Welcome to my "trailer park!" Mobile homes have a stigma and it is NOT deserved in the new generation of builds! For real estate inquiries ONLY: Casey Roman Broker, Coldwell Banker (910) 524-9332 casey.roman@gmail.com.
If it weren't for the manufactured home industry my little girl and I would have ended up in a cramped terrible apartment without our pets when I got divorced. For less than I would have paid in rent every month I was able to buy a 3 bedroom house with a big yard. I definitely had to get over the 'stigma' of it but it sure didn't take long.
I live in Southwest Florida. I downsized from a 3/2 CBS home with a pool....CBS is Concrete Block Structure. I purchased a mobile home in a retirement community for less than some people pay for a new pickup truck. The home was built in 1966 which is the year I graduated high school. Imagine how many hurricanes this little gem has survived. At least one Cat 4 Charley in 2004 on Friday 13th and Cat 3 Irma in 2017. I'm still here and so is my sweet little trailer.
Having been in both residential and commercial construction for some years, I explained that manufactured homes were built in a factory. Every cut perfect. Built, as you said, under ideal conditions. Can't say that about stick built.
We live in Canada in a gated 55+ retirement village in 20 year old "mobile homes". It has paved roads and driveways, street lights and full amenities. It is surrounded by a golf course, ponds, fountains, trees, bridges and gorgeous landscaping. It has a huge club house, a restaurant, pickle ball and lawn bowling courts and two swimming pools. Most everyone plays golf and drives a golf cart. We take pride in our homes and update it to make it look beautiful. We can live in our "trailer" 12 months of the year but most folks are snowbirds. The cost of buying these gems increases every year. We moved from a house in the city and pay about half the cost. The condo fees include water, sewer, garbage removal and snow ploughing or grass cutting. When not involved in the active social programs, we travel in our Class B. Our kids thought we were crazy to buy a "trailer". We still have a guest bedroom when they come to visit us in our little piece of paradise.
This is a great video, I’ve always wondered why people were so snobby about those homes, as they can be really nice. I’d totally live in a manufactured or modular home. In fact, hearing the one dumpster fact makes it even more appealing as I hate how much we humans waste on the daily.
Great vid Casey! Thanks for explaining the differences that a lot of us didn’t know... do you know what’s really a shame? It’s a darn shame in a wealthy country like this that housing isn’t more affordable for more people... Millions and millions of people cannot afford to buy a home and that ain’t right....
My last home was a manufactured home on 5 beautiful acres. After it was constructed and placed on the foundation, a factory rep came out and did a complete walk through and made note of any little things that needed to be fixed and within a week it was all fixed. Everything was minor but he went over it with a fine tooth comb to make sure it had been installed correctly. One thing he said struck me- how many stick built homes can go down the freeway at 60 mph for 1,500 miles and not fall apart? I lived there 18 years and only had very minor repairs.
You are right about the modular homes. We purchased two to be used as rental investments. We really liked the floor plan so we bought the same plan for house No. 2. Since they were across the street from each other we added a different porch with deck to house No. 2. It completely changed the outside looks so you would never guess they were actually the same home. Like cars they can be optioned up. We added upgraded cabinets and tile to one of he homes. Modular homes are built to to the same building code as stick built homes. We could be certain that every thing was plumb and square and no corners had been cut where the inspector would not look. We recently sold both homes. They are treated the same as stick built homes in the resale market. Personally, I don't' see a stigma attached to modular since they are indistinguishable from stick built.
Yes, Joni. Young families need a place to live that doesn’t put them under so much pressure. What is great is if they own the land & finances improve for them, they can build a sticks & bricks on that same land to replace the mobile home. We definitely need to quit selling land to non Americans when so many need a place to live.
I live in Borrego Springs Ca. I know lucky me. Also I live in a mobile home in one of the most beautiful settings in the desert. My home as with all the homes here were built before 1976. I love my home as do most of the folks here. I believe there are 200 homes surrounded by a golf course, tennis court, pickle ball court and a fabulous swimming pool. Our lot fees are very high, but are home prices are very reasonable. Living in a “mobile home” is glorious. No stigma here.😎
Interesting how many tiny homes are moving to 10' wide and more. If you aren't regularly driving it down the road, a few extra $ for oversize transport is well worth the livability when parked.
Very interesting, I didn’t realize the differences among the three types and the construction standards which have to be met. Excellent choice for good quality affordable housing. Great info. I always learn something new from you. I did miss the “bye weirdos.” I expect it, you have me well trained!!:)
Nomadland has already driven up the prices of buses, vans, and other convertible vehicles. Bob Wells said they used to be able to get Dodge Caravans for around $4000-5000, now they are more like $6000-7000.
Informative vlog. I was impressed about the lack of trash afterward. Personally I’ve always been attracted to a modular concept. There are very beautiful homes that could be constructed. Now for land though.
I ordered a 2100 sq foot cape cod, early spring allowed the modular sections to enter roads. Large crane my house was up and on foundation in 1 weekend. Comlpetely finished with garage 2 days later. 5 days total.
Soo...I grew up in the trailerhood, I have no shame in this fact. .I have this advice for these smart people seeking to buy these gems. Live Large in those homes on wheels that arrive at your property turnkey, yes, everything included with the ones off the lot. (most all built on 16" centers, sheetrock walls and ceilings, Yall need to check these things out! Call Casey she can hook you up), and here lately I have seen more SMART people find and refurb these as well. Its Cash in Your Pockets all the way around, find one of these on a foreclosure and you are really stacking the dollas. Ok. So mobile homes depreciate at a faster rate than stick built properties in about 90% of all cases. Mobile not modular..Rapid depreciation=low taxes. Throw an Deck across the back with an ABove Ground pool (Personal Property nontaxable in most cases) and "Cash In" on your very own Oasis...How do I know?? I am an Assessor.
In North Carolina you need to look at the insurance laws on manufactured homes Not sure if it still applies but after seven years you can only get insurance coverage on a manufactured or modular at 50% of its value. If the home is valued at $200,000 the insurance company would only offer coverage at $100,000 after the home hits seven years of age.
Check with a Farmers Insurance agent. I retired from Farmers in 2019 and we were still offering replacement on MH's in NC, no matter the age(other insurance companies may not). I have a MH that's a 1989 and it is insured for full replacement, on the MH, other structures and my personal property.
Thank you so much for this information you are so knowledgeable and it has cleared up some of my questions. In my area, though, which is the suburbs of New York there are only a few parks that are actually old trailer homes - mobile homes built before 1976. I am looking at one, but I am afraid to buy it because it probably does not have those HUD standards you speak of. I don’t think it would be advisable to buy one, but it’s very limited here and I have to stay here for at least three more years, so I am in sort of a quandary. Thank you so much for your very informational video, and very straightforward and honest approach.
Back in 2013 I looked into modular homes...Blu Homes in particular. I stopped after what I wanted (designed myself on their site) would exceed 1 million dollars. The land had not been added yet. I live in SoCal so let's just tack on another million. Yeah...not affordable. Fun fact, two weeks later the company invited me to see a newly constructed modular Blu Home at Joshua Tree (think Coachella desert). It was owned by a actual Disney descendant...you'd have to be to afford this type of modular home🙄
Nice history lesson Casey. I lived in just about any type home, and the best ones keep you warm and dry. Even lived in a hotel for 1/2 a year after selling my 14x70 that I bought as handy for "shore duty" before turning into a "sand crab". Had to add: The sale of the home you showed pre-listing had to be a record time wise and what an offer you got.
I look down upon people in trailers, I do. However... I do give props to the industry, the modern trailers ARE very nice, they have gentrified the crap outta these things. However, I'm still glad I live in a custom MCM style stick construction home that I designed myself. One thing nobody talks about, at least during the 2009-2012 time period, from what I understand, no banks would make a loan on a manufactured OR a modular home. Modular homes are just trailers on a foundation. I'm not sure about her hisotry on "pre fab" homes. Our neigbor built a prefabricated home in 1976. It was a standard home, stick construction, the foundation was poured, all the wall sections were just built in the factory, brought out on trailer, and assembled onsite like building blocks. Then the pre-assembled roof trusses came out, were installed, and then the standard roof sheathing, etc.. It was cheaper because assembly happened on and aseembly line in a factory an not at the building site.
We have had several manufactured homes and finally the one I am in now has many structural upgrades. 120 pound snow roof load instead of the required 85. Raised pitched of the roof and metal roof and full foundation. Yes the large home you showed is just Gorgeous this old hippie is not really into being all that fancy. Not sure in other areas is another distinction for here is if the "Mobile Home" has been made to real property. Tongue and wheel axels need to be removed and the paperwork is done with the county so it is no longer licensed like a trailer but considered real property. It is meant to stay on the lot. AND on an upside usually the taxes are much less because yes they do appraise for less but where I live they can still go for very high prices. There is one listed kind of locally that is totally trashed and asking price is still 200K. Yes it is on 13 acres. And YES hubby and I used to flip houses and would have bought this place and flipped it years ago. There is $$ to be made here but that 200K needs to be negotiated way down. Just call me the "Queen of my Double Wide Trailer with the polyester curtains and the redwood deck"
There are snacks at the end of marathons. They pretend that they keep you from dying. As if a bottle of water and a donated granola bar makes running that much ok. It does not.
I remember doing a mandatory 25 mile nature hike with 200 other people up and down the Southern Californian mountains while carrying pieces of a weapons' system made in 1946...... it was definitely not fun. On the manufacturer's homes vs. stick built, there is not much of an external difference, besides detached vs. attached garages in my area. All of the new stick built houses are just generic boxxy exact copies of each anyways.
@@CaseyRoman Make sure you check with insurance companies before you build, if you go that route. The insurance company I worked for did insure Barndominium's,(they have a lot of them in TX) but the living area had to be at least 51% of the entire structure and there were a couple other requirements in order to insure them. You don't want any surprises!
Ok this is for Michigan concerning a mobile home. In 1990 we me and wife bought a Holly park this company was supposed to be top of the line at that time. Junk junk junk. If your looking for one take a good carpenter with you and he our she will point out most of the material is low end junk material. Also resale value there is none. They don't last long before they fall apart. I recently visited the new ones last year 2020 and the material is still the same and cost more. Just saying.
A weirdo non-basement house is not for me. Good information though, I've seen listings of "manufactured" homes and I assumed that was just a fancy name for "trailer" home.
If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck, it’s a duck. It’s a flipping Doublewide anyway you look at it. Love you girl but this one we will have to agree to disagree.
LOL.. well, AZ shopping princess... Just gleaming from you *name* I am sure a *flipping doublewide* is way beneath your tastes. That's cool.. I would love a home like the one featured in the vid!!! To each their own, princess!
