Look for the model that best meets your needs from our vast selection from Champion, Marlette, and Fleetwood.  We partner with the biggest, best, and highest quality manufacturers to provide outstanding products to our customers.

Your responsibilities:

If any of the above seems intimidating to you, please let us know and we will provide whatever consulting we can, but, the final decisions and responsibilities are yours.

Once you are pre-qualified with your local lender, we can start providing you quotes and pricing.  We will ask you to forward a pre-qualification letter to us so that we can start the quoting process.

 

Once you have decided on the model and signed off on the order sheet, we will require full payment for your house prior to the factory building the house.  We hope you understand the "Nearly Wholesale" process is intended to save you considerable money and as such, you will have "Nearly Wholesale" terms like full house payment prior to building.

 

Upon completion of construction of your house at the factory, you can have the transport company accept delivery on your behalf or have us accept delivery on your behalf.

 

Arranging transportation:  We will maintain a list of transit providers that you are free to obtain quotes from or you may find providers closer to your end of the trip.  Additionally, depending on availability, Jensen Homes may be able to provide transportation using our trucks in an effort to save you some money.

 

Once the house leaves the factory, "you own it".   You are responsible for all arrangements with the freight company, payment, disputes, accidents, damage, permits, pilot cars, delays, and other items.   You will need to communicate with the transport company, provide suitable access to the final location, and any other requirements to getting the house to the final location.

 

When the house is delivered to your site, you will then need to coordinate with YOUR installation crew.  These people need to be experienced, licensed, and insured as per all local standards and requirements.  Depending on the installation, this step can be DANGEROUS and significant risk to property, life, and limb may occur.

 

Generally the Installation Crew will move the home on to the foundation (if present), block/support the home from underneath, bolt sections together, tie-down the home as per local/HUD requirements, complete the roof, exterior siding, and any other requirements contracted.

 

Then the Inside Crew (may be the same as the Installation Crew) that YOU hired can begin the finish process.  They will have to "marry" the sections together using sheetrock, mud, texture, and paint as required.  There are different ways to perform this task, so please find a crew that meets your needs.  You will also need to make arrangements to have the carpet installed.

During the process and transit, cracks in the sheetrock will occur, tile may come loose, doors may need adjustments, minor water leaks may occur from new fixtures, and other issues.  Since you are buying the homes "Nearly Wholesale" and taking advantage of considerable savings, these service issues will be YOUR responsibility.  You might have to test and fix plumbing, electrical, paint, siding, sheetrock, and other items and you should plan/budget accordingly.

Depending on your requirements, you might be better served with a full-service Local Retailer providing the high level of service that Jensen Homes provides their local customers.  Someone to come visit your site, someone to show you display models, to help you pick colours.  To be quick to come to your service needs during installation and after you have moved into your house.  There is a great deal of value in your local retailer, if you have one, and we have successfully been able to provide this service for 40 years. 

There have been a number of "Internet Retailers" come and go in the industry.  A quick Google search can find you the horror stories out there of people who were high pressured, over-promised, and then left high and dry.  The State of Utah has actually shut down at least one of these so called "Wholesale" retailers due to the number of complaints/issues with their business practices.  These fly-by-night retailers can start up businesses over and over to take advantage of more unsuspecting customers.  The savings offered rarely came to be.  But the heartache stayed for many customers.

Wholesale transactions are generally a "business to business" transaction.  By definition, a consumer buying a house is not a "wholesale" transaction.  Just as you can't go to one of the large Automakers and buy your car "Wholesale" or "factory direct", you can't buy your new house that way either.  Factories are generally not licensed to sell direct to homeowners, there WILL be a middle party.  Anyone who claims otherwise may be dishonest. 

Internet and other Local Retailers will often try and get you to send them a "Price Lock Deposit" of considerable amount (typically $5000) to "lock in the price" for 60 days of your new home against "continual and significant price increases".  These are merely a scam to get you "locked in" to the retailer in order to keep you from purchasing elsewhere.  Factories are continually looking to improve processes and production, find better materials, plus, as the cost of building materials has fallen recently, we have seen price DECREASES.   If another retailer tries to scare you into a "Price Lock" to protect against un-predictable price increases, you know that retailer is not being honest.   When price increases do come from the factory, there is usually 30-60 days advance notice.

The Nearly Wholesale program we offer may not be for you.  We want you to be fully informed that you will be taking on substantial responsibility for your home, the process, the product, the quality, and the long term enjoyment of your house.  If this makes you uncomfortable, you should visit a Local Retailer, including our Jensen Homes local retail lots in order to find the retail process that provides you with the level of service and comfort you require.

 

 

If you are ready to start the process, please contact us via this Nearly Wholesale form: