What's wrong with manufactured homes?

What's wrong with manufactured homes?

25 years ago every fucking finance dickweed said "It's a car you sleep in, it only goes down in value"

And now the trailer home I grew up in is $125,000 instead of $6,000.

I WISH I could affoed a trailer. Even just a single wide.

Trailer trash are born there.

Nothing. It's the people who live in them.
youtu.be/FBca33v8oGM?si=fhRpBFn6af5t-BJm

My dream is to have a single wide, and be a hermit that drives into town twice a year.
The fall on the floor when I get old, and die a horrible death that takes two weeks.

tornado magnets

Nothing really, these are the "pod homes" that actually have enough space for you not to go insane and they'll gain value over time
The only reason to hate them is if you're a class focused retard since it's mostly a poorfag option

floors creak

A home owner friend of mine had a pipe rupture in her yard and she had to pay somebody $16,000 for them to come and dig up the pipe and put a new one in.

Fuck that shit. Home ownership is a money pit.

Trailers are cozy, they feel like living in a little spaceship.

"where's the bathroom?"

It's a fucking trailer It's down the fucking hall

Nothing really these days. They're pretty well built now and honestly if you can swallow your pride/ego, they're the best option for cheap housing in the current year.
t. spent the previous weekend plapping a single mom that lives in a manufactured home built in 2023(I was genuinely impressed by the build quality)

How do you get a non-manufactured home? You wait for one to form naturally?

California manufactured homes are like in the $200k range for good ones

lmao imagine not being able to dig up your own pipe and replace it, that like $50 materials and 5 hours of time if its the first time doing it.

trailer trash is now gucci. average cost of a trailer in my area is 200k.

Ironic right?
The ones we considered "poorest" are now "those guys who made it too"
Renters are so fucked lmao

lmao imagine not being able to dig up your own pipe and replace it, that like $50 materials and 5 hours of time if its the first time doing it.

how would you know where in your yard to start digging?

Those aren't manufactured homes. Well, technically they are, I guess. So is everything. A doghouse is a manufactured home.
Those are trailers. You can tell because one still has its hitch.

where do you live???

A brand new single wide straight from the manufacturer's lot is like $80K - $90K

You could find a used one that's 10 years old for like $30K - 40K

The city said it's not their problem they are only responsible for the main line up to the curb. Any pipes going under your yard from the main to your house are your problem.

Yeah should of dug it up herself or payed someone else to do it.
16,000 is way too high
There is a piece to the story missing here

What if I paid a DIYer to do it for me for $500 ($100/hr)?

I would do it but you are also paying cost of replacement parts
And depending on what's wrong it could take longer than 5 hours
But yeah dudes mom or aunt could of gotten it done by a journeyman for probably a grand or less

then cut it form the exit and the entrance and relay the entire pipe, I guarantee I could do the myself for less that 200 bucks

Right. And trailers have wheels and hitches.
Sheds are manufactured. They don't have wheels. They get dropped of on slabs or cinder blocks.
But nobody would call a shed a trailer or a manufactured home. See how that works? There's different names for different things.

You need bricks to build a house.

Cars are just tiny sheds with wheels and a engine

I thought you were saying manufactured homes were of a higher quality than trailers, when the only difference is wheels or not.

Manufactured homes have a foundation

the doublewide i grew up in was probably bigger and nicer than most people's brick and mortar houses.
pic wasn't my house but a more accurate representation of a manufactured home than those trailers.

Absolutely nothing. You can own a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom house for just $60k: titanfactorydirect.com/home-plans-photos/the-grand
Plus community amenities like gym, pool, laundry, gated security, etc.

those look nice

how do they look inside?

or a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom for just $100k titanfactorydirect.com/home-plans-photos/the-triumph

Floor plan

IIRC, they don't last as long, so people don't buy them.
the land is what went up in value. We added like 70 million people in the last 25 years thanks to mass immigration. It doesn't matter how shitty the house is, there just isn't any more room so any property is skyrocketing.

The newer ones are pretty much indistinguishable from normal American houses, aside from the "seam" that runs down the middle(the doublewides get delivered in two halves). They'll usually put some sort of trim over it to hide it.

It's still on a lot, now lot rent is $750 instead of $250

they require constant care and maintenance. they arent 2x4 walls, they are 1x2. The entire fucking thing is made of cardboard. They are insulated for shit both interior and exterior. it is quite literally stapled together. they are fucking trash and use the cheapest materials possible.
On the other hand, modular homes are actually built stronger than most stick built homes, and also are made from better materials and craftsmen. The majority of them around me are built by Amish folks, and the Mennonites that drive them to the factory.

t. remodeler who did some Medicare work putting in walk in showers for boomers

What's wrong with manufactured homes?

They require more upkeep, and if left untreated they devalue and become unusable fast.

And what pray tell they make your shity houses out of Pedro? Oh that's right, Adobe and wood.

Why don't we have these in Sweden?

Nothing. They get a bad rep because of shitty white-trash trailer parks, but I pass some really nice ones on the way to work. If you can get a decent piece of property and the zoning board allows it - go for it. No, they're not as good as a real house, but they're a lot fucking cheaper.

That's the dream.

but how much more for making the land usable (eg, clearing trees, levelling it, etc)? And what's included with that, do I need to pay more for plumbing, electric, flooring, etc?
I'd like to buy land and get something like that 5br/3ba, but idk how much total cost it would be. Say I could get the land (full of trees that need to be removed to build) for like $70k, and that's $100k, what other costs are there?

Manufactured houses deliver to Sweden too

That varies. But you can settle for a community of manufactured homes and it'll be much cheaper + less headaches.
titanfactorydirect.com/communities/tx/san-antonio/higdon-oaks

no fuck that I don't want a community. I want land. I want a gun range in my backyard.

site prep you fucking moron.
you need septic and water on site, also electricity as well. If there's no stub ups on the property you need to pay for it to be connected, and that can get expensive for a no skill kid like you most likely are. The site has to be level, don't let anyone tell you different. If it isn't, within a year or two it will settle and start to literally bend itself apart. Trees may need removed, and if you don't know how to properly do it, you're paying someone that does to do it. Also, the tree stumps will need ground out as well... Can't have those fucking things resprouting and growing up through the trailer.
You're better off with a modular home. Site prep in that case is the same, though you will need a 6 inch slab poured for the footprint, and that means utilities will have to go through the slab too. It can get pricey if you don't know what the processes are, and you most likely don't, so you'll get rooked

Fair enough. But again it varies, and I suggest using an AI tool to assist you with cost estimates. ChatGPT, Venice, Claude, Gemini, etc

What's wrong with manufactured homes?

Not a bad option if you pick one up used on the cheap, they are considered consumables, but plenty from the 1960's are still sitting on lots. The advantage for a mobile home is registering your home as a trailer (You don't have to even keep registration up unless you are moving it) So instead of being paying property on square footage, you can optionally pay like $25-50 a year on the home.

The disadvantage can be stairs, and depending on how old it is loss of heating and cooling efficiency.

There's nothing wrong with manufactured homes themselves. What's wrong is that they cost as much as a regular starter home should and a regular starter home costs as much as a mansion.

I trust manufactured houses more than stickbuilt homes these days. Manufactured homes are built by a team of guys doing the same shit every day and a lot of it is machine built. Compare that to the contractor that hires a gaggle of mexicans for a job.

With neighbors that close its going to be hell. The only reasonable trailer parks have large plots like real proper homes.

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site prep

okay so how much does that cost? We're at $170k for unprepped land + 5/3 home. How much more? Would $250k be enough? Maybe $300k but that would be pushing it.

Not a bad option if you pick one up used on the cheap

California ones are like $175K +

you can get a good crew who won't bend you over and fuck you raw like Diddy for as low as 25k in some cases.
I'm coming off as harsh, and I'm sorry for that, but if you're truly interested I can go over all the costs one by one if you'd like.
I get it if I pissed ya off tho

You live in your mums basement, you don't know what your talking about

everything.

Trailers are unironically better than even high end apartments. It's funny, city cuckolds turn their nose up at trailers but literally share a wall with brown people.
I stayed in a townhouse once, it was great until blacks moved in next door. I decided then and there that I will never live in an apartment again, I'd rather sleep in my car.

a good crew who won't bend you over and fuck you raw like Diddy

so how much extra is it if I want them to bend me over and fuck me raw like Diddy?

Nothing. They make them with 2x6 exterior walls now, or out of modular steel frames and are considered stick built if done right yet still semi movable.
Anyone who says otherwise is a city cuck.

Says the dude living in an apartment spending $2500/mo lol.
Your perspective has been shaped by Hollywood.

easily destroyed by weather is probably the big one.

fuck it, I'll itemize it anyways
septic: avg is 7500, sometimes a little less, sometimes much more depending on location (it's all Jewish bullshit regulations... Massachusetts is real fucked with septic)
tree removal and stump grinding: 0-2500
site leveling: 0-7500
water: this one is tough, if you can get city water, it can be as low as 1200. If you're drilling a well, anywhere from 5k-15k... Water table can be a real bitch kitty
electric: same as water honestly. this one is my specialty, so if it were me, I'd buy the 250kcmil cables and bury them myself, but you probably don't have the skills to do so (not being rude, lots of electricians hate burying in main feeds, I don't mind at all). Just keep in mind that the farther you are from the source, the more expensive it will be. And trust me, you want that shit underground

you would have to be a disgusting subhuman negress who drinks nigger piss... I'm a human being so I wouldn't know. Maybe ask your sister?

Yeah but that's what the storm shelter is for. Basements suck out here anyways and i have to water the foundation.

I need a house that can survive a tornado

I have what you're looking for.

Burying and wiring is easy if youre a conduit sperg like me, but a lot of people pussyache about conduits because they take a bit more time and money at first and bending pipes hurts their feelings

They attract tornados.

Perfect

kek
you know your shit
I love conduit, for underground feeds a 4 or 5 inch (depends on local codes) schedule 40 PVC is just fine, especially if you have a heatbox to do your bends. Those fucking 45s and 22s are pricey as fuck compared to a 10ft stick of conduit.

This. Euros always bring up the instability of wood frames and drywall, at least those are on a slab. Trailers are basically pier and beam, the hollow space makes your steps echo. The walls are flimsy.

The one i grew up in had floor registers, which was pretty neat. When the ac came on you could throw a sheet over the vent and create an inflatable tent.

Holy fuck, even our manufactured social interest housing projects have more space and better materials than that, and they are absolute dogshit

Based. Triple 7s never lie
I'll bet she was big and juicy

You'll get to see if they're worth it once carney gets started

he means premanufcatured

yeah but it costs tax payer 250,000 US dollars per unit

I think we should have more of them. Manufatured modular homes. They aren't the best but they're becoming necessary because people are incapable of building decent houses. In Australia you will pay out the ass for any decent builder and they will still cut corners and hire meth-addled goons.

you have no idea the amount of grift that can be involved... For example, I just quit a job doing remodels for Medicare/Medicaid patients.
I shit you not, we were putting in 12k bathrooms into trailers that were worth maybe 2k. It's fucking bullshit. The materials were super overpriced, though I have to admit it paid really well for what it was. The walk in shower came in 5 pieces: bottom drain pan, wet wall, side wall and a 2 piece back wall. They charged the government fucking 7k for them. Then we would lay down top notch manufactured flooring (brand was called LifeProof, it was nice shit actually) and if there was a toilet replacement, they charged 175% of the cost of a toilet you could get at home depot. It was all way overpriced, let alone those fucking niggers didn't deserve it and usually were scamming the system to get a new bathroom paid for with tax money.

PVC is my beloved, but it would be confused for the sewage pipe by the retarded spics who work for the electric/water company.

Use metal tape over the pipe. It lets the utility locator find it super easy and if it's marked tape, even the stupid fucking beaners digging it up can (hopefully) read the Spanish on the tape so they know it's a main feeder.
If not, dead beaners, so really no loss there

you will pay out the ass for any decent builder and they will still cut corners and hire meth-addled goons.

I think this is probably true in every country these days. At least your goons probably speak english.

I was astonished how cheap you can get these on ebay. We call them static caravans -- I think they feel nice to live in. For just £2,500/$2,800 you can buy one of these, in perfectly liveable condition, full working order. 1-3 bedrooms. Maybe a bit of paiting or replacing carpets here and there but that's normal for buying a home.

They last at least 3 decades giving you ample time to save up for the next place.

I'd like to die the same way, but with a regular house that I dug a bunker underneath without getting permits. I'll just keep pulling equity so when I die with a bunch of debt, the bank is fucked because they have to tear down the house because of what I did to it.

Yes, living somewhere crappier than where I live now would save me money. I'll pass.

Is there anywhere to put them though? The UK seems very litigious and over-regulatory. My guess would be they're cheap because there are very few places they're legally allowed to be sited.

well you can't grow them out of a seed can you?