Because of total cost for sq ft we chose a double wide. Mobile homes BTW sell by the square foot. Single wide or double doesn't matter in that respect. If we had built a house likely at double the cost of the 1200 sq ft we live in we would have had a real hard time paying it off and likely lost it. We also had two teenage kids at home. I was in my early 30's when we bought it. I was also in a lot better health so the double wide was a wise choice vs a house payment of at least double as fate soon showed. We had the company put in full size {house} doors in all rooms for starters.
They build some really gorgeous manufactured homes built to specifications of site built these days. I have been researching this for a few months now but realize I cannot afford anything more than the park model home. I need land to put it on as well.
I need something smaller to take care of and to clean so that is another reason and then the healthcare issues. I have already got appliances that I purchased when I was still working so don’t need those. And I am not getting any younger so need to start thinking about where I will spend the rest of my life.