Mobile Home Glossary

Manufactured home is a type of prefabricated home that is largely assembled in factories and then transported to sites of use.

The most commonly used term now for " Manufactured Home".

A mobile home dealer is required to help you purchase a mobile house. You can't purchase a mobile home directly from the manufacturer. Instead, you must buy through a dealer. Mobile home dealers in some states must be licensed.

A lot or land that typically rented by the residents for their Mobile or Manufactured Home.

 It administers federal housing and urban development laws.

Single Wide Mobile Home runs from 11 feet wide to 18 feet wide. It usually has 1 bathroom and 1-2 bedrooms.

Double wide Mobile Home runs from 28 feet to 32 feet. 

Triple wide Mobile Homes runs from 43 feet to 70 feet. You can have 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.

The Certification Label also known as HUD Tag, is a identification metal plate that is attached to your Mobile Home.

Statement or Evidence of ownership.

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The siding is the exterior covering of the home that protects from the elements, such as pets, insects and heat loss.

Skirting is also known as "underpinning", wraps around the bottom edge of the mobile home to cover the crawl space below it. Skirting protects and insulate the under space of your Mobile/Manufactured Home.

A truss is essentially a triangulated system of straight interconnected structural elements, that supports roofs, windows and floors.