Company Background |
| How Long in Business | 1959 |
| Yearly Avg. Number of Homes (Est.) | 800-1200
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| Professional Organizations/Affiliations | Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA), Tampa Bay Builders Assoc. |
Design Staff (Architects & Draftsmen) | 2 architects on staff |
| Builder Network | Over 25 builders |
| Location of Factories | Safety Harbor, Florida |
| How to Buy a Home | Home buyers need to go through a builder/developer |
Construction Details |
| Building Materials | Wood frames with concrete foundations |
| Energy Efficiency | 30-19-11 standard for all Jacobsen homes, with low-e windows standard, working on Florida Green Building Approval. Systems Built Standard not yet in place by FHBA. |
| Construction Timeframe | 10 days factory, permit to move in 45-60 days |
| Customization Flexibility | Total customization is available |
| Amount of Floorplans | Over 25 predesigned floorplans |
Pricing |
| Avg. Cost per Square Foot | $38-45 squar foot, FOB factory |
| Avg. Transportation Costs | $800 to $15,000 depending on floors and distance |
| Avg. Placement Costs | $7,500-$25,000 site dependent. Typical foundations and set $13,000. |
| Site Preparation | Builder and/or developer provides site preparation |
Options |
| Garage/Deck Availability | A few plans have factory garages, site garages done by dealer. Many plans offer porches. |
| Possible to Addon to Existing Home | Yes, additions to existing structures can be done |
| Guarantees | 5 year warranty |
| Delivery Range | All of Florida |
| Number of Factory Inspections | DCA (Florida Department of Community Affairs) does inspections |
| Number of Building Site Inspections | Typically 5-7 inspections depending on county, dealer typically inspects site for access and foundation for square foot. |
| Information Package | It took one week to arrive but it was worth it. The free information included a magazine, floorplans, testimonials and much more. |
Our Review |
| Editor's Rating |
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| Editorial Review | Jacobsen is a great manufactured mobile home provider but they are not a good modular home provider. They modular homes are very similar to their high quality manufactured mobile homes. This is good if your main concern is quality and not design or appearance. These are not very similar to stick-built homes. This is not to take away from the long history of Jacobsen and their reputation for good customer service. Their website is a good resource and is easy to navigate which is helpful since they have alot of information online to assist home buyers. |
| Mystery Shopper Rating |
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I love the home, but the people you have selling them make the name you have built for you very bad. They have people that come to fix repairs that cant do anything but put a coat of caulk up on it and not really fix the problem. I have had my home for a little over a year, and have been trying to get stuff fixed and can not get CCs Modular Homes of Panama City to do anything. The people they hired to put the home together have made this home look like a cheap trailor.