Before you buy
Driveway and culvert
Access has to be built before almost anything else can happen.
The driveway and culvert are early, not late. Septic equipment, the delivery rig, and in some counties the addressing site visit all have to reach the site.
Requirements vary: some counties charge nothing, some charge a flat fee, some install it themselves by the foot. Specifications for pipe diameter, length and slope are set locally, and the precinct commissioner may adjust them for your site. Trenching or boring in a county right-of-way can be a separate permit.
In some jurisdictions, driveway or culvert approval is tied to approval of another permit. Ask about that connection specifically before you assume you can sequence around it.
Free to verify by calling the precinct or the county road department.
The rest of the checklist
Which utility can actually serve this parcel
Poles on the road do not mean service. Certificated territory decides who can connect you.
Whether water can reach it
A certificated water provider may still be unable or unwilling to add your tap.
Legal access
A road you can drive on is not the same as access you have a right to use.
Easements and rights-of-way
Lines crossing your land may not be able to serve it, and easements can limit where you build.
Deed restrictions
Restrictions recorded decades ago can prohibit manufactured homes outright.
Floodplain status
Floodplain changes the pad, the height, the steps and the paperwork.
Soil and septic feasibility
The soil decides the system, and the system may not fit.
Lot size and setbacks
The buildable area is smaller than the lot, sometimes much smaller.
Have us look before you close
We evaluate parcels for buyers — access, utilities, soil and what the site work will actually take. Cheaper than finding out afterward.