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How Much does it cost to hook up the following to a home?

I am looking at a nice piece of land that already has a well and septic. I would plan on dropping a modular home there. How much would it cost to hook up the septic, water, and electricity? on average. FL if it matters.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Gee, if you don't want to call and get estimates, at least call a realtor. If the land you are moving to already have the utilities installed (septic, water, and electricity), call a realtor with land listed that has these available and ask a ballpark figure for connections. If none of the utilitites are installed, expect a realtor to hedge and not provide a figure. Typically, it cost a fortune to get utilities installed. the connections are the "cheap" part. If you don't live in a rural area, expect permit fees to add a thousand or so. Also, the permit fees alone for the modular are going to be a headache. A modular is built to site built home standard and the installation must also be to that standard and typically that means 3 different inspections and a real foundation. Also, if the modular home is older, its possible it won't meet current irc codes (site build home standards) and you might have to make improvements to bring it up to code. That is my concern with my modular home. It is only 4 years old now, but maybe in 10 years it won't be up to the irc codes that will be required in 10 years. If I want to move it later on life, it might not qualify without some expensive improvements. Some people don't consider the oak creek or palm harbor "true modulars", but for installation purposes, they are considered modulars. I read another question where the answerer didn't consider these type of homes modular, just manufactured home. Yes, it has two halves like a manufactured home, but everything else is built to a different standard and must go thru an inspection process. If you have any problems with the installation, I suggest you contact the Industrialized Housing Board for your state - each state has one. You might want to go to their website now and make sure the company installing your modular has no complaints against it. We like our modular but the installers did not follow code for the foundation and the inspector was in the manufacturers pocket and he passed it. We had problems and had an engineer look at out home and he found all the problems. We got tens of thousands of dollars back from the company. A modular home is built well, but if they don't install it right, its not worth it. Keep an eye on the company installing it. It is my personal belief that up to 50% of modular home installs from manufactured home companies would fail an engineer's inspection and people would be justified in suing or going to arbitration. If you are having problems with your modular, get an engineer to look at it. I don't think "true modulars" have this problem with installations, just the ones built by manufactured home companies.

    Source(s): Personal experience and research
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    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Ask any mod dealer there. They will have a really close estimate for you.

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