Before The Home Leaves The Dealer
Delivery should confirm that the project is ready, not expose the first major coordination problem. The home, permits, route, driveway, foundation or support plan, equipment space, setup crew, utilities, weather plan, inspections, and post-delivery responsibilities should align before the move begins.
Who This Is For
Use this checklist if a manufactured home has been ordered and a delivery window is approaching, or if you are comparing what the dealer, transporter, setup provider, foundation provider, trades, and homeowner must finish before the home arrives.
Project Timeline
This checklist fits in the final readiness period before transport and continues through the set and initial installation handoff. Do not treat a delivery date as firm until the responsible parties confirm their prerequisites in writing.
Key Things To Verify
Mark each item confirmed, pending, unknown, or not applicable. Keep the document, name, date, or field observation that supports the answer.
This checklist is for your own planning. Selections are not submitted or saved to My Manufactured Home Guide and reset when the page is refreshed.
Check 1
Confirm manufacturer, model, serial or identification details, sections, dimensions, weights when available, dealer release conditions, delivery address, schedule assumptions, included scope, exclusions, and change-order terms.
Check 2
Verify the required manufactured-home, zoning, building, driveway, septic, well, trade, or installation approvals and identify which documents must be onsite or available to the installer and inspectors.
Check 3
Review public and private road limits, turns, grades, bridges, gates, driveway base, culverts, overhead lines and limbs, staging area, crane or equipment needs, escorts, and a weather-related postponement plan.
Check 4
Confirm the approved design, elevations, footings, piers, slab or perimeter work, materials, access, inspection status, and the exact condition required before the transporter and setup crew arrive.
Check 5
Separate transport, set, joining, leveling, anchoring, blocking, trim, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, gas, utility, skirting, steps, cleanup, inspection, correction, and warranty responsibilities.
Check 6
Identify the onsite decision-maker, property access, utility markings, protected areas, photo documentation, damage process, stop-work authority, communication plan, and where crews can safely stage equipment and materials.
Common Missing Pieces
A calendar date is not proof that permits, access, foundation, equipment, crew, weather, utilities, and inspection sequencing are ready.
Delivery and setup may exclude foundation, site damage, utility connections, HVAC, skirting, steps, trim, permits, inspection corrections, or final grading.
Online maps and parcel photos may miss tight turns, recent washouts, soft base, bridge limits, slopes, overhead conflicts, gates, parked vehicles, or insufficient staging space.
The parties should know who can postpone delivery, how delay costs are handled, where the home can wait, and how property or home damage is documented and assigned.
Provider Scope
These are doctrine-backed scope categories, not provider listings or a claim that a provider is available. Confirm the exact sub-service and responsibility before hiring.
Secondary Support
Use the checklist first, then share project details for review if you still need help organizing the next question. Submission is optional and does not guarantee matching or provider availability.
This checklist is educational guidance, not a permit approval, legal opinion, engineering determination, lending decision, insurance advice, inspection result, or contractor recommendation. Current local requirements and qualified professionals control the project-specific answer.