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Schaff’s Home Center History:
Celebrating Over 40 Years of Unmatched Service in the Industry

History and Philosophy
Welcome to Schaff's Home Center! As a supplier of modular and manufactured homes, we are committed to helping you find the perfect home for your needs.

Our customers from Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia are served from five large sales centers with over 60 models on display. In addition, our sales team can assist you in finding the home site or property that's just right for you!

Our services include providing top quality homes at an exceptional value, financing resources and full-service delivery. With many outstanding achievement awards received over the years, our goal is to always provide exceptional customer service and an exciting home building experience.

Our Team
Since 1966, Schaff’s Home Center has worked in your communities to help build strong foundations for the future. With uncompromising integrity, our friendly, knowledgeable experts seek out only the highest quality building materials and new ways to save you both time and money.

Every step of the way we will treat you with the utmost professionalism and courtesy, keeping your interests, desires, and dreams primary in all we do.

Please find out more information about the sales managers of these model home centers:

Bill Swarthout (Shippensburg) - Bill has been in the housing business as a dealer, builder and developer at the same location in Shippensburg since 1971.   He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and spent several years with an international airline before changing careers to the manufactured housing business.  During 30 years as a dealer, Bill developed several residential communities including Mt. Rock Manor, the 138 space manufactured home community located next to Schaff’s Shippensburg Home Center.  His dealership merged with Schaff’s in 2001, and Bill continues to serve as manager of the Shippensburg Home Center.   Franklin County has been his home for the past 35 years.

Bill is a retired Air Force officer, having served 30 years with the Air National Guard as a navigator and is a veteran of both Vietnam and Desert Storm.  He is also a commercial pilot and flight instructor. 

Eric Linka (Fayetteville and Thomasville) - Originally from Gettysburg, PA, Eric grew up in the housing business. His father was a builder of modular and factory built housing, and Eric began his career in the service department of his father’s company.  After receiving a degree from Penn State University, he joined the Schaff’s team in 2002 and is now the Sales Manager of the Fayetteville location and the corporate Vice President of Sales. Eric is married and enjoys “attempting” to play golf, along with scuba diving with his wife.

Dan Knode (Marion) - Dan Knode was a realtor for 18 years, marketing residential properties.  This valuable experience led him to become sales manager at the Marion Home Center, where he has now been in the factory built housing industry for over four years. He has also completed courses by Pennwest Homes and Champion Home Builders and attends various home shows annually.

The Difference

Longevity and Reputation
Schaff's Home Center has been in business for over 40 years! We are committed to giving you the best home-building experience imaginable, as you work with the industry’s top trained professionals. Since 1966, our mission has been to provide families high quality homes with exceptional value, on-site work and financing services.

Our referral program has been an ongoing success! We are proud that our customers from many years ago now bring their grown children to Schaff's and continue to feel comfortable referring their friends and neighbors to us as well.

60 Display Homes
With five design centers and over 60 houses on display, Schaff’s offers the area’s largest selection of model homes for you to tour.

These display centers give you the ability to see a number of options available and envision your home as it might look on your site!  Giving you the freedom to make changes that reflect your personal needs, our expert design team will guide you through our model homes, answering your questions about our building process and how to choose the home design perfect for your lifestyle. 

Walk through the home of your dreams before you build and experience the Schaff’s Homes quality for yourself. Click here to find the model home center most conveniently located to you»

Education and Training
The number one goal of Schaff’s Home Center is educating our customers. All of our staff members receive frequent training, so we can provide the latest information on home building, energy-efficient technology and creative design.

Service Department

Schaff’s Home Center’s job does not end when we hand you the keys.  You won’t waste your time waiting on the telephone with one of our service specialists.  We pride ourselves on high customer satisfaction, and our service department is here to facilitate warranty questions and needs. Our team goes above and beyond the industry standard for warranty service, and we know you’ll be impressed with our 10 year warranty. 

Giving you peace of mind with a home that lasts a lifetime, we offer the resources to keep your home looking beautiful for generations. For service or maintenance questions, please click here.»

10 Year "Limited Structural Warranty”
Your new home will be enrolled in a Ten Year "Limited Structural Warranty.”  Either through the "Residential Warranty Corporation" (for modular homes) or "Manufactured Housing Warranty Corporation" (for manufactured homes), our warranty gives you extended coverage of the structural components of your home.

Please Note: Our competition may sell a product where the manufacturer enrolls your home in one of these programs. Unless the retailer also enrolls your home, your home will not be covered for any defect that may arise from a lack of professional installation. You should receive two separate enrollment booklets from your builder, and this is an automatic process at Schaff’s.

Understanding Your Needs

Schaff’s Home Center guides you throughout the entire process and offers many helpful resources:

1.  Sales Team. Schaff’s Home Center sales team is here to help choose the home design right for you and assist you throughout the construction of your new home.
 
2.  Turn-key Package.  With on-site financing, our most popular option is the Turn-key Package. This includes on-site work and allows you to finance your home and lot together, saving you both time and money.

3.  Location Inspection: We can also help locate a building lot or evaluate your current home site at no additional cost!  Our site coordinators will assess your land and are happy to meet with your general contractor to discuss the details.

Associations
We are proud members of the following associations:

Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association NAHB Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce Better Business Bureau Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce Eastern Panhandle Home Builders Association, Inc. Jerry Rouleau & Associates Manufactured Housing Institue of Maryland West Virginia Housing Institute, Inc. Franklin County Builders

Alloc
Andersen
Bruce Hardwood Floors
Certainteed
Champion
Commodore Homes of Pennsylvania
DuPont Corian
Delta
Equal Housing Opportunity
General Electric
Kohler
Manorwood Homes
Merillat
MHWC
Moen
New Era
New Image Homes
Owens Corning
Pennwest Homes
Pleasant Valley Homes
Redman Homes, Inc.
Shaw
Wilsonart
Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association NAHB Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce Better Business Bureau Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce Eastern Panhandle Home Builders Association, Inc. Jerry Rouleau & Associates Manufactured Housing Institue of Maryland West Virginia Housing Institute, Inc. Franklin County Builders