Legal Question in Consumer Law in Tennessee

missing parts

I purchased a manufactured home in 2001 and my home was recently vandalized. A window was broken and holes placed in the vinyl siding. In my attempts to repair the siding I found that the rock went through the siding, insulation and was stopped by the sheetrock on the inside of the home. There were no walls and by this I mean, a covering such as plywood or something before vinyl siding in put on. I have contacted the dealership, the manufacturer, and a rep from the Manufactured Housing Institute and they tell me this is standard, some people use plywood and some don't. I would never have purchased the home and did not know that this was even a consideration that a home is built without walls. Do I have any recourse?

Thanks for your time

Donna


Asked on 11/02/05, 9:53 am

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Dr. Michael A. S. Guth Tennessee Attorney at Law Assists Pro Se (without a lawyer) Parties

Re: missing parts

What were the representations and warranties about your home? The law will assume that if having plywood walls was important to you, then you would have insisted that wording be put in the contract. That is not fair, because you had no reason to doubt there was some type of external wall in your home. But that is the way the law works -- not fair, but a way to prevent people from coming back after the fact and demanding this or that. If someone actually told you there were external walls, then you may have a cause of action for fraud. But at this point, it sounds like you first learned about the walls very recently.

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Answered on 11/02/05, 10:31 am


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