[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

I don't believe that the last sentence is true either. TV was buying them, removing them and building site built homes on the lots. They are now buying them and removing the old manufactured homes and selling the lots.

My understanding was that they were donating the manufactured homes that were in good shape to Habitat for Humanity. They are stored behind the Daily Sun building on Rolling Acres Road.

What is also true is that you don't have to use the Villages builder or build any of their models. Many people have chosen other builders and designed their own home.