manufactured homes

[maxinemovies]

I never even talked to a salesman until I had thoroughly researched everything and we decided that this was the way to go. Then we researched sales people to find the one we wanted to work with. She's got an easy job with us because she didn't need to "sell" us on the idea of a manufactured home. We knew what we wanted and how we wanted it done.

My independent thinking is fine, thanks.

What research did you do to bring you to the conclusion that you came to about manufactured homes?

Maxi

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[maxinemovies]

LOL, this turd polishes up real well, thanks.

Maxi

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[Oscar_Lives]

Common knowledge. Trailer homes suck. Manufactured homes are same as trailers. Ask any realtor. They don't sell and they don't appreciate.

People don't want 'em.

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[Joshua Putnam]

This was true of older mobile homes, back when they really were considered mobile. But it is now quite common to eliminate the title on a permanently-installed manufactured home, so it becomes just like any other improvement on the property.

Washington State has even made it illegal to discriminate against approved manufactured homes in zoning -- cities have to zone them essentially the same as any other single-family residence.

[Joshua Putnam]

Yes, things definitely have changed -- better manufactured homes built within the last 10 years or so are built to some fairly tough standards, better than stick-built building codes in some parts of the country. If you can avoid the really obvious mobile-home appearance (low roof, cheap skirting, etc.), they can appreciate like stick-built homes.

A professional building materials supplier will be able to get foam moldings and trim. It's actually a relatively established product, a lot of stick-built homes use foam moldings inside and out, even some fairly high-dollar homes. I've seen it in homes over $300/square foot construction cost.

[Ralph Mowery]

That was the point I was trying to make. Several years ago I was talking to some contractors that were getting into the modular homes. From what they said from a visit to a manufactor there were two production lines , one for mobile homes and one for modular homes. They were made almost the same. One had a title and it was called a mobile home and the other line did not have a title to it and was called a mudular home. The town and county I live in will not allow mobile homes in some areas. They will allow the modular homes. I can not tell the differance just by looking at them. Some of the modular homes still look like the mobile homes to me. I hate to bring it up but it is like Bill Clinton's sex. It may not be sex as he understands it.

[Stretch]

Oscar,

Get real and lose your old prejudices. I work on HVAC systems in houses, manufactured homes and mobile homes. The new manufactured homes are nothing like the old trailers. Yes, they still make cheap mobile homes. But the new manufactured homes can be VERY nice. Just because you are prejudiced against all manufactured homes, does not mean the whole world agrees with you. I live in a site built house, but there are a lot of manufactured homes I would live in. Some You couldn't tell the differences between the site built and manufactured homes.

Stretch