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For
all home styles, the buyer is responsible for:
- Excavation,
water and sewer/septic.
- Installing
the foundation so that it meets the specifications of the supplied prints.
- Installing
a single 2x6 pressure-treated sill on the foundation.
- Preparing
space on the site to allow storage of the house modules on the lot.
- Preparing
space on the site for the crane on the day of the set.
- Disposing
of the plastic and scrap wood removed from the house modules by the
set crew.
- Drywall
touch-up after the house has been set (the house will be all drywalled
and primed white in the factory).
- Installing
drywall in all archways and passthroughs between modules.
- Seaming
the carpets in all the archways and doorways in the mating walls.
- Re-shimming
the exterior doors (this is not always necessary).
- Re-shimming
the interior doors (this is seldom necessary).
- Installing
and trimming out all interior doors associated with the mating wall
(Materials provided by Manufacturer).
- Installing
porches and decks.
- Installing
the heating system including the baseboard loop as well as all other
basement plumbing (all Plumbing is stubbed through the floor by the
manufacurer).
- Installing
the bathroom roof vent (unless the house configuration allows it to
be installed by the manufacturer).
- Applying
insulation to the floor-joists between the basement and the 1st-floor.
(Required in most states).
- Installing
the basement stairs.
In
addition, for cape homes, the buyer is responsible for:
- Assembling
and installing the 2nd-floor close-off package (the manufacturer supplies
2x4 framing, sheetrock, and a ship loose door).
- Insulating
the close-off space. (Insulation is not included in the close-off package)
- Securing
the stairway to the 2nd-floor (the stairway is installed by the manufacturer
including a shipping beam which must be cut out and stairs shifted back
into place and fastened.)
- Installing
the 2nd-floor stairway carpet.
In
addition, for colonial homes (2 Story), the buyer is responsible for:
- Installing
the 2nd-floor stairway when the house plan does not allow the stairway
to be installed by the manufacturer.
- Finishing
the 2nd-floor stairway when the house plan does not allow the stairway
to be finished by the manufacturer. This includes installing drywall
around stairs. installing banisters and/or handrails (not supplied)
or installing ½-height drywall wall for which materials may be ordered.
- Making
plumbing connections through the access hole in the 1st-floor ceiling
and finishing the ceiling drywall.
- Installing
the 2nd-floor stairway carpet.
NOTE:
WE WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THIS PROCESS!
You want a fine home, we want a happy customer!
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