Home inspection in Landfall.

What we see in Landfall homes.

Landfall is a very small city: 0.081 square miles in Washington County on the eastern shore of Tanners Lake, beside Interstate 94, with 843 residents at the 2020 census. The city incorporated in 1959. From 1953 to 1997 one family owned all the land, and mobile homes were built there because of housing shortages. The Washington County Housing and Redevelopment Authority bought the land in the 1990s and sold it to the city in 1997, and the city rents lots to owners. Rental of the homes is prohibited. Landfall is one of only two incorporated Minnesota cities made up mainly of manufactured housing.

Manufactured homes have their own trouble spots. Frame, foundation or piers, tie-downs and skirting deserve attention, as do floors with soft spots or sagging, which can come from moisture below. Roof seams and penetrations, exterior siding, and windows and doors are the usual places for leaks. Electrical and plumbing matter too, including the panel, wiring in additions, water heater and heating system. Because homes sit close together beside a lake, drainage, ventilation and moisture under the home are the things to watch.

Local facts checked September 2026 against: Wikipedia.