Mobile Homes, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Look what I just found!
Warning: ugly. You could lose your mind if you look too long at these pictures.
https://www.mhvillage.com/homes/3249381/photos
How does the human mind think this up?!
"Want more photos?"
I'd pay you not have to look at them.
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The good. This is my favorite of 401 homes in my park. The exterior is perfect. Look at the clam shell metal shades covering every window!
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Bay-Ranch_Largo_FL
There's a reason (two) I wouldn't buy.
The lot rent is based on the fact it's a double wide.
The interior needs to be practically gutted. I'm not interested. Who covers their floors with carpet? Did they have a dog? Did someone die there? I'm sorry to be rude but it happens.
I love this home but I've been through six years of a renovation that never got finished.
Far too much stress and expense.
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A contender. I like it. I like the location.
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I would consider this one but the price makes no sense. It has a private garden and a wheelchair ramp. It's next door to the next one I'm going to post. I'd rather have this one because it's a little nicer and the one I'm going to show you next is on a corner lot next to the two lane road with the entrances to all of the parks in the area one to the left of the second home below.
Clearly, it was zoned that way.
I don't want to live next to the road but the park has a big fence and this house has its own fence.
https://www.adamscameron.com/p/7349-Ulmerton-Rd-Largo-FL-33771/dmgid_172579785
Down from 95k!
I'm pretty sure shrubbery could made the garden a private paradise but noise would be a factor.
There are two types of mobile homes-- those with and those without insulation.
I doubt this one is insolated. That's something that a handy owner does when they have plenty of resources and decades of time in their hands.
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I went inside the 38k place tonight because it wasn't locked! My bad.
I don't know what you're supposed to expect for 38k. It was a little rough.
The bathrooms would have to be remodeled.
The road is too close.
The garden has potential but would need a lot of work.
I could live there but could probably do better.
I wanted to look at the other house but it was pouring rain.
I could live there
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A contender. I like it. I like the location.
said in Mobile Homes, the good, the bad, and the ugly:
A contender. I like it. I like the location.
This is newly remodeled including the roof.
It's perfect for the price.
It's a double wide and I'll have look at the difference in rent again.
All that research and I have nothing!
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The last one looks promising.
Do you get hurricanes in your area?
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I like the contender a lot, and the others all have good points.
Are these close to where you're living now? It always helps to know the neighborhood when you're talking about things like noise.
Having spent a lot of time in hot climates, I vote for insulation, if you have the option!
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Steve, yes! A hurricane wiped out Tampa at the beginning of the last century and then Milton last season was historically devastating. They thought Pinellas and Hillsborough were in the direct line but it hit closer to Sarasota.
Hurricane season starts in June with the worst starting in mid-August.
Mary Anna, all of these are in the same park. I'm hoping I can make a cash offer and it will be accepted by the park manager who's also a real estate broker. Then I would sign a new land lease and register my new place as a sole owner.
Insulation provides energy efficiency but also protection from noise!
I want the one I've labeled a contender but it's a two tier lot rent system.
I get a rent increase letter every year but can't remember how much the lot rent is for a double wide. I need to look into it.
I'd like to move into a completely renovated place but it might or might not be possible.
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Another contender.
I hope something works out. I'm finished with this place and feel I need to live alone.
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I worked for a big mobile home park management company for six years and saw a lot of stuff.
Pro-tip: Check the floor under the water heater. It’s pretty common for it to rot out, sending the heater crashing in to the crawl space, shearing water and gas lines in the process.
It’s cheap to fix, just make sure it’s solid.
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Thanks, Steve. This place was bought as is but it wasn't inspected (not my business at the time because my name was added later). It has too many problems. In retrospect it was never going to work. For instance the roof needed to be replaced from day 1. None of us involved had a viable plan for that. Then Milton practically ripped everything that wasn't metal off half of it. This will be my money and my decisions.
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It only reached 80 today! Plus cloudy, scattered showers.
You'd think that would give me energy but actually my body intuitively tells itself to use breaks in the weather to recharge.
I probably need B vitamins because this fatigue is constant. They lived without air conditioning in Florida by building houses that controlled air flow, letting the breeze blow through, and not letting the heat build up. This structure has a lot going for it being metal in a wet climate but air flow isn't one of them. / off-topic
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My living room will have a farmhouse table smack in the center of the rectangular floorspace.
I've had years to plan it.
It will be a dining table, drafting table, puzzle table, and desk. The surface will be wood, no press board, no tile, and smooth.
Along the outside might be ancillary pieces of furniture for storage, and a comfortable chair and ottoman. This chair will have a small table with its own light fixture. I'd like to have a bookshelf.
The kitchens are not large enough for functional dining room tables.
The dining room/ dining room table in my parents' house was the center of the life of the house. I want the same thing.