Tom Raper Dutch Housing manufactured home nightmare

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• manufactured
• sectional
• home
• tom
• raper
• dutch
• housing
• champion
• fleetwood
• mobile

[CaptainMacNasty]

Thank you very much for taking the time to prepare this video (despite the negative comments from idiots). I'm considering a mobile home for retirement purposes. Yet, I am learning so much about the history of dishonesty and poor quality in the mobile home industry, that I am wondering if it is even worth the risk.

[prkhstry]

@CaptainMacNasty If you buy used and cheap it might work out but plan to do a lot of maintenance and repairs. I've replace about a third of this home with more needed at tens years of age.

[tireballmedia]

this video is bull. That the guy went in there and tried to fix things with his insurance company shows he does not understand how the system works.

Either way accidents do happen and sure this is one of them but there are plenty of stick built homes with bowed in walls, miss ran wires and out of square windows.

[prkhstry]

@tireballmedia the system does not work at all when dealing with this company.

We didn't try to fix anything, we fixed it. The insurance sued the company and won one claim but signed to not sue again. That is when the big claim came along. A second mortgage fixed that problem. There is no bull about that.

[charleecrat]

I know water is the enemy of a mobile home. If I get one I will insist they allow me to coat the top and under side of the sub floor with gallons of Thompsons water seal. If they wont allow this, then I wont buy it.

[prkhstry]

Water is an enemy but the vapor barrier is the biggest problem. If you place the home on a foundation cut slits in the barrier with a razor blade where the water lines run. I had a virtual pool liner with feet of water standing before I found I had a problem. To bad there is no one in the media, courts or government that will tell you that, only me.

[sonomavibes]

Thank you for posting this video. It is indeed the right thing to do. Sorry this happened to you.

[luxuryloghomes]

This video can be very helpful for those people who are planning to buy a manufactured home. How could a company like that turn you off and don't care if they should be the ones responsible to help you. Thanks for this tip of being cautious in purchasing any investment for our future. Lesson learned.

[JDeereGP]

Dutch mobile homes are the biggest piece of shit I ever owned!! You are right all the way on these crap Dutch homes! Mine is a 1997 bought it brand new, the siding was shot the second year, the drawers all fell apart, my floors are warped so bad, I sink in some of the bad spots! My cieling is cracked all to shit, plastic door knobs on all the doors are junk, the carpet thru out every room has to or has been replaced, I replaced all the vinyl flooring.. Everything was replaced years ago.

[MegaDeathwarrant]

My mom is becoming a lawyer from stestion and will finish by December which would help me when purchasing a home from claytons homes and if they do not honor any agreements we can send them to court and I can be a happy camper so I really wish clayton will try to screw me over like some of the other reviews I've seen so I can take them to court.

[TheRick3607]

I bought a 2005 Fleetwood Anniversary series 4 bed room and 2 bath double wide and I love it there has been no problems with it... I cant stand people who down grade double wides what makes you think that all manufactured homes are bad?? A lot of these new types homes that goes up these days are built cheap as well, yeah if you do not upkeep any home it will leak and go down... I think fleetwood would have helped you repair this, I think there is more to this story..

[groterichard]

houses in america sucks xd

[crownvvc4]

its a good thing you made a video about this i think

[modulargal1]

sounds like you do a lot of talking and not putting things in writing like is required by most warranties. The best thing to do is ALWAYS write things down so everyone has a fair chance to take care of items fairly. Tom Raper has been in business a LONG time and wouldn't still be in business if they were in the practice of treating people poorly. Same for Dutch Homes.

[Livinggreen100]

With a pinched water line, as shown at 0:51, didn't you have a lack of water to some fixtures? or very little?

Couldn't you hear the water running , "somewhere" in the house?

When I bought a brand new double wide in 2003, a plumbing fitting was loose and thus dripped on the underside, under the shower. With access to the shower faucet, It was able to be tightened. I didn't do it ( I could have) but the dealer fixed it.

I wish you better luck next time.