Mobile Home Remodel (less than $5K) 

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This is incredible !! Love your story and I love mobile home living. It's really not bad at all to live in a mobile home - I have a horrid roof and I have applied that rubber stuff 3x and it still leaks in areas ): I want a house eventually but I need to save a lot before doing that. I made my back porch but it's now fallen in - it was made from pallets lol 😆 I'm definitely a cheap person and don't know how I could ever own a nice house - BUT someday that's my goal to have a large home with 2 living rooms and a huge backyard space for decorating and having people over. Love that right now we can coast and save money 💰 and don't sell unless u really want to!!! Where do u live at? I'm in fort wayne Indiana and I want land also but can't move my home since it's over 10 yrs old the city won't allow it to be moved out of the park 😢 so someday I'll have to part ways with my first ever home

@@DavidOwenCreates You are much younger than I am so don’t give up on your dream of a stick built home! I’ve met RN’s, firefighters, and college students that have sold their mobile homes to buy really nice homes after living here for years! One couple lived here 10 years and bought a huge home on 5 acres. They fixed that house up 2yrs before moving. They sold their trailer to my husbands best friend. Another lady GAVE he trailer to someone and bought a nice stick built home with cash! She stayed here 12 years. Don’t give up. My old neighbor was an RN. She moved after she finished college and became a nurse practitioner. She sold her trailer for $6000. My plan is to be done with my trailer and land purchase in 5yrs. I homeschool so we plan to travel and homeschool on the road half the year. I live in Louisiana actually 7 minutes from the Duck Dynasty Estate! Yes this is a very nice area but I still want my land for a garden and a huge deep pool lol 😂. Keep working hard! I wish I lived near you. I would have your porch frame up in two weekends lol 😂. I LOVE helping people! Mobile homes are not everyone’s final destination but it can be a major confidence booster and smart financial decision to reach your goals.

Thank you for your positivity 🙏 welcome to my channel! I create things on Fridays, so DIY projects including home remodeling. Tuesdays I post more vlog type videos, haul videos, and product reviews. So that way you can shop with me and find good deals and also shop at stores such as dollar tree and find things at the store to make our project for our Friday video! I hope you do enjoy the content and I'm glad you are here!

Oh girl!!! Thank you please watch my.latest version !!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html

@@DavidOwenCreates absolutely. Subscribed

He is SO inspirational and talented!!

How'd your remodel come out? I started one 4 days ago

David Owen That’s actually a great suggestion lol. And great video btw!

@@liviwilson1867 lol I can only use free licensed music so I don't know what people want from me 🤣🤣 Thank you that means a lot to me!!! I worked so hard on this home and I AM BACK AT IT AGAIN!! Small remodeling/redecorating the entire house. What a process

David Owen doing the same for myself on a similar sized trailer

@@liviwilson1867 are you really!!?? So cool :] is there anyway for me to see progress or updates I LOVE WATCHING OTHER PEOPLE WORK HARD AND MAKE THEIR OWN HOME customized to however they want it! Best of luck!

Some people just love to complain. If the music is their biggest problem in life, then they will be just fine😂

I have an updated video on the home. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html I only paid 800 bucks for this home in 2017. Whoever owned this home prior to me, which I was told was multiple different owners...none of them ever took care of the home. I fix it from the roof to the floor.

Oh my 😆🤣 well I admit the music is so annoying.

Thank you! I definitely learned a lot through this and I know if I ever did another one I would do so much better than this one. Working with a small budget is hard to remodel everything in a home. So after this video I have been slowly redoing things.. this year I plan on tackling a lot more like the enclosed porch, but I have to get rid of a lot of stuff before even attempting that. So glad you liked my home. I am actually currently in the middle of deciding on changing up my cabinets or not or hardware or what approach I am taking. I want to create a unique look through the kitchen and living rooms that give off boho industrial farmhouse vibes almost eclectic but within those 3 design styles! I am so excited for this

Yes, I'm going to enjoy this!!!

So I’m buying a single wide to remodel and I have a few questions. 1. Did you have any concerns with adding weight to the model home? 2. What type of A/C unit is that in the window? That’s all I have right now lol

This is a weird question, but did you buy this home in Southern Indiana?

Hell no!

That’s amazing!!! 🤩 how exciting!!! I know nowadays it can seem impossible to achieve something like this but focus on what needs repaired for function in your home. That bathroom light fixture was $6 so I’m telling you don’t worry about the pretty stuff - get the right windows, walls and doors and flooring (as cheap as you can without sacrificing durability). We got my front door that’s all metal in the clearance section at Home Depot it was a custom made $500 door I scored for $100 bc it had a dent in the metal and some scratches. My back door was pre used, FREE! You can find dirt cheap materials, even free you just have to look for it.

I'm curious how yours looks

Thank you!!!! They have still held up and haven’t curled or anything crazy - tacking them down with several nails really held them in place. The stain I did on them did fade away so they are a light tone but I do like them still, I think I may eventually add a darker stain to them but they work for now and I love how they look like thick planks!

You'll have to wait and find out in the next videos what happens :]

Thank you! 😊 I definitely have tried my best after this video - I want it to look completely finished. Window trim and cutting trim in general .. well just say I tried my best and I have to borrow the saw whenever I wanna "try" again. It's something I've always wanted done 100% but I'm like 23% done after going to be 5 years this May here. May have to move out due to companies buying the land so at my next place I will try even harder to complete the little touches like that - thank you for caring 🥰

It is still a piece of work I swear! I have to repair the ceiling again in both the spare rooms - I’m tired of the water coming in the roof, this has been such an issue for me. But hopefully someday I can get a house and have a bit more space to play with

Thanks for watching it - sorry it was a crap video If you are curious I have an updated version of the remodel (more of a video not a slideshow) I can link it for you! But let me know if you have questions bc it seems scary at first and know you will run into problems that's just how it is lol 😆

Might I add this was 4 years ago when I paid these prices - (so now your looking at prices going up since that's how life is anymore..)

@@DavidOwenCreates Friend, I did not feel that this was a crap video. And for a young person starting out and doing this on your own, $5,000 is a pretty big budget. You bought your home and it looks like you are in a mobile home park, thus are also probably paying a considerable lot rent in addition to financing if you were not able to buy your mobile home outright. Add to that upkeeping a car, food budget, utilities and hopefully a generous entertainment budget so you are having some fun with friends! It is quite a lot that you have accomplished amidst the daily costs and etc. And you are probably working a full time job, thus fixing up your home is something you do as much as your can, but you aren't able to make it your primary focus every day because of your work. What I'm saying is that it is completely understandable why it has been 2 years for you thus far (the amount you did in the video). And this is my understanding from just watching your one video I came across a couple days ago. I'd like to see some of your other videos. I've just been researching the heck out of mobile home stuff the last couple days as my focus because the sheriff's auction for the mobile home I wanted was yesterday. And I am thrilled to announce that I won the bidding! I AM SO HAPPY! I am purchasing a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1088 Sq ft mobile home that is 22 years old and sits on @0.42 acres! And I got it all for a phenomenal price! Yay! And my mobile home is quite a mess because it has been abandoned for probably a decade. I can hardly walk around the mobile home because of all the sticker bushes. Roof looks good (but still is due to be redone) and with no visible leaks, but 2 windows were broken. Doesn't appear to be mold, though. I can see the crawl space through the floor vents, so obviously going to need underbelly insulation and repairs. Flooring is in awful condition. And is it a rule that anyone abandoning a mobile home must steal at least one kitchen and/or vanity drawer?! Lmao! 🤣 This is like the 3rd or 4th abandoned mobile I've seen missing drawers! Anyways, watching your video was reassuring to me that it's all going to be great! Thank you for that! Also, I felt like I was meeting a kindred spirit. I bought all this stuff to create my own Christmas tree before Christmas and it's still all stacked and the living room is a mess! Lol! I would like to see more of your home DIY and you inspire me! My ex husband and I had a house we worked on rehabbing before we split. I've done drywall. I'm pretty handy. I fixed the dishwasher, washing machine and TV last year. There's still some jobs I will probably be hiring an expert for and I know this will be an ongoing project for a while. And it's going to be 30 to 60 days before the court finishes up and I get to close on my home. But it's all going to be awesome!

@@dontworrydehappy7104 I'm so excited for you!! I def am ready to move on to my forever home though I will miss this mobile home so much. It's served me the purpose and I have been saving for a better home. 😌 someday I will get into it and redo the entire process of remodel. I know and have learned a lot by taking on this project house. I'm so grateful for Any one who helped me out during that time of need. As I was barely making it back then I now can say by the Grace of God I am doing very well and am most fortunate. Some people don't understand living alone can be hard sometimes - where you only have 1 income to take care of everything - my friends think I have it easy and maybe I do compared to them but it doesn't mean it's any easier. Thanks for your kind chat 😀 I am so curious what you do to your mobile home. If you want to send photos email me @ dseman17@gmail.com

Oh wow. That is a lot of work!! I definitely hope I inspired you in some ways to come up with cheaper solutions that appear more "high end"!! My house has totally transformed within the last 3 years.. I have another video I posted after this one, the most recent updates and remodel to be more modern the video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html Thanks for watching :)

Thank you 😊

Thank you! It really does. I am glad to have done it myself to learn from the experience. I can do better next time around :]

I actually was not expecting to make this video, so I do wish I got more video of me doing the work. But I had just thrown the photos together and added music 😂 The ceiling was a pain! It is still not done how I want it BUT there is no cracks and holes anymore. I took out the old hanging ceiling pieces, clean cuts and added new material (dry wall) made sure the insulation was okay as well. Then after securing the drywall to the studs, I went over the dry wall with this textured stuff I found at menards in the the paint section, I added it to my white paint and painted that on over the drywall. I also added more texture clumps in some areas to hide the cracks. I wanted a flat ceiling but I'm not scrubbing the popcorn ceiling off, that will take too long. I hope this helps!

@@DavidOwenCreates My ceiling is some kind of cardboard material. I may be using 1/4" dry wall on mine. Your's look like it's coming along good.

Thank you thank you!! I actually would love to do that as my career. Maybe someday it'll happen :) my house feels so homey right now i can not wait to share what all has got done, new video coming soon!

So looking forward to it sweetheart I admire you for being so young and making your own home don’t let ppl bring you down either and don’t apologize for your videos because ppl are going to hate you hold your head high and go with your dreams prayers and hugs

@@kathycortez232 you are so sweet!!!! Thank you for lifting my spirit

Thank you. It is way different now

Yes it will be gorgeous when you are done so happy and excited for you!!! Best of luck on everything - let me know if you have any questions 😊

@@DavidOwenCreates hey we just found mold in the bathrooms and laundry room 😞

Hey Nancy!!! 😁 yes so worth it To be get a fresh start in a somewhat crappy place just feels so rewarding doing it yourself And making it a true home.

Thank you!! I have a new video up showing the entire home now Wpuld you like the link to it??

Oh yes! Thank you! 💖💜💖

@@SuzesCarnivoreLifeAfterBypass ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html updated version

Thank you so much

Thank you so much! My home has slowly evolved since this sideshow here! I try to come out with new fun videos every Tuesday and Friday:)

Thank you for caring! I am so excited to show how it looks NOW I've been working so hard on it

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Not sure if you started your floors or not. I love love love my floors. Very durable in my opinion. I have lots of scratches and dents and what not and the sealant has worn down and the color faded alot. But honestly I love the character it gives me old farmhouse vibes so it works for me. But the gaps are a bit too big and dirt gets down in the cracks and it doesn't come out to be honest. Even vacuum cleaners don't get it out. That's something to consider or maybe put the boards closer together. The ones in my bathroom are literally side by side touching and the sealant was easier to apply bc of that. They have held up well and no dirt in cracks bc no cracks are there! .. the whole reason for the gaps was because wood expands and shrinks but I haven't noticed much of either or. Good luck with your flooring

Thanks 🙂

Drywall is best for the thickness bc of insulation. But I used thin panels that ultimately were cheaper to use and I put those over the existing panels so my insulation is actually pretty good 👍

What did you use on the wall/backsplash in kitchen? Looks cool

@@kristiankyles0718 thank you for noticing. I actually used the old brick paneling that was on the one of the walls in the living room. I simply cut it up and put it up as a black splash to repurpose it. Sealed the cracks with caulk! Painted it with a fresh coat of stark white! You can actually buy that paneling at your local menards, home depot or lowes. I usually look out for sales before buying anything especially if it is a project that can wait a couple weeks out. Thanks for watching:]

Thank you! I am not changing too much to the bathroom, I am going to organize stuff and maybe down the road put one sink in and get rid of the other one and redo the countertop but I have no idea if that's in my budget for this series

Well I have mobile home, so I am not completely familiar with foundation based homes built on site. The foundation is going to be one of the most important things to keeping that house up. I would most definitely have an inspection by a professional if you think the crack is that bad. But again I am not familiar with stick built homes since I am in a mobile home. Hope this helps!

I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you soooo much :) I have some upcoming projects, some decorating tips and an entire home tour of my NEW 2020 look I will be posting so stay tuned :]

I paid 800 cash for mine. It was a legit dump as you saw 👀 but this was also 5 years ago... but I'm sure you could find dumpy ones for around 1 - 2k that ppl just wanna get rid of. Might have cat piss carpet or broken windows but if you replace it all anyway 🤷 I found mine off Craigslist lol 😆

@@DavidOwenCreates dude that's absolutely incredible!!!! I'm about to do this it's a very smart investment for an affordable permanent place to live

I customized my paint color at Menards! I told them to mix 2 colors to get this medium gray tone. I suggest swatches and bringing them home and putting up against the walls to what rooms you are painting/cabinets! After choosing or narrowing down to 3 swatches, get very small sample sizes and paint them on the wall and you can see which is your favorite with the lighting in your home! I also suggest doing the lighting fixture first to get a better feel for what you are gonna get paint wise!! I would check local resale shops for lighting! I got light fixtures $7 to $10 at this Amish resale shop!! Anything I didn't use I resold on facebook marketplace for the same price I bought it for!! Habitat for humanity and goodwill may be too expensive just FYI

David Owen what did you use to replace the ceiling inside? Sheet rock?

@@aprilaaaaaaaa I just made sure the actual wood was OK still not rotted and then reinstated the ceiling Put that plywall up on the ceiling screw it in and go over it with paint or whatever lol so yeah sheetrock. I

Why wasn’t a garbage disposal put in ?

I don't need a garbage disposal - I throw any waste in the garbage not down the drain - I have never used a garbage disposal in any home I have lived in plus I'm afraid someone will cut their hand off 😅

After removing the previous panels (carefully if you are reusing them) I actually used the old walls plus put new panels over top for better insulation double paneled! I checked the insulation to make sure no mold was present or leaking of any kind, if the previous insulation was fine I kept it, if it was black and wet.. that is MOLD. I carefully discarded that to the outside trash.. i sprayed bleach from dollar tree right out of the container not diluted on the molded areas, if the wood was solid still it's fine, let the bleach soak the wood and wipe it off and then spray it again with bleach and let it soak and put a fan on it to dry before putting new insulation in, I went with the basic stuff from my local hardware store! If the wood is molded and weak like the water ate through it, you have to replace that wood with new! Just cut accordingly and use long screws to attach the new wood to the surrounding wood. Also that means a leak was present so I would find where it was and repair that also maybe and in most cases on the roof! I had so many holes in my roof and I used TAR the stuff that goes on the roads, and gooped it on the holes an inch out from the hole.. and when my entire roof was covered in tar spots and dried... I went over all of it with white elastothermic coating thats made for roofs. I bought the 5 gallon bucket and used 2 coats! I hope this helps you out and feel free to ask me more questions !!!

So COOOOL!! I would love to see photos of your home! Have you checked out my updated version of this home!??? I have since redesigned my home to a modern boho eclectic style. I love walking into my space 😌

I believe it was the roof leaking. I repaired my roof using many different products (tar and mesh for the cracks, elastomeric roofing on top of that) I also had to repair the damage done to walls and ceilings

So the floors... they are sealed with 3 coats of a matte polyurethane finished, lightly sanded in between coats allowing full dry time for each coat as well. They probably need to be redone now since it's been a few years... pine plywood is super soft so not made durable for flooring.. However, I went a cheaper route because actually wood floors are way too expensive for me. Also, It is just myself living here not a lot of traffic on my floors. And my cats have never peed on them but they have thrown up, easy clean up! If it gets in the crack, I let it dry and take a skinny metal object to pry it out and clean it up with a vacuum cleaner, then spray it with bleach I know sounds crazy but you gotta do what you gotta do! The spacing for boards, we used a penny to space them cause I wanted a slight space for expansion and shrinking for the season changes.. but my bathroom has no spacing and its doing just fine without it! (The boards are touching) I actually like the boards crammed into each other because the sealant went on faster and smoother and overall no dirt in the cracks 🙃

@@DavidOwenCreates aww...thank you sooo much!!! lol...i get the kitty drama...we have a kitty sanctuary so i totally get the crazy do what ya gotta do part!.. u actually had the same lay out of the trailer i once had...i miss it sometimes...thank you once again for ur time...much peace~love & happiness to u !!!

This was the nicest comment!!! Thank you so much! 💓 absolutely love this layout of the mobile home- it's been real and fun living here but I am on the search for a house now.. hopefully I'll get there. 😌 peace and love your way as well

Thank you for your concern. All particle board was replaced with thick plywood, it is a very sturdy floor. I've had the home over 2 years now and the floor is doing fine, no buckling up if anything the walls are started to bend haha but I don't plan on living here forever :]

I also might ad we installed waterproofing material between the thick plywood [subfloor] and the actual striped pine plywood [actual floor].

@@DavidOwenCreates Oh great! Looks amazing. You did a really nice job.

@@blumaroo thanks Steph!

I want to connect my single wide into shorter double wide. Knockout front wall of single and back wall of double wide. Connect both then remodel entire home.

i know I'm kinda off topic but does anyone know of a good place to stream newly released series online ?

Thank you. I tried so hard and still am doing more. I remodeled my porch finally but haven't shown the reveal yet! 😬 this is a 1981 Fairmount. It's in a mobile home park just out skirts of the city

Thank you!! I have a "deleted scenes" video I am posting tomorrow if you are curios.... I did nail the boards to the subfloor, with a nail gun. I put paper in between the subfloor and wood floors though....paper that you is for keeping out moisture I got it form Home Depot!

@@DavidOwenCreates cool love to see it i thought on the paper part roofing paper. i did a job a floor remove job for a flooring store i guess the pros do that

I am self taught/ I learn from watching RU-vid videos or research online. I do a lot of tutorials on my channel so stick around and subscribe for free how to and do it yourself content

Welcome! Thanks for sharing this with me, love to see new friends on here

Well I am still in the works of cleaning up the space and making it look nice. But the overall remodel procress was around 6 months

David Owen awesome,how much did you get it for? And $5,000 to do everything after?I am trying to do the same thing.Just don’t know to much,I will use your videos to help guid me.It would be cool if you can name the material,osb or what not,pretty sure I can figure it out if I can find something decent enough to fix up and live in at the same time or something like that.

@@TraderRY I purchased the mobile home for $800 off craigslist. I applied to live in the mobile home park, they did a criminal background check and credit check. After all that. I paid the guy selling it in cash and got the title. You may not luck out like that. But you could find a free one on craigslist. Just keep your eyes peeled and search everywhere and anywhere Drive to the parks and ask how much lot rent is what bills are separate and all that. That could make or break you, if lit rent cost 800 and you have utilities to pay.. that's too much.. in my opinion. Anyway, the remodel part I actually googled most of everything. How to install a window. How to redo pipes. What to use to patch a roof. I just did it all instead of having someone else do it. It took me nearly 6 months to complete the home with help from friends and family ... then I started moving my stuff in and living there. Now it has been almost 3 years and I have projects to finish up and fix some things and redo my home decor since my taste has changed. Hope to hear from you in another video!

Thank you Alma 😁

I replaced the boards that needed to be replaced, I have photos of where we took out the insulation to the bare bones and those were the areas I replaced even floor joists like in my master bedroom. I haven't had any structural issues living here going on 4 years now. And if that's something your not comfortable with replacing I would hire a handy man off task rabbit or see if you can find a friend or relative willing to help which is what I did.

You can bomb the home if necessary. I had none in the house - and had huge holes in the floors no raccoons either lol

@@DavidOwenCreates thank you for the heads up! much appreciated. great job btw!

Thanks so much! I really took this place to a livable home - it was really really bad - and all my friends said don't buy it. I got it for $800 and got straight to work. I wish I had videos of doing stuff and teaching what not to do etc but I wasn't recording during this time - just got some photos in here n there 😅 definitely check out part 2 I did a new updated video so you can see the house more clearer what I did to it HERE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html

I did most of the work fixing it up major things I was not familiar with my family would step in and help in some way. I spent less than $5K on fixing the place up,the price of the home was only $800 that price is included in the $5K amount!!

You can catch up on where I am at in this point in time by watching any of these videos which are apart of the series. Sorry they are not the best video quality and well put together but I am trying my best. ru-vid.com/group/PLY85H3vCfrCtgGbQ1nVryI1ed77mTolOL

And the trailer is located in fort wayne indiana

David Owen Thanks, I will check them out !

@@valerieann2751 let me know what you think! I appreciate honest feedback

I look at it as something to start with. It's glorious we even have a home. Some people don't 😳 With keeping that in mind. I think being positive overall will give you that will power to push through this. I did it and I had no money saved. I went to the bank and luckily they gave me a personal loan. I borrowed about 6K. I obviously have to make payments on that until it's paid off which I'm more than half way already done paying that loan. I used half the loan to pay off my credit cards, and the other half 3K I had to use towards my nasty mobile home. (haha) just fun saying that 😄 And I knew nothing absolutely NOTHING about remodeling or construction at all! I simply RU-vid EVERYTHING I learned on my own and taught myself things I didn't know I could have done.... so it was a learning experience. However I got the luxury of living at my moms home while I remodeled this mobile home. (If that's not an option choose ONE room to sleep in and either get it done as fast as possible or do that room last) tape it off with clear window plastic its like 6 bucks a roll at your local hardware store... start little by little and ask for help ASK ANYONE tell them you will buy them a pizza for helping or beer whatever it takes 😉 I cannot tell you how much you will learn from other people as well. I started with fixing my roof up.. I used what is called elastothermic insulating liquid.. something like that I patched every hole possible with tar that you use on the roads lmao... then put that white elasto stuff on top of everything. 2 coats. That alone took me 2 weeks to do. Then I did my floors and pipes and then repaired any ceiling damage. Moved onto the windows and I got cheap windows from Menards, which is a cheaper hardware store in Indiana. I paid nearly 800 for 6 windows... which is crazy 😜 BC I paid 800 for this entire trailer!!! Just food for thought. Windows are important to have thick ones not the thin ones, they will help keep the heat and cool in the home. If you have more questions FEEL free to ask them! I am always here! I made this comment way too long haha. Be sure to watch my next home update video! I will be uploading it soon and then my final results will be posted within the next couple months! I'm so beyond excited to share my beautiful home

Hey Rhonda! 👋 this was a fun long project still working on my errors throughout - I love my home regardless but ya know I wish I had something nicer. It's a cute first home but I am ready to move on and get a house. I hope someday I can get there!!!!

@@DavidOwenCreates I come from military....dad, stepdad, 1st husband and my 2nd current husband of 34 years. We moved ALL the time!! I was always the “new” kid 🧒. Anyway.....lol......I always get the itch to move....it’s like a clean out fresh start but unfortunately haven’t been able to do that in 7 years....I’m feeling it!!

Yes it was!

I'm sorry you did not like the picture video. I wanted to use all the photos I had and was not sure how to put them together as a slideshow. I think remaking the video at this point is not a concern of mine. Thanks for the tip though.

David Owen I didn’t expect you to remake it, it’s just a suggestion for future videos.

The floor is made from pine plywood from menards or any local hardware store. It was much cheaper than using carpet or the faux wood!!! I also wanted real wood so this worked out! I cut each 4 ft by 8ft sheet of plywood down to 8ft long by 7 inch wide. Those were the base planks I used, and I cut accordingly when laid down in the area. I sanded over the floor as a whole when it was secured down. Just a quick sand nothing major! Use stain or watered down paint for choice of color and seal it! I used 3 coats of polyurethane! The boards were firm but it's been a couple years now and the seal has rubbed down, but I'm not worried about the floor, it does have scratches and small holes from my cats but I think it gives it character Haha!

@@DavidOwenCreates what was the thickness of the plywood

@@Winkster1978 it was half inch

Amazing to hear that!!! That is some awesome pricing you got! Only $500 to move it!? Wow. I haven't even looked into getting it moved because I need to purchase land first to put it on. Remodeling is hard work!! It is rewarding in the end. It has taught me a lot! I actually only paid $800 and I took out a loan for $3K to do all the remodeling. It wasn't exactly enough money to redo everything but it did for the most part, new windows, new doors, new walls, new floors, just about everything you said you did! Haha.

@@DavidOwenCreates David, if there is a HABITAT FOR HUMANITY "RESTORE" retail store near you - or even within a 100 mile drive, it is well worth it to visit that place. I bought a beautiful chandelier for my dining room for $8 and it sold at Home Depot for $125. I for a Kohler elongated toilet brand new (Home Depot $245) for $45 and a beautiful perfect matching pedestal sink for the bathroom for $25 (Home Depot $160). The place is huge like a Home Depot and the stuff there comes from homes that rich people buy and their high maintenance wife wants to spend 10,000 b ucks to remodel to her liking. So all the stuff taken out of the high end home is donated to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY "RESTORE" (non-profit) and sold for pennies on the dollar. You can't imagine the kitchen cabinets, countertops, jaccuzi tubs and on and on. my kitchen cabinets are all raised panel red oak - not a scratch - perfect - and the whole cabinet cluster in the kitchen cost me $300 which includes the new matching sink base I bought at Home Depot for $130. I want to send you pictures to show you what we did to this kitchen (new drywall texture/paint, laminate flooring, etc.). Please PM me and send me your email so I can send you pictures. If we ever have to move the place, we can just disconnect all the heavy stuff, remove it and reinstall it after we get the place moved. My research brought me to the fact that mobile homes were made to have the heavy appliances already installed when they were moved. Accounting for that weight, if a person took out appliances before the house was moved, but had other materials that might be considered "heavy" installed, then as long as those materials were not overly heavy, the house would be fine when moved and the appliances, solid wood cabinets, claw footed antique tub, toilet, sink, etc. could be reinstalled easily at the new destination. The moving of the house cost $500 and it took about 45 minutes for the mover to hook it up on the big semi truck, 25 minutes to drag it through the prairie - some on a paved highway and the rest on dirt roads for about 15 miles - and another 30 minutes to put it into place, disconnect it and help us level it a little bit with his big hydraulic jack. He made $500 in about 2 hours. Made me want to buy a semi truck and move mobile homes for a living - good money !

@@garywilson818 I actually do have a Habitat for Humanity store. 2 of them where I live! I went there once.. maybe I will check them out again but that store did not have anything you just said haha. It was like crappy stuff for high prices. I was disappointed. I could find better deals elsewhere and I did. I got light fixtures for $7 at this amish resale shop. Cabinet doors and trim for $1 each. So instead of taking down the old cabinets, I replaced the doors and painted them, they look 97% better than what they did before. I mean for doing it myself anyway.. Nothing I have is super high end but I'm okay with that cause it is a mobile home. But as a whole, I think my home looks amazing compared to other mobile homes I have been in. Thank you for sharing your story! You can email me at dseman17@gmail.com

Gary Wilson who did you find to move your home that’s a awesome deal I’m trying to move mine on my land and trying to compare

@@successfulsigz475 in maine i got quoted 5 grand to move a mobile home.. and that was in the same trailer park. only wuda moved a few hundred feet

$800

3K

Thanks Sandra 😅 I def need to fix somethings and do a decor refresh and re show it 5 years later

Hang in there. You never know what can happen. My church built my moms friend a home.. I even helped put together a wall. They had the entire church there volunteering to build a home from the ground up. It was incredible 👏 so if anything seek the Lord and you shall find what he thinks you need and from that point you know he is real and just follow him and what he wants us to do. I always put my trust in the Lord in any situation- I always come out of it on top and feeling better than before.

Thanks and yes I can break down pricing if you need me to (you also gotta remember 4 years ago things were a bit cheaper 😉)

Thank you that means so much to me!!!

@@DavidOwenCreates yw

Actually no I did not do that with a jigsaw or hand saw. I used a table saw for that and had some help with my step dad. I came up with 7 inches wide by 8 feet long because I wanted the planks to resemble barn wood floors

still very impressive to rip them with a table saw on a piece by piece basis..good work!

@@therealflamelit thank you! I appreciate that :]

Oops forgot it's 14 w,70 in length....,14x70.... 19:56

I’m sorry I’m not sure what the question is nor could I answer as I’m a DIYer not an expert. Thanks for watching!

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It was awful! I had to take so many showers to get it off me

At least you dont have to take a 700 dollar shot every time lol

@@reaperasylum2163 oh man!!! That would be awful!

I have an updated home tour video if you wanna see what it looks like now. I have had this home for 3 years this month! 😁 This is a 1981 Fairmount Home tour: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html

@@DavidOwenCreates ok im watching 👀 it now

Lmfao! 😂😂😂😂 STAHP

I was curious if it's not too much trouble do you remember the name of that song that's in that video on the RU-vid editor

@@Doom963 haha if you are serious I can look it up... but since everyone else has told me how much they hate the music I am doubtful

Yes please I am serious

For the most part I did, we checked behind walls and I resurfaced the roof, replaced doors and windows I took care of all mold issues and replaced damaged wood including ceiling too. I replaced floor where needed and then put that beautiful plywood over to give that farmhouse flooring. This home is from 81 😁

I am sorry you became dizzy from the panning and zooming! I will never make a video like this again 🙂

I found it on the free sounds youtube allows creators to use. I am sorry you feel that way. Not every one of my videos has horrible music like this one :)

David Owen It’s not bad at all, people always forget they have a sound button! Lol

@@valerieann2751 haha thanks Valerie. I mean the music is annoying I get that, but I've already stated that they can turn the volume down or off and listen to whatever they want to, I don't really see the point in re-editing/ re-uploading it. 🙃

Yeah I put new wood and I had cleaned any area with bleach and let a fan sit on it.. you must not have watched all the way through but I understand it is a boring video. I repaired anything that was damaged.

It's their theme song 🙃 JK

Not sure lmao

I did the work, with some help from my family.. my family did not charge me labor lmao. This was much less than 5K for everything!! The new windows and doors, the paint, the flooring, the new walls, EVERYTHING I did in the video was less than 5K. I don't have the exact number but it was less than 5K even purchasing the mobile home, I only paid $800 for the home itself

@@DavidOwenCreates Awsome family and and Awsome job! And unbeatable budget! Was wondering if we can hire you to fix our mobile home. :) ..... Never mind.... Congratulations!

@@guqun haha you are so kind to say that! Thank you so much:]

I have a different video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html

Lol what???

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html I think my home is amazing! Here is another look you might have missed

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Not sure what you expect for 5 grand but This is what I am able to afford. Do you honestly think I would be living in a mobile home if I could afford anything more 🤔

@@DavidOwenCreates I am glad you didn't let this person get you down. Even if you could afford more, why do it? Twice in my life I bought houses that screwed my budget such that I didn't have a lot of money for as great of vacations, entertainment, etc as I would like. It was stressful. It was depressing not being able to do the things I wanted to. I just bought a fixer upper mobile home. I am purposefully aiming to live far below my means this time. I have some things to sell and do in making this change, but I believe it is so worth it. I don't ever want to have financial stress ever again. Living below your means has so many advantages. And all of it has to do with enjoying more fun, giving more and etc. You can get good seats to a concert (or whatever you wish to attend) you've always wanted to go to instead of just watching music videos. And you don't have to go alone - if your friend isn't well off enough to go with you, you can treat them to a ticket, too. For that matter, you can afford to donate to your favorite causes, which is always a win win. You can put money in investments. 401K, etc. You may think you're to young to think about this, but even putting small amounts in now will accrue so much interest by the time you're ready to retire. And you can afford to retire young and have plenty of money to be able to do all you want to. And you have your inexpensive mobile that you paid off way before retirement, so its been years since you've had a mortgage. If you feel like splurging on art supplies at somewhere other than dollar tree, you can. You can afford to upgrade to more environmentally friendly things, such as solar power, which will all be a win-win for decreasing your electric bills. Insulate your home better, consider composting, etc. You can actually have a bucket list and achieve anything on it, even the expensive things. Eg: I've been hot air ballooning, ridden in a helicopter, scuba diving, whitewater rafting, done drag racing, driven a Lamborghini (the company charges by the lap), etc. When you travel, there are lots of free things to do (gorgeous parks to hike, swimming, etc), but there are also lots of fun things to do. Allow yourself to be financially able to do those things. Living where you are might also mean having a job that is more satisfying to you. I hope the job that is most satisfying for you always comes with a huge paycheck, but if your bills aren't much, you can also afford to go back to school for a different career or maybe make a career out of your crafts. And you will always know who your real friends are. I have quite a mix of friends, but I know that even the ones in half million dollar houses (I'm guessing, maybe 300,000 but they still look big and nice) will be happy for me and glad to come hang out. I hope all people are kind to each other. I hope you soon get to surpass that point in your life where you are living where you are because of financial means. Your home is beautiful and you have put a lot of your heart into it. It could be the place you consider to be your greatest blessing for allowing you more fun in life. Best wishes to you!

@@DavidOwenCreates ps - if you didn't have a junky mobile to redo, you wouldn't be flexing your creative muscles and making it have much more of a creative personality than a brand new McCookieCutterCamper. I did buy a brand new camper a while back, which still cost far less than having a big mortgage, but couldn't get myself to personalize it much because why spend more on something that's already done? I realized after I bought it I wouldn't be experimenting and creating one of those cool skoolies (buses converted to rvs), etc. If the mobile etc is rundown, takes the fear away of screwing something up and looking awful. Lol. And it allows you to create something beautiful. :)

I honestly want to know what to do so I can do this . Please

Former foster, E'S dog , and wheelchair accessible.

I do apologize for the lack of quality in this video. However, I am posting an updated version (more of a current home tour) if you want to see how the home turned out! It will be on my channel this week!!

@@DavidOwenCreates I'm sorry, I wasnt trying to be mean, just was being honest, plus you said it also in the video that your house was messy lol. Me and my husband are interested in rehabbing a mobile home, so we were trying to get ideas by watching RU-vid videos.

@@ceolagilchrist96 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1RiOPDYeAGk.html I have an update video you may like the end results a lot better! I hope lol

@@DavidOwenCreates I love it!!! You did a great job!!! Can't wait to see the porch!!!

Part ONE of my front porch remodel is up ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AchbP0XlJaE.html

Was the video disorganized because I actually organized it by showing the before and then during and after of each room but also didn't plan to make a video of this.. it just came to be. To inspire others! Will do better next time!