r/ManufacturedHome

Me and my wife are measuring the possibility of buying a manufactured home versus a traditional stick build. We are thinking of buying a manufactured home from Clayton homes because we can get a bigger house that way that fits our family and our future growth, well also having a 15-year mortgage and more financial freedom. If we go the stick build route we feel more confident in the long-lasting capability of it, but it puts the 30-year mortgage payments higher than the 15 year mortgage payments on the manufactured home. Do you think that modern manufactured homes can be built to last close to or as long as modern stick builds? Is financial freedom more important than a better built or less maintenance needing house?

Side note: I will be placing the manufactured home on a stem wall concrete wall foundation. That will be set on top of either peer holes or footings just to make sure the foundation is super strong

Hello! I am a realtor and I am trying to help a client and I'd love any advice you all have!

I have a client who is selling her mom’s manufactured home in a park. She bought it for 120k in 2022. Everything is like new. She cannot move into the nursing home until it sells and then she can use the money to pay for the nursing home until it runs out, then medicaid kicks in. As you all probably know, with medicaid, they cannot price the home too low or it will get flagged. I suggested getting the home appraised so we would have some evidence for how much the home is actually worth. But that didn't work out because it appraised for way too high! I’ve found that pricing manufactured homes as low as possible is the only real way to sell them quickly, otherwise, it seems like they tend to sit, sometimes for months and months. In this case, we can’t price it crazy low because we don’t want medicaid to get flagged. I listed the home for $79,900, tax records show its value at $62k, the appraisal came in at $98k. It’s been on the market for a week, and we have had zero showings.

Is there a process in which I can reduce the price if there is no interest at all? Can my seller use the evidence of no showings to fight against medicaid if they flag it for us selling too low?

I have sold medicaid manufactured homes before with medicaid in mind but they were 20+ years old, so the low price was justified. With a 2022 home, it is much harder to sell at a reduced price. Any information is welcome!! Thank you!

Just got quoted 5k to repair the underlining of my home after duct work repair. I'm not too knowledgeable about this so I was just wondering if this sounded correct?

Any advice would be appreciated because at this point I might just say screw it and order some window units and fix the duct work later when I can afford the underlining repair.

Hello all,

I recently inherited 6 acres with a little house on top. My husband and I decided the house's repairs would cost more than it is worth.

We would like to demolish the home and throw a modular home on the land. There is already a septic tank and a well on the property.

If anyone in indiana has built a modular home, what was the process like time wise? How much did it cost you? Is it realistic to hope to stay under 200k for the entire process (i dont want to finance more if i dont have to)

Who did you go through?

That manufactured homes don't have any attic to decrease the heat from the sun, if a person had a singlewide home and then had a pavilion with a white metal roof built over the singlewide home would this make living in a manufactured home better?

I’m super interested in purchasing a couple of acres next year in north Florida. I was browsing Clayton homes and fell in love with the southern farmhouse. I’m seeing mixed reviews about the company…what’s everyone’s opinion about Clayton homes?

Located in central NC!

I’m helping my parents research the costs of possibly getting a new double wide for their property - as of right now they are looking at Champion Homes and the rough estimate for the house, delivery and taxes is about $170,000 (4 bed, 2 bath). This does not include the set up of the home itself.

Overall the cost is quite a bit more than they were expecting, but the cost that really threw them off was the additional cost of blocking and tie downs for the double wide - the person they are working with said it generally costed around $10,000 which doesn’t include the underpinning. Is that the average cost of that? It seems expensive, but I have no idea about any of this stuff, so wanted to ask here!

I’m from NY … Queens. I moved to Delray Beach Fla 7 months ago bcz my 97 yr old Mom was here. She passed away 9 months ago. My 2 boys ( in their 50’s ) and all my cousins are in NY. And I’m thinking of moving back.
I saw new manufactured homes in upstate NY ( Hudson Valley ). Wondering if anyone has experience with manufactured homes .. good or bad. Thank you

We are wanting to add a ceiling fan in our manufactured home. We have a pitched ceiling.
The current light fixture is on one side of the pitch.
What is the best way to add a ceiling fan?
Because of the pitched ceiling I will need to get a fan that has a longer hanging rod. What is the best way to decide the size of the fan to buy?
Just looking for some ideas.