Manufactured Home Blues

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I have lived in manufactured/mobile homes in the past, and I have to tell you, they were probably the most energy-efficient places I lived in! You can share with the nay-sayers what you shared with us--that your home is functional, comfortable, not in need of repairs, and has withstood the test of time AND mother nature and that you are proud to live in your beautiful country home!

I am so happy for you that you have such a place to call your own! You and your husband should be proud of yourselves for not putting yourselves in a position to have a mortgage you couldn't afford by buying outside of your price range. You got the home you wanted, and it was in your price range. You got nothin' to complain about, girl, and I for one am envious of your prefab house in the sticks! If other people complain... well, so what? Don't let it ruin your happiness.

Don't even worry about the bad rap over mobilehomes/manufactured housing. Most of that is based on an old stereotype from half a century ago that some parts of society can't seem to let go of. Don't let it affect you or impede upon your happiness and contentment in your home.
 
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I have lived in manufactured/mobile homes in the past, and I have to tell you, they were probably the most energy-efficient places I lived in! You can share with the nay-sayers what you shared with us--that your home is functional, comfortable, not in need of repairs, and has withstood the test of time AND mother nature and that you are proud to live in your beautiful country home!

I am so happy for you that you have such a place to call your own! You and your husband should be proud of yourselves for not putting yourselves in a position to have a mortgage you couldn't afford by buying outside of your price range. You got the home you wanted, and it was in your price range. You got nothin' to complain about, girl, and I for one am envious of your prefab house in the sticks! If other people complain... well, so what? Don't let it ruin your happiness.

Don't even worry about the bad rap over mobilehomes/manufactured housing. Most of that is based on an old stereotype from half a century ago that some parts of society can't seem to let go of. Don't let it affect you or impede upon your happiness and contentment in your home.

Wow, thank you, I think that you hit in on the nail. Not sure if I can even add to what you said, you said it so well.
Thanks.
 
For those interested, here are a few pics of my MFH.
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Living room, bonus space and bedroom #2. Bedroom #3 is my boys room and a national disaster right now thus not pictured.
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Kitchen
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master bath
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Thank you all again so much for your help and support. The community here is the best that there is.
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I do feel a lot better about the negative opinion that can surround these types homes. Thanks to all for
the posts and some good ideas for the naysayers.
 
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I Just realized you are Roy Rooster, and I called you "girl". Sorry about that! LOL!

We should all be so lucky to live in a prefab house on a foundation in the Smoky Mountains.
 
Sounds to me as if you have a great set-up. I, too, have lived in a mobile home twice and that is what allowed us to afford to buy land. MHs come in all sizes these days. I had wealthy older neighbors in Washington state who had a posh MH by choice with lots of acreage. They rode horses and he planted standard size peach trees in his 70s and lived to pick the fruit. You could sink in her carpet and a deck wrapped around it. Her landscaping included a native flower bed with endangered species.

I think what gives mobile home parks a bad name is a bad mobile home park operator. We have such a park in my closest town. We also have bad neighborhoods with houses. On the other hand, there is a mobile home park that I pass where the mobile homes are upscale with landscaping and everything is maintained by the operator. My mobile homes were basic housing but I never felt degraded and you shouldn't either. Keep your eye on your long term goals.

I just saw your photos and you live in a fancier abode that I do. In fact, I would trade places with you!!
 
and come to think of it, the shed and coop we built will probably outlast the house. Built out engine crates and the engine shipping tie-down brackets, the shed might tip over but it'll be in one piece. Unlike what I fear will happen to the house, come a tornado.
 
Since my husband died I'm back to our thoughts we had on a Modular Home. I love them. Not the trailer type, but the ones that are set up where they can even be blended in a regualer neighborhood. I want land. It isn't cheap and I don't really have an income, but waiting to see if my survivor benefits will be honored through the VA.

Even before I have loved the MHs. One time we took my oldest so to see them. My husband and I made him follow us and knock on the door so we could open it. He thought we were nuts, but when I opened the door and said "Oh, come on in," he did a double take, walked back out the door and then back in. These things are amazing. The other thing about them that I know has to happen in California is, they have to meet all the same standards as a stick build house, PLUS! They hold up well and they give you more space for your dollar. Now if I can just find land to put one on, I'll be satisfied.

Two of my daughters always tell me I need to find a REAL house, but they have a little more money than I do, don't own homes and have never bothered to look inside of the modulars. Their loss.
 
I lived in a double-wide Mobile Home in a Mobile Home Community for 20 years. The wheels underneath had been removed and it was on a pier foundation, so it was on the county property tax rolls instead of having DMV fees. There was NO wasted space, it had cathedral ceilings, wonderful light-colored wall panels (not that dark "wood" veneer paneling), and I loved it. I did not love the "Community" in which I lived, which was the most expensive one in the entire county. Wait, I did like it, I just didn't like the HOA and manager(s).... I was always getting "cut your weeds" notices, and reminders that my cats could not be allowed to leave my lot. Yeah, right.

It was 1154 square feet, with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, very airy kitchen and a full dining room plus living room and "den" area. It was a 1977 Fleetwood model, so it did have the seam down the middle but you had to think about it when you looked for it, because the floor plan hid it it on the floor and the cathedral ceilings hid the fact that there was a seam up there. I had a new roof put on it and suddenly it was very quiet - I had actually loved the sound of the rain on the roof I no longer heard!! I used to joke on myself about living in a Tornado Magnet and being Trailer Trash. (I am kinda low-brow, not very fancified, so it didn't bother me.)

It was MINE. MY home. I sold my 724 square foot "stick house" with single-wall construction to buy it. Granted, my neighbors were too close when they were bad neighbors but just right when they were good neighbors.
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I wish I could have afforded land with amenities to put a manufactured home on it... because they are wonderful homes.

You have a BEAUTIFUL house! Only an idiot would think you are living in something less than magnificent. Phooey on 'em.
 
Nobody should EVER think of a manufactured home or a doublewide as "white trash" homes. Those homes are full of love and when kept in good condition are beautiful!

My husband and I, being raised in OK are both against them for tornadic reasons...even in PA. Old habits die hard!
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I think you should be proud! You have your own home, on a beautiful piece of land and there is enough love in your house that it's bursting at the seams! Good for you and your family!
 

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