Palm Harbor Homes Buyer Beware Newton North Carolina

My home buying experience was not what I expected. It should have been a happy time but it wasn't. If we asked questions we were made to feel like dummies and if we didn't ask then we didn't get what we thought we were getting. Obviously I should have asked more questions. I was told that a modular was better than stick built. Not!!!!

There is not much in this house that is square. The cabinets are crooked. One door fell off and hit me in the head but they came and fixed that although they had to put the hinge in a different place which made that cabinet door hang down a little lower than the rest. The towel racks and electrical sockets are all crooked. The tile groutiing is cracked and has light and dark places. The crown molding is beginning to come apart where it was seamed. There is no doorbell but I guess I shouldn't have expected there to be. I forgot to ask the question. I guess I expected to much for a manufactured house. I paid extra ($150) to have 3 cable jacks installed only to find out there was no wiring behind them. OOPS! Another question I forgot to ask.

I would never pay for them to clear my land and add the updates(drive, porch and deck) etc., not if I had known what I was in for. We have been in this place about 5 months and have spent another $3K(to a landscaper) on top of the 20K we paid to have a nice lawn and the other updates listed above. My front yard looked like a river when it rained. The gutters hoses were not buried deep enough and not nearly far enough from the house therefore the back yard (where they ran all the hoses) stayed rutted out.

The house is sound. The windows and doors are tight therefore we don't have any drafts. We do however have a temperature problem. One end of this house may be 74 degrees and the other end will be 68 to 70.

I was told the house was Energy Star ready but I wasn't told you had to pay to have someone to certify it and that would have been around $300 so I didn't do it. We just pay an all electric power bill and don't get the discount.

No, I would not do this again!!!!

Anonymous
Valdese, North Carolina
U.S.A.