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Alan Gandy's
Midway Homes
Physical Add.: 801 E. Expressway 83, San Juan, Texas 78589
Mailing Add.: 1128 N. Alamo Road, Alamo, Texas 78516
Toll Free: (866) 464-1155
Email Address: midwayhomes@msn.com
Home of "The Straight
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How do you decide what home you
want to spend time in?
Please consider the different categories of quality below for a
better informed decision.
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Product
Characteristic Guidelines |
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The following guidelines and categories are based on 30 years
of experience spent in the construction and manufactured housing
industries. |
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- Alan Gandy, July. 2007
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There are no absolute criteria for
any of the following classifications. Further, no one feature
dictates that a home belongs to a given classification. This is a
general guideline to try and assist you, the consumer, with
assessing the characteristics of the different homes you are
looking into purchasing. We are willing to clarify any of the
details listed here in a more comprehensive manner should you have
any questions. |
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This is one of the guidelines we use
for our Price Savings Guarantee.
3-10 ranking system with 10 being the highest. |
3,4,5
Standard Category |
6,7,8
Mid-Range Category |
9,10
Premium Category |
Regional Manufacturers
Legacy
Fleetwood
Clayton
Skyline
Cavco
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Regional Manufacturers
Redman
Patriot, Waco
Oak Creek, Lancaster
Palm Harbor
Silver Creek
Skyline
Fleetwood
Clayton
Solitaire
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Regional Manufacturers
Patriot, Waco
Oak Creek, Ft. Worth
Palm Harbor, Austin 05
Centara
Athen Homes
Solitaire
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Standard Features
-Lighter Steel Frame
-2X6 Floor Joist
(Some at 2 O.C.)
-Metal Exterior Siding or
Composition Siding
-Metal Roofs
-Fewer Windows
-7 or 71/2 Sidewalls
-Sheetrock Wall Panels with
paper coverings or vinyl
coverings possible covered
wood paneling
-Pre-finished Ceiling Panels or
Blown Acoustic Style
-Foam Pad
(stapled down carpet)
-Fewer Kitchen Cabinets
-Simple Composition Cabinet
Doors
-Simple Trim Work (flat
paneling wrapped strips)
-Plastic Faucets
-Plain Bathroom, inexpensive
and light weight materials
- Vinyl Mini Blinds, if at all |
Standard Features
-Good Steel Frame
-2X6 Floor Joist (16 O.C.)
-Treated O.S.B. Residential Exterior Siding
-Metal or Shingle Roof
7½ Side Walls
-Sheetrock Walls with Vinyl Covering OR Tape & Textured Walls
-Vaulted Ceilings T.O. -Ceilings are Blown Acoustic Style
-Recessed or Raised Panel Composition Type Cabinet
Doors
-Profile Style Trims in Living
Area
-Deluxe Master Bathrooms
with Separate Showers &
Larger Vanity.
-2nd Bathroom is still Simple
-Metal or Plastic Faucets
-Vinyl Mini Blinds
-Factory Can Customize
Structure of Home within
Certain Guidelines |
Standard Features
-Heavy Steel Frame
-2X8 Floor Joist 16 O.C. on 15&18 Wide Sections
-Residential Style Exterior Siding
-Shingle or Residential Steel Roofing Material
-Steel Residential Size & Style Exterior Front Door
-Tape & Textured Sheetrock Walls in all Rooms
-7 ½ Sidewalls with Vaulted Ceilings or 8 Sidewalls with
Flat Ceilings T.O. Home
-Textured Finish Mono Ceiling
-Hardwood Cabinet Doors & Cabinet Facing Available
-Residential Moldings
-Bathrooms are Built with Durable Fixtures & Built-In
Storage & Drawers where Room Allows
-Metal, Name-Brand Faucets
-Vinyl Framed Thermo Pane Windows
-Factory Can Customize Structure of Home within Certain
Guidelines |
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Most manufacturers have more than one manufacturing
facility and build different models with varied specifications, so
make sure you know which model you are purchasing and what
category it belongs to and that you're satisfied with the
characteristics the home provides. It's extremely difficult
to build homes with the premium characteristics from any facility
other than a factory that primarily builds premium homes.
Adding lots of optional features to a home in a given category
makes it a higher ranked home in the same category, it doesn't
raise the home into a higher quality category. |
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Click on the following to
view:
Pictorial Examples Of Construction Categories |
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