Automobiles and mobile homes are two expensive articles of personal property which are notorious for rapid depreciation. One must have a car; however, the decision of whether or not to purchase a trailer is optional. If the buyer is savvy, they can turn a depreciation article into a sellable asset when time comes for selling a manufactured home.
Most trailer parks will try to lure people in with free move-in specials, and this is a problem five years down the road. Most home buyers will not even look at a manufactured dwelling that sits in a crowded, noisy, or dirty park. That being said, there are plenty of people willing to rent these dwellings, so long as the homeowner is willing to remain responsible for the upkeep.
There are subdivisions and communities with acreage in rural areas that encourage manufactured homes to be part of their neighborhoods. Some of these are vacation properties for people in the cities, even though these neighborhoods often will accept nothing smaller than a double-wide. Some lots can be five or more acres, making it a highly desired estate community.
The small single-wide dwellings are not accepted by all parks, as they are regarded as a fire hazard. This is especially true when the place is kept as a rental property since many renters do not take good care of the place in which they live. By having restrictions against single-wides, or homes past a certain age, the park hopes to maintain a high-end neighborhood where fires and accidents do not happen.
Whether renting or intending to sell, one should seriously consider purchasing a dwelling that has central heat and air. Due to the thinness of the walls in many of these houses, attempting to heat them with space heaters can be outrageously expensive. Air conditioning units can run into the same problems with the electric bills, and they can also drip water on the outside of the window which damages the home.
When making the initial purchase, getting a high quality dwelling is a key ingredient, and this means paying attention to the thickness of the walls. If the walls are only about three inches thick, then one can expect to spend a great deal on utilities and have a lower resale value. The expense on electric and natural gas may even make it more expensive to live in these, rather than the more substantially built, yet slightly more costly, places.
Customers who choose their amenities by getting their place new will find they are asked about everything from shower and tub style they desire, to specialty items such as a shingled roof that matches the window trim, or tongue-in-groove wood flooring. Although newer models nearly always have glamour baths, water-saving toilets help to offset that expense, and making sure the stove and hot water heater are electric helps prevent an extra bill for natural gas.
Removing wall boards and hanging traditional sheetrock is great for improving insulation and increasing resale value. There are also options in skirting; including wood or a cinderblock wall covered with stucco to match the roof and trim of the house. By the time a person takes all of these options which are available, they will possibly never leave their pre-fab dream house in the country.
Most trailer parks will try to lure people in with free move-in specials, and this is a problem five years down the road. Most home buyers will not even look at a manufactured dwelling that sits in a crowded, noisy, or dirty park. That being said, there are plenty of people willing to rent these dwellings, so long as the homeowner is willing to remain responsible for the upkeep.
There are subdivisions and communities with acreage in rural areas that encourage manufactured homes to be part of their neighborhoods. Some of these are vacation properties for people in the cities, even though these neighborhoods often will accept nothing smaller than a double-wide. Some lots can be five or more acres, making it a highly desired estate community.
The small single-wide dwellings are not accepted by all parks, as they are regarded as a fire hazard. This is especially true when the place is kept as a rental property since many renters do not take good care of the place in which they live. By having restrictions against single-wides, or homes past a certain age, the park hopes to maintain a high-end neighborhood where fires and accidents do not happen.
Whether renting or intending to sell, one should seriously consider purchasing a dwelling that has central heat and air. Due to the thinness of the walls in many of these houses, attempting to heat them with space heaters can be outrageously expensive. Air conditioning units can run into the same problems with the electric bills, and they can also drip water on the outside of the window which damages the home.
When making the initial purchase, getting a high quality dwelling is a key ingredient, and this means paying attention to the thickness of the walls. If the walls are only about three inches thick, then one can expect to spend a great deal on utilities and have a lower resale value. The expense on electric and natural gas may even make it more expensive to live in these, rather than the more substantially built, yet slightly more costly, places.
Customers who choose their amenities by getting their place new will find they are asked about everything from shower and tub style they desire, to specialty items such as a shingled roof that matches the window trim, or tongue-in-groove wood flooring. Although newer models nearly always have glamour baths, water-saving toilets help to offset that expense, and making sure the stove and hot water heater are electric helps prevent an extra bill for natural gas.
Removing wall boards and hanging traditional sheetrock is great for improving insulation and increasing resale value. There are also options in skirting; including wood or a cinderblock wall covered with stucco to match the roof and trim of the house. By the time a person takes all of these options which are available, they will possibly never leave their pre-fab dream house in the country.
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