Comments on: We Deliver Anywhere http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Debbie http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24181 Debbie Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:24:29 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24181 TY for your quick response..I have an agent she sold my home. We were pretty shocked that day it was a modular..There r a few easy ways to detect a modular built..especially the older homes..The door jams r much thicker then stick built, also the attic is the sure way to tell..The structure is built to travel..not the usual beam work..For future reference putting an addition or a possible pull down staircase is impossible with a modular..My inspector picked up on this immediately..I have researched this and old modulars had serious issues which have improved on..I specifically didnt want a modular..I was hoping to find info. of the legality of not listing the facts..Most realtors I spoke to felt that this issue was did the realtor in fact know this and did he intentionaly leave this info out of listing..I cant believe that there is no legal line to be crossed when righting a listing info..My realtor sent me a copy of my listing info before put it on mls..I just thought maybe someone on the list may have had experience with this problem... TY for your quick response..I have an agent she sold my home. We were pretty shocked that day it was a modular..There r a few easy ways to detect a modular built..especially the older homes..The door jams r much thicker then stick built, also the attic is the sure way to tell..The structure is built to travel..not the usual beam work..For future reference putting an addition or a possible pull down staircase is impossible with a modular..My inspector picked up on this immediately..I have researched this and old modulars had serious issues which have improved on..I specifically didnt want a modular..I was hoping to find info. of the legality of not listing the facts..Most realtors I spoke to felt that this issue was did the realtor in fact know this and did he intentionaly leave this info out of listing..I cant believe that there is no legal line to be crossed when righting a listing info..My realtor sent me a copy of my listing info before put it on mls..I just thought maybe someone on the list may have had experience with this problem…

]]> By: Ted http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24114 Ted Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:13:35 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24114 Pre-fab could be much more than all of this. Here's a different take: http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00199.asp http://www.bensonwood.com/prodserv/openbuilt/index.htm Consider that the "open-built" system is being pushed by the pre-eminent timber framer working in America today, I'd say there's options out there that are not "modernist early-adoptor." -t Pre-fab could be much more than all of this. Here’s a different take:

http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00199.asp

http://www.bensonwood.com/prodserv/openbuilt/index.htm

Consider that the “open-built” system is being pushed by the pre-eminent timber framer working in America today, I’d say there’s options out there that are not “modernist early-adoptor.”

-t

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24109 ARDELL Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:46:18 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24109 Our mls has "stick built ON lot" vs. "stick built OFF lot". Sometmes it is very diffucult for anyone to know for sure if a house was built off lot or not. I have suspected that a home was modular twice in the last few years, but often that fact is not visible to the "agent" eye or even the inspector;s eye. I have not sold one of the ones that I suspected to be modular homes, so have not seen how an inspector would know for sure. Sometimes things DO have to be revealed by the inspector and not by the owner or the agent. That is why we have home inspections. If the buyer's agent could SEE everything that needs to be known, we wouldn't need inspectors. Just be glad the inspector picked it up and you didn't find out after you bought it. If the house went through three or four owners, it is possible that the owner doesn't know for sure either. Our mls has “stick built ON lot” vs. “stick built OFF lot”. Sometmes it is very diffucult for anyone to know for sure if a house was built off lot or not. I have suspected that a home was modular twice in the last few years, but often that fact is not visible to the “agent” eye or even the inspector;s eye. I have not sold one of the ones that I suspected to be modular homes, so have not seen how an inspector would know for sure.

Sometimes things DO have to be revealed by the inspector and not by the owner or the agent. That is why we have home inspections. If the buyer’s agent could SEE everything that needs to be known, we wouldn’t need inspectors. Just be glad the inspector picked it up and you didn’t find out after you bought it.

If the house went through three or four owners, it is possible that the owner doesn’t know for sure either.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24102 Dustin Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:05:44 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24102 Debbie, That's definitely interesting info, but I'm not sure what type of articles you are looking for... If you are looking for legal advice, then talking with a lawyer would be best. But I doubt that the fact that a home was factory built needs to be mentioned in a listing brochure. If there is a field in your particular MLS that mentioned the fact that a home was modular, and the listing agent specified otherwise, then that could definitely be a problem. But even then I'm not sure how far you would get considering the listing agent could always play dumb. Personally, I'd be more mad at my buyer's agent if (s)he missed the boat on this one. Are you using an agent? Debbie,

That’s definitely interesting info, but I’m not sure what type of articles you are looking for…

If you are looking for legal advice, then talking with a lawyer would be best. But I doubt that the fact that a home was factory built needs to be mentioned in a listing brochure. If there is a field in your particular MLS that mentioned the fact that a home was modular, and the listing agent specified otherwise, then that could definitely be a problem. But even then I’m not sure how far you would get considering the listing agent could always play dumb.

Personally, I’d be more mad at my buyer’s agent if (s)he missed the boat on this one. Are you using an agent?

]]> By: Debbie http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24084 Debbie Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:03:00 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-24084 I recently went to purchase a home in my area..It was not till the inspector I hired let me know that it was a 20 year old modular home..My question is it ethically correct or even legally correct to not put this into the listing info???..Perhaps you can suggest some articles..I have searched and even spoke to real estate professionals in this area.. I recently went to purchase a home in my area..It was not till the inspector I hired let me know that it was a 20 year old modular home..My question is it ethically correct or even legally correct to not put this into the listing info???..Perhaps you can suggest some articles..I have searched and even spoke to real estate professionals in this area..

]]> By: Alan http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-14568 Alan Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:23:38 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2006/08/27/we-deliver-anywhere/#comment-14568 The Prefab movement is strange: it's surprisingly doctrinal and conservative within its supposedly "modern" and progressive field. Everything about prefab still screams white, wealthy, modernist-aesthetic, enviro, urban-dweller. It's stll merely a style, not a movement. No one can seem to get the prices down to anything much lower than other custom construction, and no one's bothered to design anything that would appeal to anyone but the modernist early-adopter crowd. The Prefab movement is strange: it’s surprisingly doctrinal and conservative within its supposedly “modern” and progressive field. Everything about prefab still screams white, wealthy, modernist-aesthetic, enviro, urban-dweller. It’s stll merely a style, not a movement. No one can seem to get the prices down to anything much lower than other custom construction, and no one’s bothered to design anything that would appeal to anyone but the modernist early-adopter crowd.

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