Own Your Own Home  - LIVE Public Auction !! 

In-Person Auction WED, December 16, 2026  1 PM CST

Please Read & Understand all  Details, Terms Below.... 

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM  CST  Home Viewing * Inspection

12:45 PM Registration at Ingram Clubhouse, bring Full Photo ID 

Inside heated Ingram Manor MHC Clubhouse & Office 

3801 County Line Rd., Portage, IN 46368, Exeter Ave entrance east off County Line Rd, office at circle drive,       In-Person LIVE Bidding Auction - One manufactured home, trailer, mobile home

** NO (zero) Buyer’s PREMIUM! **

Telephone  & Absentee Bids Welcome,  Call 219-763-3741 Auctioneer Diana Cook by December 13

Ingram Manor is a premiere age 55+ owner-occupied community

Home address:   5260 Canterbury Ave., Portage – Porter County

-        28 X 52’  1998 Northridge,  Serial/VIN # VP4215ABIN, 3 bedr, 2 bath , has gas fireplace, a wheelchair platform lift (working condition unknown), height from home floor level to garage floor level, Mfg Bruno  Ind. Living Aids, Indiana USA Made, model# VPL-3100 series

Separate detached garage with covering between home & garage so you won’t get wet when rains to get to your car, off-street parking

-        Minimum Opening Starting Bid $ 4,500.   [  Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ]  approx.

-        + $756.  monthly lot rent, (includes water, sewer, trash, recycling fees)

 +  approx. $45. Title transfer fee with Indiana BMV. Buyer responsible to apply & process a new title in new owner name(s). A clean title Won’t be handed to High Winning Bidder on Auction Day. This home is abandoned, no one currently lives in this home. Ingram Manor doesn't own this home. It is owned by someone else.

 TERMS:  Full Payment on Auction Day by Cashier’s Check or Money Order Only + 1^st month’s lot rent,  Auctioneer may require bank or other financial references,  “Buying As Is, Where Is, No Guarantees,”  Not responsible for any hidden defects, You Must Rely on Your Own Personal Inspection, Buying Home & Contents – High Winning Bidder responsible to pay 2026 personal property taxes + back taxes (if any). It’s bidder responsibility to research in advance of Auction Day with Porter County Treasurer to determine what outstanding tax figures are currently and/or inquire with the county’s independent collection company(s) for previous overdue years (If Any). Bidder must read, understand & agree to extensive  Ingram Manor rules prior to placing any bid. There’s a fee for residency application & approval.

Ingram Manor offers residents Barkingham Manor fenced & shaded dog park, Clubhouse with exercise equipment and social activities.

There’s 3 independently owned manufactured home parks on the east side of County Line Rd, south of US Hwy 6. Ingram Manor is the one furthest south.

Ingram will relinquish all original paperwork required in which to conduct this public auction on listed home

·        - Title Search indicating titleholder and/or lienholders

·        - Certified letters mailed to titleholder and all lienholder(s) listed in the title search

·        - Publisher's Affidavit of Publication

·        -  Affidavit of Sale or Disposal - Abandoned Manufactured Home (Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles - State Form 50635) with signed Auctioneer information.

·        Manufactured home previously described above and its contents and appurtenances are being Sold at a LIVE Bidding Public Auction, authorized by the respective MHC management company for Lienholder and Innkeeper's Lien for unpaid rent and lien for storage charges. Contents and appurtenances may include (IF any) all fixtures, appliances, air conditioner, furniture, mattresses, TV's, curtains, drapes, mini blinds, all other window treatments, and all other personal property located within said manufactured mobile home, all blocking, tie-downs, and set up materials, awnings, porches, skirting, steps, handicapped access ramps, antennas, garage, sheds, all clothing, personal property and belongings therein or upon said lot. Quantity of contents may be a mixture - a home may or may not have a garage and/or shed may be practically empty, while other homes, and/or garage/shed may have larger quantity of furniture and personal property belongings.

·        Auctioneer Note:  Some homes are in decent shape, others can be in a condition that need rehabilitation love such as mushy floors, ceiling/roof holes, etc. Furniture out-of-place & turned upside down. Why thorough personal inspection by prospective bidders recommended & strongly encouraged.

·        This Auction permits bids to be placed by – anyone who qualifies in attendance. Also, staff or agents from respective Manufactured Home Community management company are permitted to bid on this home(s) which may/may not occur. The park’s management company DOES NOT OWN, Nor have title to this home(s). The park just owns the land beneath this mobile manufactured home on wheels upon which home sits.

·        Respectful adult behavior is expected by Auction attendees. Admission refusal – Auctions by Diana Cook has the right at our complete and absolute discretion, to refuse admission to the premises or participation in any auction and to reject any bid. Verbal/physical disputes, disrespectful comments of any kind towards others, won’t be tolerated. We reserve the right to remove any customer, prospective bidder(s) from the auction and premises.

·        IF high winning bidder intends to move this home

off-site, bidder Must do so within 60 days (sixty) and be approved by Ingram Manor for such move preparations and moving which covers bonding, insurance, etc. Check with Ingram about its moving requirements well before Auction Day and before placing any bid. Monthly lot rents are paid during this move preparation time. If there is a garage or shed on the lot, its structure remains on-site and NOT be removed or damaged. Garage/shed contents must be properly cleaned out by new home owner/high winning bidder.

Ingram Manor MHC  219-942-6993 

Announcements made on Auction Day take priority over previous publications, internet and electronic communications.

Diana Cook Auctioneer 219-763-3741 ( No Text ) Lic# auo10462292

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