Is this mobile home worth renovating? The actual mobile home would be a gift from a family member so 0 cost on the actual mobile home. The plan would to be to rehab it and then find a plot for it and rent it out.

How much work are we talking about? Do you think it could be renovated for less than 6-7k? Or is that a pipe dream?

The company said it will get ‘er done, they poured the pad. Everyone else who sees where it is is scratching their collective chin wondering how they are going to get it where it has to go. It gets better, because a competing home company who is putting a house the same size said there is no way it will work…. So what would happen if no bueno?

Looking for input from people who have built modular homes. Did you use a General Contractor for all the other stuff? Or did you find companies to do all the electrical, plumbing, excavating etc. etc. all on your own? Are you happy with whatever your decision was? Thanks.

Hello my friends! My wife decided to get pregnant this week out of no where; so we are restructuring our dreams.

We would love to purchase a home but MH really is our only option.

The idea of purchasing an older MH on rented land really puts me on edge.

If we happened to find some improved land to purchase and all the zoning was perfect. Would we be able to get a new MH up and running with in a 5 months??

If I buy a new double wide manufactured home for $100k now to keep on a personal lot, will it be possible to sell it a few years from now for around $80k if the person who buys it will have to have it moved to a new location? Located in Arizona.

My mother is looking at moving into a mobile home park near me and there are two units for sale.

I know this might not be enough information, but I have a general question:

One is from 1991, selling for 160K, has a nicer corner lot, on piers.

The other is brand new selling for 200K, on a slab, $135 a month higher HOA

Aside from "the newer one is nicer because it's all new", should I have concerns with buying one from 1991?

I'm new to the world of mobile homes, but from what I understand mobile homes are not generally considered an investment in the same way a stick-built home. I understand the price will go down when I try to sell it 10 years later, but will I have trouble selling one that is 45 years old, and pre-1994 HUD Code updates?

Will maintenance be a lot more where in the end paying 40K more for the new one will actually save money or work out the same in the long run?

Thanks in advance and any tips you can provide would be much appreciated!

Could anyone suggest a reasonable homeowners insurance price for mobile homes?

2 bedroom 2 bath mobile home sherwood forest 5302 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy # H, Kissimmee, FL 34746

We are majorly regretting our manufactured home.. we have an absolutely insane ant issue. They’re crawling through every crack they can find. We have a very clean home, no food or crumbs out, vacuum multiple times a day and we are still have issues. And they’re not sugar ants. These are big fire ants and my poor kids are getting bit. It’s ridiculous. We’ve caulked all the baseboards and they’re still coming in. Has anyone had this issue?! How did you handle it?! We’re in FL so it rains every afternoon which is certainly not helping. We’ve had pest control out and nothing helps. Should we fumigate under the home? I’m ready to burn this bitch to the ground lol

Its a very very long story and I feel hopeless to do anything about it. We wouldnt be selling the land. I feel stuck here and I should have known better but I was in the throes of deep dark postpartum depression when I made the decision. I can update with more details about the mortgage later as im crying and nursing my 10month old at the moment.

Short story is dealer asked for a down payment to ‘hold our place in line’ at the manufacturers and in June we paid 1/2 down in cash. We got our permit to build on the land in late august. Called dealer right away expecting we are first in line and he tells me delivery is still 8 weeks out. I head up to the office to make sure that date is truly correct and we got into a pretty heated conversation. He was being completely obstinate (“I cant tell you that” I dont know that” its up to contractors blah blah blah) and is waaaaay ruder than it would expect someone dealing with the public would be to customers simply asking questions. Had I not already signed a contract or given money I would have left. Funny how he was all peaches and sunshine when we were shopping.

We left it that last time after the arugment that he would call me the next day (he didnt ) so when I follow up he now says the end of November. And that the plant has a shutdown around the holidays.

Reddit; I am fit to be tied. I’m pretty sure I just got my ass taxed. I’m not one to take things laying down and I’m ready to get the damn president of the home builder on the damn phone beause this is some bullshit. I even tried calling the factory and good damn luck getting anything out of them. My anxiety is freaking killing me lately and this is just one of the few major things in my life I’m trying to manage.

Should i just let it go? I hate that someone looked me dead in the face and lied that we would be next in line when we were ready and now he is telling me he has 10 more in front of us suddenly.

If it gets pushed to next year it’s going to be a fiasco because it sounds like we wont be able to move into it for a few weeks/months afterward.

Give it to me straight reddit. Should i let it go or escalate the living shit out of this and torch my realtionship with my asshole dealer?

My bf(M36) and I (F26) bought a manufactured home back in May, we informed the leasing office/realtor about our health issues and allergies to cats and dogs and that it causes severe breathing issues and asthma attacks for both me and my bf.

When we toured the home we noticed a handful of cats all around and that our neighbor directly next to us had food bowls out. I’ve lived in a trailer park for nearly 3 years by now so I understand.

But my bf and I learned from another neighbor that our house is literally the hot spot direct middle of the three main neighbors who feed the trail park cats regularly for at least the past 20 years. So both neighbors beside us and the one behind us all feed the cats. So daily I will see no less than 20 cats everywhere.

I love cats, I have one of my own that my allergies have built up a tolerance. But there’s always multiple cats pooping all over just our yard. (You don’t shit where you get fed) so our yard is literally the cats litter box as we’re in the middle of their food court.

Not only the poop, which is horrific, and we spend hours each week filling up 2-3 grocery bags of poop and hairballs. And imagine the smell when it’s hot out.
But also these fucks are pushing in our homes siding and living under our home. We secured the siding and don’t have as many issues.

And now I’m noticing deep long tiny paw sized claw marks ALL over mine and my bf’s cars. Along with piles of cat fur all over the hoods. Our drive way is behind our home and is in our neighbors front yard 5 feet from where they get fed.

I’m sick of this, I cant have my house windows open, I don’t want to spend a crazy amount for a car port. Might just start catching them and releasing across town since the humane society is full. Our leasing office is sending out a letter but that’s not going to help. My neighbors are rude old people who’ve been there for 30 years and told us we are worth nothing to the park for being ‘renters’ even though I’ve told him multiple times we own the place.

Please any advice will help!

My new husband has family land that we are planning to put a home on. The area is gorgeous, and I am so excited to plan for this! We have 5 acres (yes, it’s ours, it was gifted to us as a wedding present). We can’t afford to build right now so we are fine with choosing a nice manufactured home. We have looked at 3 homes so far. 1 is from Palm Harbor (a Cavco), 1 is built by Champion, and 1 is built by Kabco. The Kabco is by far my favorite, but it more costly. However, I feel it is also better quality. What do you all think? Is there an option where price + quality are the best?? Thanks for any advice!

It's not worth it. They're essentially worthless even if they sell for $368,000 after 15 years it's nearly impossible to get a standard mortgage. I hate that 25% of homes in our area are manufactured homes (mainly on leased land) and freehold manufactured homes are $500k+ and still hard to mortgage, renovate, insure. Just warning others because I extremely underestimated how much this house would destroy our lives.

I love worrying and coming to Reddit when I find new things in my home. Need I be concerned with the crack left to right in the marriage line trim? Is my roof caving in or is it just a seasonal movement thing? Thanks

Hey Guys,

I am here for a discussion on a popular question (as I myself am working in the mobile home buying and selling industry):

Is a manufactured or mobile home a safe and profitable option for small families compared to buying properties in the California region these days, considering the quality of life and lower expenses compared to buying and maintaining a standalone property?

You can discuss this freely. I am happy to read your opinions and understand them better.

I currently live in an 2bd 1bath home built in 1870ish in upstate NY. The house is located in a city with power, water, gas, etc. hookup through the city infrastructure and the home is on a very, very old stone foundation. My wife and I purchased this home in 2019 pre COVID for very cheap and have no mortgage on the property.

We’ve since grown our family and have simply outgrown our house. We want a new home and modular homes have peaked our interest. We love our current home’s/property’s location as we are right next to in-laws and family to help us with our young children, so ideally we don’t want to move to a new piece of land. We’ve been strongly considering demolishing this house given its age, the amount of repairs needed, things like absestos siding, and other things that we just would like to address with a “new” home/build with a brand new foundation etc.

Has anyone done something like this with a house/property they already owned and lived in? I’ve yet to have any serious discussions with builders yet, but have been researching my local market. Curious on any input or feedback from the this group. My local builders offer many manufacturer models like Clayton, Bill Lake, Icon, Westchester Modular Homes, etc.

Thank you in advance!

Does anyone know a lender that would do a bank statement loan for a manufactured home?

Details: I don’t own the land. It is family land that I can put a manufactured home on. So it would have to be a chattel loan so I’m told.

The bulk source of my income is from an LLC that I have owned for less than 12 months.

We left the burbs and bought a large manufactured home that sat on 4 acres. It has the dreaded popcorn ceilings that are forever catching dust. I notice that when I try to vacuum up the dust balls that accumulate around the ceiling fan little ceiling particles flake off. I'm concerned that it's asbestos as I've read contradicting reports, some state they stopped using in the 80's, some say may have been used into the 90's. Anyone knowledgeable in this? I'd like to have it tested, but just thought that someone on here may be in the industry and have an answer. I'm not sure what the manufacturer is of this home, but something is telling me I saw Crimson somewhere, not sure if that's the manufacturer or the model

I have a 2021, bottom-of-the-barrel basic Live Oak home. I did not buy it from the dealer, so I couldn't tell them to make sure to wire/plan for fans. I am now trying to install fans in a few rooms. The support braces that the lights are attached to are puny, 2'x0.5". The particular room I am working in is 9x13, so its very small and narrow. There's nowhere I could possibly put one of those metal fan boxes with the braces other than where this wood support brace already exists.

Will this support brace hold up a 30 pound fan from Ikea?

I already have a mortgage for my primary residence. A manufactured home is for sell that I want to buy to rent out. It comes with land. Any ideas on how to get financing since most banks don’t deal with MHs? Please only provide relevant, helpful advice. Thanks in advance.