Foundation, joining, utility hookups, inspections, and why setup quality matters more than almost anything else.
More long-term problems with manufactured homes trace back to setup than to the home itself. A well-built home set badly will develop door and window alignment problems, floor issues and roof leaks. A modest home set properly will not.
The crew doing the setup matters as much as the factory that built it, and it is a fair question to ask a dealer who does theirs.
Local inspection requirements vary, and a dealer should know exactly what your jurisdiction expects. Do a proper final walkthrough before you sign anything off: doors and windows operating cleanly, floors level, no gaps along the marriage line, and every utility actually tested rather than assumed.
Write down anything that is not right before you take handover. It is a much shorter conversation then than it is three months later.
This guide is here because dealers kept getting asked these questions and nobody had a straight page to send people to. If you run a lot and want this handled automatically, that is what Cass does. If you are a buyer, just take the questions with you.