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Old 05-17-2021, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by yankygrl View Post
Also you can “buy” one of the manufactured homes on the historic side but what I’ve been told is they have to be removed as the no longer meet code requirements and then you have to build a new home, stick and vinyl or concrete and stucco. In any event it’s going to cost you. A while back TV was purchasing these homes and doing exactly that then selling them.
That is all completely not true, except for the last sentence.

In fact, if you choose to buy a tear-down and replace it, you can replace it with another manufactured home. It's your choice; some people have replacements rolled in on flatbed trucks, some have them built on site.

What IS required, is that if you do a window replacement of an older manufactured home, the replacement must meet certain minimum hurricane standards. The original windows did not. If you're just replacing a broken glass you can replace that with a matching piece. But if you're buying a whole new frame, it has to meet those standards.