To the editor: We’re putting in a manufactured dwelling on our property in Malibu that burned within the 2018 Woolsey fireplace. Whereas I strongly imagine that manufactured houses with good designs are the way in which to rebuild after a fireplace, native companies must suppose outdoors the field about streamlining the method. (“People used to buy homes through catalogs. Could that idea help Altadena?” Feb. 18)
Why not have pre-approved foundations for the manufactured houses? For soil-sample necessities, why not have a cost-efficient and streamlined course of to get that accomplished?
If the hearth company answerable for Altadena has particular necessities, it ought to have enough staffing and up to date procedures to help residents. For instance, why require the house owner to acquire water strain knowledge to placed on a type to be submitted to the hearth division? Shouldn’t the hearth division have that data?
Additionally, the utilities should be available to attach the brand new constructions to companies. And by the way in which, this could be the time to place all utilities underground.
Manufactured houses are an incredible device for rebuilding rapidly, however there should even be an instantaneous rethinking of our antiquated constructing forms.
Cynthia Kesselman, Malibu
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To the editor: Kudos to the Foothill Catalog Basis for arising with the idea of rebuilding Altadena with home kits just like these provided a long time in the past by Sears.
I’d be prepared to wager the Craftsman bungalow the place I reside in Lengthy Seaside was a equipment home. Its flooring plan mirrors these of different homes in our neighborhood. Every takes on the character of its homeowners, but their similarities give the neighborhood a historic allure.
And the truth that a equipment would significantly cut back the associated fee to rebuild? Why not use this feature? Determine fire-resistant supplies for these homes, and also you’ve received a winner.
Betsy Rothstein, Lengthy Seaside
