Great info in this video for sure! Another thing I would add is that if you do change any walls or add or subtract openings/doors to different areas make sure that the manufacturer puts the light switches in the correct location for your changes to the new floor plan. We made that mistake with ours, didn’t want 2 arch ways into our office and when the manufacturer built the house they put the light switch in the original location by the no longer existing doorway so now we have to walk through a dark room all the way to the back wall to turn on the light lol! Also, we needed to add an extra tub but they didn’t automatically update their plans to include the appropriate sized water heater which we didn’t realize until it was too late. It’s those little easily overlooked things that can really come back to cause trouble.
It seems to me that even though you didn't point those things out, why wouldn't someone question those decisions. If I were doing your home, I would automatically mention that light switch is in an odd place and call you. It just seems like lazy thinking to me.
I've forever cursed my bathroom.... two huge changes involve the placement of the toilet,and I agree with the father of one of the other commenters about the so-called garden tub. The only time I was ever in this colossal waste of space was when I refreshed the bathroom shortly after purchase, having to crawl in and out of it so many times to install moldings around the two ceiling to tub builder mirrors,and when painting of course. Of course I was a bit younger then! Also, When you open the bathroom door, your first view is of the toilet,installed on the far outside wall next to the window. So little time, so many good ideas!
I've lived here 17 years, and have really great neighbours who help me with the garbage and worry about me. I'll be moving in with my oldest daughter but it's going to be heartbreaking to leave.However
With Ryan's ru-vid.comUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan, I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!
Hey, I'm happy to hear that you like Ryan's Shed Plans. ru-vid.comUgkxBE-xSmFU7PIaMFUmmhnFxE035s5svtxeIt's a cool guide that shows you how to build any kind of shed you want. It has all the stuff you need to know, like what materials and tools to use, how to plan and design your shed, and how to put it all together. It also has tons of pictures and diagrams of different shed types and styles, so you can see what they look like and how to make them. Ryan's Shed Plans is awesome, because it makes shed building fun and easy. You can have your own shed in no time. cool
I lived in a mobile home most of my life. An affordable way to live. I loved mine. I was pretty careful custom ordering mine. It was ordered to have enough storage and room for my two sons. Economical, easy to upkeep. Years later, after a divorce and starting over, I bought the cheapest lot model single wide to get me started. It had 2X6 construction but was a simple model. Loved my kitchen, 3 bd 2ba. It was very cheap in 1989 and lasted me many years with me updating as I could afford it. Have had a stick built home but my double wide and single wide were both a better but and easy to heat and cool
This was absolutely great. It is nothing that I would think about. Thanks for sharing. I wish there were more vids like this showing what people would change AFTER they made the purchase. This was probably one of the most helpful vids on manufactured homes that I have seen.
I'm a carpenter's daughter, and making the changes he suggests, means two feet less in the LRoom, it means moving the front entry by two feet into the LRoom, which changes the outside roof line over the existing entry. Not as simple as he makes it sound. These changes can be made before build, however, it still shortens the LRoom by two feet, to gain a foot in each bedroom.
@@sillililli01 Yeah, I thought he was talking about what he would have done prior to placing the order (so he would have ordered with the changes he is talking about now). You are stating that it would still shorten the living room, though. Thanks.
@@latoyaevans688 Your welcome, this model comes in a certain length. If you increase the size of the bedrooms, which is a good idea, you lose on the size of the Living Room. They would have to pay extra for the changes in the position of the entry door, as it affects the peak over the front door on the outside. Which could mean additional cuts to standard length lumber products, so extra costs involved. As long as people understand that, than they're good to go.
Dude its just a house change it. Ive had my manufactured home over 20 years. I have redone a bunch. For me it is called upkeep. No one knows my house is manufactures unless I tell them
I am selling my house ... For a double wide , honestly my wife and I wished we did it years ago . No more mortgage ,way more money to go around it makes life lot easier.
Congratulations! We had Cavco build a park model for us. Be very careful if you choose a Cavco. We ordered standard cabinets. Huge mistake. They made them in their factory. Positive they don’t employ true cabinet makers. If that wasn’t bad enough, all staple holes were filled, never sanded, or repainted. We wanted white walls. Texture is white. Yep, that’s what they did, texture with enough of a spray of paint to mess up the floors. I’m almost finished painting the interior. 3 coats to cover effectively. Refrigerator in the contract states, 18 cf. we received a not fingerprint free 16.6 refrigerator. It’s very deep, not tall or wide. Extremely difficult to get anything in or out of. No valances in bedroom. One bedroom window won’t open. Many blinds are way too long. A rep came to the house and really had nothing to say other than it was painted. I washed a wall for him and he watched the texture wash off revealing the Sheetrock. He was speechless, literally. Then continued to insist the walls had been painted. We ordered this park model through the owners of the park we are leasing from. Great family! We closed and moved in over 4 months ago. The list of repairs is a mile long. Our 90 day walkthrough has come and gone. Everything submitted at 90 days as per their instructions. It’s now been 132 days and we haven’t received a response. My suggestion to you is purchase a unit already in place. The units purchased by the park owners come in beautiful. I’m really baffled by what has happened to us. We did have the unit flipped where the bedroom is on the street and living room is in the backyard. Then we had them mirror the unit so the windows weren’t overlooking our carport. The park owners didn’t have a unit with our layout.
That's a den and growing up in New England we always had a den in everybody's house had a den. That was usually where everybody hung out and the living room was left for company and it was more formal.
I’m from Boston and I’ve got a den right now! That’s where I spend the majority of my time when I’m home! 6 rooms and little old me! My Irish, off the boat grandmother had one too and that’s where the tv always was! I ❤️ my den!!
As someone living in a double wide on a basement for 30 years, this looks amazing inside with the “real” looking walls. I’m not liking the exterior look though. We have done a lot of renovations to our’s and people always compliment us. All new siding, windows and roof. We added an amazing sunroom and just totally remodeled our kitchen. It looks amazing, but still trying to eliminate the “trailer” look
I've been looking at manufactured home videos and it's striking how different the outside and the inside can look. You can have a manufactured home that looks really nice on the inside but cheap on the outside. I'll use this one as an example. The inside has a great layout with huge windows in the living room and master bedroom, but the outside (which you can see at the 36-second mark) looks like a cross between a barn and a Lego playset. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MPsoImhjh6o.html
Good info. I love the 'could-a, would-a, should-a' thoughts after purchase. That is a really nice unit. What is the rough cost of something similar. I especially like the drywall vs panels and seams.
Kerry, does your kitchen have a pantry?? If not, then that's where you can take the extra space from the master bath and bedroom and use it for a nice sized pantry.
too big for me . my kid is 18 in july and i am gonna be in a empty nest. i can fit all that i own in 1 bed room. i suppose its time i bought my own couch table and chairs and tv. just never use that stuff ...i am pathetic, i use my bed as a couch and i just eat there or standing next to a counter in the kitchen.
LOVE the family room off the kids' bedrooms. Excellent design but I do agree w/you on all three of your points. Never thought a bathroom should be that big and master's always too large too. Good info.
When looking into manufactured homes in the past, I was told floor plans could not be changed with the exception of options that the manufacturer offered. Taking extra footage from one room and adding it to another was frowned on and I was asked leave one business after suggesting that same thing. And one sales man told me "You get to pick the colors. What more could you want?"
Ooh, it's lovely! Question Kerry: the walls that you said will expand evenly if 2 feet are added to both the bedrooms and the extra living room, are those walls load bearing? I imagine they must be because yours is a double wide. I'm just trying to imagine the bone structure of ours as it is a 16 by 72. Being so skinny, would any of our walls width wise be load bearing, I wonder?
Hey Amy! Yeah I think they likely are because on the other side is a 22ft open span for the living room on one side and kitchen dining on the other. I have done the same plan without the wall between the living room/kitchen so that one isn’t necessary.
I agree that the 2 smaller bedrooms are too small. Since I don’t know your life style and we are see things from our own POV, I am curious as to why you would have 2 living rooms. Seems like overkill to me. It's always nice to see how others choose their layouts. It definitely helps a person to figure out what would suit them.
I understand the changes you suggest for your space in the house because only you can foresee the "use volume" each space will take up in time. Cosmetically though, I'd raise the TV antenna & power socket [5:28 - 5:39] so that it'd be hidden from sight. Yes, it's a very minor detail but it really stands out in such a well done house. Best wishes to you always.
If you make a change they will not follow through with systems. I have two heat registers within a foot of each other, one for the kitchen and another for the breakfast, right at the edge of the entryway to the breakfast. Other parts of the house they do the same thing, so interior walls get the last register instead of taking them all the way out through the room. And the light switches same problem, we come in through the mudroom, cross a little hall and have to keep on going all the way to the other side of the kitchen, or to the den. The den has an exterior sliding door, without a keyed lock, so we use the mudroom.The lower end finishes look pretty in photos but don’t last, my DH calls the bath sinks fancy acrylic buckets, same with the tub, the master bath could be much better oriented. We’ve had trouble with the doors, door handles. The shingles dont mate properly with the guttering, so we have a nice drip line all down the house. And we spent yesterday afternoon snaking the kitchen drain, which runs a long enough distance under the house that it gets cool and hasn’t got a lot of drop, so grease and food debris piles up after a while. Just little, aggravating things for a house that’s not even 20 years old.
A bit too open and large in the living room for me. I like it cozier. But the bedrooms are definitely too small. Two sink vanities are a waste to me. I'd rather have more space to place things on it. I also would never have a tub in my personal bathroom. I prefer a really nice shower with a "dry section" for dressing...
The living room feels unloved, it needs to look more homey. I'd get a nice fireplace and make the back den into a laundry room with lots of room to fold clothes and a drop down ironing board in the wall plus a sewing station for my quilt making. l hate double sinks,, when we built our home I got rid of the extra sinks in the master and main bath. That gave me 6 drawers, I can fit everything I need in the drawers, they're nice and deep, so I have 3 in the master bath and all 6 in the main bath. We have a half bath on the 1st floor and there's 6 drawers in there too. I also have linen closets in the bathrooms. I have storage everywhere. We live in a regular house not a manufactured one.
I agree about the wasted space in the glamour bathroom. There is way too much floor space. When we looked at news homes, I asked about making these kinds of changes that really make sense and weren't huge alterations, but that would make huge improvements. I was told they wouldn't make any personally requested changes. It really made me upset. In the end, we are buying a preowned home that we won't have to wait nearly a year for. Great video though!
Yeah it's tough for buyers right now. The factories are so busy that some places won't allow changes because it just adds another step to the process and slows things down. Glad to hear you were able to find something pre owned, congrats!
I have only a walk-in shower in my master. Just the way I like it. I got an extra closet with no tub. That being said, I didn’t build it, I bought when it was 10 years old. But I specifically didn’t want a soaker tub because I knew it would never be used and it would collect dust. I never thought buying used that I’d find what I wanted, but low and behold, I did!
This video is good for people who didn't really consider all these little details I like to think about all these little things. The huge and astronomical elephant in the room though with trying to get anything custom in these manufactured homes is how long it takes and if they're going to try and charge you extra which most likely they will and I think that's kind of unfair being you are paying for them to do the work regardless of timing and speaking of timing it takes them twice as long to do a custom home versus having something coming off the conveyor belt as pre-designed. Those are some of the big things to consider when doing or asking for some custom work to be done longer periods of time. I've seen people having to order these things a year in advance just to get some change up in dimensions which is crazy in my opinion.
OMG pause video and comment. 😂😂Who in the world put a jacuzzi tub in an office bathroom? what kind of an office are you running... are you some kind of executive... this is so funny but I'm glad I'm learning from your mistakes so thank you for the video🤗
Good ideas, that tile really grates on me and I usually don't even think of stuff like that. The house seems like it could use more insulation and sound-absorbing material (which can be the same thing). But I'm definitely getting a kind of threadbare vibe from the house as it is. I'm sure it's very warm, but I get a chill looking at it, especially in that weather. And it could use more/better lighting. Just my own thoughts on it, looks perfectly habitable, just not my style.
I'm a carpenter's daughter, and making the changes he suggests, means two feet less in the LRoom, it means moving the front entry by two feet into the LRoom, which changes the outside roof line over the existing entry. Not as simple as he makes it sound. These changes can be made before build, however, it still shortens the LRoom by two feet, to gain a foot in each bedroom.
Man oh man!! Good information here!! I will keep that in mind because I'm doing a backsplash on the home that I am ordering. I'd offer you my couch but flying from Canada to Louisiana would get pretty expensive. Hope you are well.
Hi Kerry, do you have any experience with the traditional manufactures that service the lower mainland. SRI or Moduline or the new one Tripple M. Do you prefer one over the other. How is the quality of the builds.
#1. I would have replaced the tub with a BIG walk in shower, and replaced the current shower space with storage. And like you said, no window, or frost it. #2. Agreed. #3. I am not sure if that would be possible, but it sounds good. Move master bedroom wall in 2 feet, move window over 2 feet, move front door over 2 feet, move living room wall and closet over 2 feet, and also move dining area wall over 2 feet; that should work but I'm not a builder, and a builder will likely have a dozen technical sounding reasons why that can't be done, or just to punish you for making them do extra math and paperwork they'll add $15k to the price.
That second living room as you call it is a Family Room and I don't think I've ever seen one in a manufactured home video. Seems like a waste of space, you are better of with a 4 bedroom 3 or 2.5 bath.
Thanks for sharing. I don't know much about manufactured home or modular home. This looks great. I am curious how much a unit of this size (56x27) would cost nowadays? Installation cost ?
Wow. Your home is all offices. As for Master bathroom. I think dbl sinks is great. But the big tub is wonderful to soak in but I would make the soaker n shower combo . I would have tub sunken into floor so level with floor. Thats just me. Having that combo would also give more space elsewhere in home.
I agree about the bathroom. I really dislike those "garden tubs". They take up entirely too much room. Shower and tub should be the traditional combined type.
@@KerryTarnow I don't like tubs either. I like the showers that have a bench in them. I can't stand for too long and the bench would be perfect for me.
the window in the glamor bath should have been obscured frosted.... privacy! The kitchen tiles are excelent. Mine doesn't have that.... also I'd be adding a fireplace in the house!
I'm a carpenter's daughter, and making the changes he suggests, means two feet less in the LRoom, it means moving the front entry by two feet into the LRoom, which changes the outside roof line over the existing entry. Not as simple as he makes it sound. These changes can be made before build, however, it still shortens the LRoom by two feet, to gain a foot in each bedroom.
You do understand that taking two feet from one end of the home and adding it to the other end of the home, changes everything in between, don't you? The front door would have to move into the LR, and that would also change the roof line over the entry door on the outside of the home. It's not as simple as you make it out to be. When you add/subtract space from one room it affects the adjacent room/area, you can't take what you've gained from one end of the home to the other, unless you make the changes before the build, and that would still affect the size of your Living Room by two feet less in length. I'm a carpenter's daughter who has been around job sites, all of my early life, and still reads house plans, and am able to envision changes. If it were only as simple as you make it out to be. lol
I'm 68 years old. There is nothing glamorous about being naked in a giant sized room, plus that's a big space to keep warm. I also hate a toilet that is not within reach of a sink faucet. I also don't like sharing a space in a bathroom. I like my privacy. Make that huge bathroom into two. One with just a toilet and sink, and the other with a tub/shower, sink and toilet.
Hi Renee, thanks for watching! the point was to show the things I would change to hopefully help folks who are buying, I love the house. Have a great weekend
Are the standard tubs that you find in conventional homes an option for a manufactured or modular home? Many of the pictures I see of used manufactured and mobile homes on the market have completely yellowed. I just wondered if the bathroom has enough room, could the owner replace the yellowed tub with a standard tub that might be found in a stick built home.
What is the gap that's btwn the master bathroom and the utility room/master bedroom closet? It isn't marked in the floor plan and there isn't an opening to it on the floor plan.
What brand house is that? Also what do you think would be the best brand to buy in FL to withstand our weather and hurricanes??? Every think abut branching out to other states?
It’s a palm harbor. Palm Harbor is the only company I’ve dealt with in the states and they were good to deal with. This one came from their Oregon factory. These changes aside I do like their homes. I’m in Canada so I don’t actually sell into the states.
Hi, Another question, please... Where you would add two feet to the bedrooms, one foot to each, that's a great idea. However, why not add one foot to each on the other side as well? One foot to the den, and one foot to the bathroom? Especially since the children would have to share the bathroom. Or six inches to the bathroom, and eighteen to the den. Thank you for your time. Take care, stay safe, have a nice day. 👵☺️✌️☮️🖖 😷 🙉🙈🙊
I have a video coming on this topic. It really depends on a bunch of factors so every place will be different. If you already have your land you're in the best position to negotiate because if they don't get your business they're missing out on that sale.
Not sure how you can add a foot each to the other small rooms and make it look even a tad bigger ? (I mean how can a foot make a difference to the look / how will it look?)
There is a park locally that has offered me a brand new Ada Americans with Disabilities Act mobile home with everything at the height I need it and they will do the lawn in the driveway but it's $135,000. I received an inheritance but I'm not rich. I have been thinking and I may take them up on it if I can put save 40% down and take a loan on the rest. That still wouldn't be ideal I would rather buy one already there because most of them would fit me in my wheelchair. I have sent emails to Homes at a second Park which is $150 more per month. I have nobody to give me advice so I'm not quite sure what to do but I need to get out of this apartment so that I can take things directly from my family home and put them in my new home. I cannot live in the family home I would never use the upstairs or the basement and it would be too much maintenance for me as well. The family home is where much of my inheritance money is coming from.
It’s a customized Palm Harbor from their Millersburg OR factory. This is the closest plan to it I could find on their website: www.palmharbor.com/our-homes/floor-plans/sr-floor-plans/fp-20-nw-Deschutes-WI28603W/#.YAeIy6T9clQ
Hi, Thank you for the video, very informative. Question, since you can make custom changes... Why not put a shower head over the soaking tub? I miss old claw foot cast iron tubs. They were great for soaking, and had a shower in them. Claw foot tubs don't use as much water as those huge new soaking tubs. I'd also put a floor drain near it too, incase of overflow, or leaks. I like showering with the tub plugged up so I can soak my feet at the same time (do a pedicure afterwards). Another question please... Why doesn't anyone use solid surfacing like Corian for walls in the bathroom tub and shower areas? It would have no grout lines to keep clean, except for joining corners. They use the solid surfacing as restroom stall walls, and doors in the Orlando International Airport, in Orlando, Florida. Been using it since the rehab back around 1992 or so, held up very well over the years, no graffiti either. I don't know what Corian sheets cost, but no back break scrubbing tile and grout lines seems like a good idea to me. Any trimmed off to fit a shower tub area could be used as backsplash coverage as well, bathroom and kitchen too. I just don't know about it's heat resistance to go behind a range or stovetop. But considering it's original intent is countertops it should be ok as a backsplash too. If you have time to answer my questions, thank you very much for your time, help, and consideration. Take care, stay safe, have a nice day. 👵☺️✌️☮️🖖 😷 🙉🙈🙊
Hi thanks for watching! You could definitely do a rainfall shower head in the ceiling over the soaker tub, would just need a way to make sure the water didn't get everywhere. As for the corian walls 1 issue would be the cost and the second would be the probability of it cracking in transport. I used to buy out of a factory in Oregon and they stopped offering corian counters too anyone who was shipping a big distance because they would crack. If it wasn't for that it's a cool idea! Thanks again for watching
@@KerryTarnow Hi, Just thinking, wondering, how the airport got around 100 restrooms installed with solid surfacing dividers and doors if the solid surfacing is so rigid that it cracks so easily... Huh...? Ok. Thank you for the information. Take care, stay safe, have a nice day. 👵☺️✌️☮️🖖 😷 🙉🙈🙊
@@KerryTarnow Hi, me again. Reffering to shower head over the soaker tub and water getting everywhere, shower curtain. For claw foot tubs they used to make oval shower rods to encircle the tub, suspended from the ceiling. You just need to order bent tubular pipes shaped to the bathtub. Sears and Roebuck held the patent for the tool that bent the tubes, (my husband's grandfather invented it, and they took it). As to how to find someone to bend it to shape, I have no idea. But it can be done. Just hang it like jet rail for the front side. Again, thanks for answering. ☺️☮️🖖
Where did you buy the MFH ? Where did you place it and are you hooked up to city or rural ? I am contemplating selling my condo and buying a used one. But I don't know where to start looking or who to contact for information. I want to be in the country not the city and no lot rent. Do you have advice? TYIA
If you buy a used MFH from a mobile park and move it to a vacant lot, the banks will not finance the home. They think the integrity of the structure would be compromised if the home is moved a 2nd time. Just FYI.
Gigantic Master Bedrooms and Master Bathrooms are a total waste of space. Give me a VERY nice shower, no tub, double vanity & toilet, a bedroom large enough for a king bed, 2 nightstands, and a shallow entertainment center. Then, give me a very functional closet with lots of built-in drawers and hanging rods to store everything in there instead of in the room. The room itself never needs to be larger than 12x12, and I could probably make it work in something even smaller in a pinch. The key is good and organized closet space.
Don’t leave windows open if it rains. The paper wrapped mfd sills will swell and bubble up. Ridiculous that they use that junk as inside window trim. But nice home. Tnx
