[2ndDivisionVet]

How many here live in a manufactured home?

[ResisTyr]

Bookmarked. Thanks 👍

[Yaelle]

How many here live in a manufactured home?

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Not me. I live in a cave. Very close to the one Batman lived in.

[Nifster]

Mobile home parks in California can be very nice not unlike your local subdivision.

Not so much in Georhia

[maddog55]

Wife and I did when we first got married for 2-3 years but it was a single wide on a private lot not a trailer park. We lived in a trailer park when I was in the Navy going to school cause that’s all we could afford and no base housing was available.

Nothing wrong with them except where they might be and the shxt that’s around you. Lot of retirement communities are trailer parks.

[ExGeeEye]

Putting my hand up

[trebb]

Never have lived in a mobile home but have been in a few very nice ones - some bigger than a lot of houses as they get doubled/tripled up and put on solid bases at a fraction of the cost of a stick-built home.

[kanawa]

Currently living in Ontario. Bought 50 acres of undeveloped land 6 years ago in New Brunswick, about 1000 miles from where I am now. Been working and saving to get ready to head that way not for retirement but for redirection and rejuvenation. Damned if I'm going to sit around here in a puny bachelor apartment waiting to die.

I needed something there to transition to while I work on developing my land. I looked into mobile home communities but the big drawback for me was that I wouldn't own the land but rather lease it. The least expensive I found was $250/mth. Now that's 3000/year and if I stay there 10 years that's 30,000 bucks ~poof gone~ with nothing to show for it.

Kept looking and found a mobile home out in the country on its own 1/2 acre of land. Went to look at it last weekend. The asking price was 36.9K, I was thinking of offering 35K but luckily didn't blurt out an offer....

It has a deck out back and large backyard which is very important to me at this time. My dog, Sam turned 15 last August and in the last few months has begun to decline. He has to wear pants and a pad because he can't hold his water so well anymore and he seems confused at times. It hasn't been easy on either one of us. I really want to get him down there and give him one more good spring/summer/fall before the end. I want him to have the deck and the yard so he can go outside, lay in and enjoy the sun and breeze, where he can drink as much water as he wants and pee whenever and wherever he wants.

When fall begins to give way to winter and if he is still alive I must do the right thing and let him go. I'll be able to bury him in a special spot on my 50 acres where I can go to remember him.

Anyway, the property looked good. Needs a little TLC but nothing that was a deal breaker and I was prepared to make my offer. Before I could the real estate guy says 'look I'll be straight with you, the owners want a quick sale and will take 27K for it'...almost 10K less than the listing price. Well, that certainly sweetened the deal for me and I went for it. We're in the process of dotting the 'i's and crossing the 't's. I asked for a closing date of Mar 29, my birthday is the next day and I thought that would be a great present for me!

This is also on the property and will be included...

I'm thinking I can haul this to my 50 acres and it'll give me shelter while I work on developing the land.

[chicagolady]

I do 3 bdr 2 baths 1664 sqr feet everyone who visits thinks it is gorgeous! Fire place deck. Track lighting throughout

[weezel]

I do. I used to deal with a lot of mobile home parks too, as service manager for mobile home dealerships.I know about mobile home parks and my best advice is, should you think of investing in one, make it a lot only park as opposed to having mobile homes for rent. When people own their own, they make better tenants. PLUS, if they dont pay their rent, you can evict them and keep the home.This is much more incentive for them to pay up!

And as I said, I live in a double wide on 10 acres of land. I love it.

[redfreedom]

We lived in several Mobile Home Parks during our early years.

Our last park was very upscale. Paved/curbed streets, conventional garages, strict rules on maintenance, appearance, age & type of home, pets, fences and vehicles to name a few.

What we found in these trailer courts, all of them, is the down to earth friendliness of all. Few cliques, if any. Little to no arrogance. Very helpful neighbors.

We never lived in a trashy one, full of junk cars, dilapidated homes, garbage all over, drug dealers etc.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

How many here live in a manufactured home?

Nope. We sprinkled some seeds on the ground, added water and fertilizer and grew our home naturally, the way God intended.

[alternatives?]

It seems like to me converting a shipping container would be more durable. Not as mobile however.

They have the tiny house show on TV but not sure how many are actually built. They seem very expensive and I wonder how water tight they are after a few trips. The bus conversions seem to be more reasonable and water tight. An old camper trailer, like some here have purchased, seem to be a much better buy. Buy one for less than $5,000 and put the $40,000 to $95,000 you save in the bank. You’ll be a lot better off in 5 years.

[TexasBarak]

I do. Small, but comfortable and affordable, on my own land. Bought it ten years ago, and I’ve since gotten a better job and doing okay- but I just don’t see any reason to move out of it (and moving my workshop would be a nightmare).

[Engedi]

We started our marriage out in MH park. It was a really nice park with pool and community center. We lived there for a few years then bought our home. For us, it was good experience.

[mountainfolk]

A bit of advice to any who are interested in buying an older mobile home to put on their own property, or lot. We bought an older trailer for a weekender and after reworking it for worn out under carriage pipes, insulation etc. realized it would have been significantly cheaper as well as time saving, to buy new parts rather than piecemeal fixes. Just tear it all out from getgo. You are working with a small area as compared to regular built houses and can splurge on indoor improvements as well. We loved that place and sold it to a retired man when we moved from the state.

[Impala64ssa]

My lovely daughter and SIL bought one, a 10 yr old unit in excellent condition. The main drawback with with them, fire. My wife volunteers for the Red Cross, on night we responded to a family whose mobile home had a small fire. Even thought the damage was confined to the kitchen stove and the rest of the house looked in good condition, the fire marshall condemned it and said it was beyond repair. The fire compromised the unit’s structural integrity.