REMOVAL OF FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS
If you have already been living in the home and you will be moving it to a new location then you will also need to consider whether to move your furniture and other furnishings. Without detailing every possible scenario the best advice is to remove as much as possible to reduce the weight of the home and avoid potential damages to the home or the furnishings themselves. If you have heavy furniture the mover will often require that it be removed for transport. You will not want to leave your dishes and glasses in the cupboards because they will break. If you have clothes hanging in the closet you will need to put them on the floor so the closet rods do not fall off the walls. Remove any flammable items and chemicals to mitigate explosions or stains. Basically remove everything that you don’t want to be broken (televisions, lamps, pictures, etc).
INSURANCE
Make sure that you fully understand the insurance situation on the move. Your mover should have insurance but, even then, it may not cover a lot of items – and maybe not even your house! You have GOT to have insurance. We have seen many a home roll-over due to driver error or other problems and be completely destroyed. Don’t let this happen to you without fair compensation.
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By Frank Rolfe
Frank Rolfe is a mobile home park investor and owns over 100 parks with his partner Dave Reynolds. Frank also leads regular Mobile Home Park Investing Bootcamps through the MobileHomeUniversity.com.