Manufactured Home

Manufactured Home

The 1004C is gone. Manufactured homes now get their own section, right inside the URAR. Here's when it shows up, what it asks, and the paperwork behind it.

Dwelling, ADU, or storage?

The Manufactured Home section repeats for each manufactured home that's a dwelling or an ADU. No manufactured home, no section. A dwelling built with the Manufactured construction method gets the section right after its Dwelling Exterior. A standalone ADU is an outbuilding of type Manufactured Home, with a unit. It gets a shorter version, after its Outbuilding section. No longer livable, like an old home now used for storage? It's just an Outbuilding. And if it isn't real property, it stays out of the Sales Comparison and Cost Approach entirely.

The basics

For a dwelling, the section opens with the Manufacturer Name and Year Installed. Year Installed is when a certificate of occupancy, or its equivalent, was issued for placing the home on its foundation. If you have to estimate it, it prints with a tilde. Then the yes or no questions: moved since installation, attached to a permanent foundation, and towing hitch, wheels, and axles removed. Plus Width, Single or Multi, and Skirting.

What leans on the home?

Has anything been added that altered the structure, or leans on it for support? If yes, name it, like a porch, sunroom, or carport, and describe it. A garage that was part of the original design doesn't count. That's a No.

Read the plate

Next, the HUD Data Plate. Not attached, but you got the data elsewhere? Answer No and explain where in the commentary. The plate gives you the Date of Manufacture, a serial number per section, and the wind, thermal, and roof load zones. Two gotchas. The year of manufacture must match Year Built in Dwelling Exterior. And if the home was built more than twelve months before the effective date, Overall Condition can't be C1.

One label per section

The HUD Certification Label, the red tag, belongs on each section of the home. Label Present for All Sections is Yes only if every section has one. One missing makes it No. Report each section's number, and include photos of every label, or of the source you used.

Only when they apply

If a label shows the home is built for a program like MH Advantage or CHOICEHome, list the program and its identifier, with a photo. No label, no subsection. For new construction, Invoice Information appears: the retailer, which invoices you reviewed, and whether they look reasonable. If not, explain why.

The short version

For a manufactured ADU, the section is trimmed down. It keeps foundation and axles, modifications, the data plate and serial numbers, the certification labels, and commentary. Manufacturer, year installed, width, skirting, zones, programs, and invoices drop out.

Four things to remember

Quick recap. One. The section is for manufactured dwellings and ADUs. Anything else is an outbuilding. Two. An estimated Year Installed gets a tilde. Three. The plate's year must match Year Built, and a home over a year old can't be C1. Four. Every section needs its label for a Yes, and photos back up the plate, the labels, and any program. Next up: the Unit Interior.