you would with a site-built (traditional stick-frame) home.

These Worksheets are designed as a way to for our customers to have a check system to help complete a basic Manufactured Home/Land Package. We suggest you print each of the four Worksheets to review, both during the planning and construction phases of your project. You should always contact your local City and or County to insure proper zoning, permitting & construction requirements before starting any land development for your new Manufactured Home.