Mobile Homes, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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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.
