Anyone own a mobile home?

[markgm]

I got a new job and it'll be about a 50 mile commute from my house. I'm thinking of picking up a mobile home closer to work. The cost of the place will be less after utilities and such than the cost of gas, plus I would avoid all of the traffic and have 2-2.5 more hours of my day to myself. I figure I'd head back home on the weekends.

Anyone have any advice or pointers? I found a place but have to call for more info, it looks like it's in a small park, around 9 homes.

I can't imagine how easy it must be to make one of those look decent inside, I think my current bedroom has more square footage!

 

[SearchMaster]

Rent one.

 

[Rage187]

they can be nice inside but they lose more value than a car does driving off the lot. I'm with Searchmaster, rent one.

 

[markgm]

It's a used one, I couldn't imagine renting one for less than the cost of buying one unless someone somehow pays me to live in the place!

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: markgm
It's a used one, I couldn't imagine renting one for less than the cost of buying one unless someone somehow pays me to live in the place!

I'd still rent one. I'm assuming this is short-term. You don't want to get stuck with one if you buy it.

 

[Kirby]

Here's a good thread about someone looking for a trailer.

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: markgm
It's a used one, I couldn't imagine renting one for less than the cost of buying one unless someone somehow pays me to live in the place!

I'd still rent one. I'm assuming this is short-term. You don't want to get stuck with one if you buy it.

It's as long term as planning on having the job, I'll look into it.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Don't buy.

 

[vi edit]

Be sure to check into the land lease it sits on. Some trailer homes have a land rental fee that is as much, if not more than the cost of the trailer loan.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Also, check out any place at night. You don't want to have to deal with noisy neighbors or anything else that goes bump in the night.

 

[Insomniator]

Never living in a mobile home is one of my main goals in life. Just build a big tent or something closer to work.

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Here's a good thread about someone looking for a trailer.

Hehehe :beer:

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Insomniator
Never living in a mobile home is one of my main goals in life. Just build a big tent or something closer to work.

A yurt is what you're looking for.

OP - will someone be at your house while you're away all week? Do you really want to leave your house vacant all week?

 

[markgm]

I rent out a room to my brother so I don't feel as bad having 4 bedrooms.

A yurt looks perfect, but I'd get killed on the heating and air conditioning costs! Hopefully Insomniator lives in California, but then the whole fire thing might come into play!

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Rage187
they can be nice inside but they lose more value than a car does driving off the lot. I'm with Searchmaster, rent one.

QFT...almost all the parts are proprietary and will break. Security is non-existant...they are like living in a car as far as that goes.

They can be great in some instances like owning one in the keys. Hurricane blows the shit away, just by a new one. You can't build down there right now.

 

[Juno]

sleep in your car, STAT!

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: Juno
sleep in your car, STAT!

Buying an RV was a thought, I wasn't sure where I'd park it though.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: markgm

Originally posted by: Juno
sleep in your car, STAT!

Buying an RV was a thought, I wasn't sure where I'd park it though.

Rent a parking spot?
Get a VW bus

 

[NetGuySC]

Find out where the foreclosed mobile homes are sold in your area, you may be able to pick up a very descent five year old double wide for $15 grand like a friend of mine did.

He calls it cheap living until he saves up enough to pay cash for a house.

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: NetGuySC
Find out where the foreclosed mobile homes are sold in your area, you may be able to pick up a very descent five year old double wide for $15 grand like a friend of mine did.

He calls it cheap living until he saves up enough to pay cash for a house.

I've only seen a few listed so far, they all range from 45k to 97k.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: markgm

Originally posted by: NetGuySC
Find out where the foreclosed mobile homes are sold in your area, you may be able to pick up a very descent five year old double wide for $15 grand like a friend of mine did.

He calls it cheap living until he saves up enough to pay cash for a house.

I've only seen a few listed so far, they all range from 45k to 97k.

And you'd spend that kind of money instead of renting?

 

[markgm]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: markgm

Originally posted by: NetGuySC
Find out where the foreclosed mobile homes are sold in your area, you may be able to pick up a very descent five year old double wide for $15 grand like a friend of mine did.

He calls it cheap living until he saves up enough to pay cash for a house.

I've only seen a few listed so far, they all range from 45k to 97k.

And you'd spend that kind of money instead of renting?

Renting a place is going to run me anywhere from 1200 to 1400 a month.

 

[thedarkwolf]

$850 for one near me have to move it to your own land but its probably worth more then $850 as scrap. Land is cheaper then dirt here so it would almost be worth it just to live in while saving up to build a nice house on the lot.

 

[Saulbadguy]

The problem is you will be living near the scourge of the earth. You can have the nicest mobile home in the country, but it will still be a piece of shit because of the absolute scum you will live next to.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
$850 for one near me have to move it to your own land but its probably worth more then $850 as scrap. Land is cheaper then dirt here so it would almost be worth it just to live in while saving up to build a nice house on the lot.

except where one would build a nice house there are usually exclusions (not HOA rules) that prohibit trailers and mobile homes from being erected.

Its a good thing as otherwise you'd have a family of 8 adults in a double-wide in your nice neighborhood saying for 10 years 'they are getting ready to build'.

Meanwhile out of 4 men, none can manage to cut the grass more than once every 2 months.