| The first step in placing your manufactured home | | | | For those mobilehomes and manufactured homes |
| on an engineered permanent foundation is to own | | | | that were not originally installed on a 18551 or |
| the land upon which the unit sits. Whether the | | | | 433A foundation, there are numerous solutions. |
| home is located in a resident-owned a Planned Unit | | | | The home does not have to be raised up off the |
| Development subdivision (PUD), a manufactured | | | | ground to install a new and expensive concrete |
| home condominium park, a cooperative | | | | perimenter foundation wall nor does the |
| community or on private property, one of these | | | | homeowner have to be displaced. There are a |
| ownership classifications must exist for the home | | | | variety of State of California and FHA & |
| to qualify for a permanent connection. The unit | | | | HUD certified systems that can be installed |
| cannot be permanently connected if it is located in | | | | expeditiously and cost effectively in order to |
| a rental park community, although there are | | | | retrofit a home to meet the building department's |
| exceptions with some long term lease situations. | | | | specifications as well as a lender or underwriter. All |
| Once an engineered foundation system has been | | | | systems that we choose are pre-engineered and |
| installed, the building department, escrow | | | | approved by the State of California Department |
| company, the contractor or other transactional | | | | of Housing and Community Development. |
| agency will record a 433A with the County | | | | Although FHA foundation qualification is case by |
| Recorder for the county in which the home is | | | | case determined by the certification of a |
| located. The HCD Form 433(A) also known as | | | | structural engineer, all systems we utilize and |
| "Notice of Manufactured Home (Mobilehome) or | | | | install generally meet those specifications |
| Commercial Modular Installation on a Foundation | | | | automatically. |
| System" specifies that the foundation is in | | | | Another important application of the 433A |
| accordance with the California Health and Safety | | | | foundation is in the case of an ownership |
| Code Section 18551 (a) of Title 25. The recording | | | | conversion from a rental park to a |
| gives evidence and constructive notice that the | | | | resident-owned community. In the past, most |
| home and land are conjoined and unitizedas real | | | | attorneys or title companies have selected the |
| property. In the past the 433C Form or also | | | | 433C conversion process to simplify the paper |
| referred to as "Notice of Manufactured Home | | | | transference. Although a bit more costly because |
| (Mobilehome) Conversion to a Fixture | | | | of the foundation retrofit, the 433A conversion |
| Improvement to Real Property" was allowed as | | | | offers greater long term benefits to all the |
| an acceptable document. While the 433C certainly | | | | current and future homeowners for loan and sales |
| converts the land to real property and serves to | | | | transactions. For instance in some areas of the |
| assess the home as a fixture improvement on | | | | state, Multiple Listing Service (MLS) will refuse to |
| the land, the home still remains personal property | | | | classify the home as anything but a mobilehome |
| or chattel. The foundation installation and | | | | unless the home has a recorded 433A. Once |
| subsequent 433A recording serves the dual | | | | recorded, the home can be designated as a single |
| purpose of providing a more secure support | | | | family dwelling category. This provides a |
| system for the home as well as providing the | | | | competitive edge in a changing sales environment. |
| lender with an enhanced security interest. | | | | |