Manufactured Homes?
Some of the houses I come across look more like blower upers instead of fixer upers. I also talked to a relator the other day who said a father and son team from outa town was buying up lots and puting manufactured homes on them. And I was wondering if any one ever used a pre-made, manufactured, modle, what ever you like to call it (Not Mobile) home and how much would it costs for the house itself and installation? I imagine it wouldn't be insanly costly. Thanks for any info.
The costs are cheaper than brick and mortar, but it all depends on your area as to the exact cost. You can buy directly from the manufacturer in most states, so I would start there. Make sure to look at any hidden costs, like hook ups, (electric water etc), delivery charges, etc etc.
Good Luck,
Kyle
I think maybe what you're searching for is "Modular" homes...and I'm certain that a search for same would unearth the major mfrs.
Major difference as I understand it, is that the MH has steel foundation/frame, while the MOD has wood beam found/frame, both are factory built and delivered to site.
With the MOD, it can be ordered ALL built or walls & floors built, but delivered on a flatbed truck ready to erect...while with the MH, it of course comes already put together.
Seeing them both newly delivered and built I prefer MOD for a little more solid construction, but an ergument could be made either way.
I was working with a non-profit a while back when it was given a MOD, after a home show, and the MOD was torn down, put on a truck and delivered to our Camp Site, where it was re-erected & finished by some of us volunteers.
Slickest thing in the world, and it went up in a couple of weeks. 1 1/2 story, with wrap-around deck, and it was snazzy!
Beats having to start from ground up, and when one buys, it already has floors & walls built, papered, carpeted, etc, wiring in, cabinets ready to install, etc.
Some years back when San Antonio was getting ready for its HemisFair, the Hilton Del Rio (on the San Antonio River) was built that way.
The rooms were delivered, already built, and were lifted into place, room by room, by cranes...finished! Carpeted, wired, and it was finished in matter of weeks, not months.
Shipping containers to houses, 1200sf
Three 40 footer plus One 20 footer.
Along the front a 40 footer and parallel to it a 20 footer, then a wing at 90 deg on each side looks like an E with the mid stick missing. Sells for $58,000 complete with full solar and radient heating.
I am going to do the first ones on site. They just deliver me the 3 40's and the 1 20. We take it from there. We have this little device which looks like a fork lifter to pick them up and move them around.
The foundatons are poured and stick up about 24". We sit the containers on and weld them together. We use a plasma cutter for doors and windows and the holes in the bottom for plumbing electrical etc.
The first 15 I have sold for $125,000 cause they are going into fire damaged areas near Simi. I need the money.
The next 15 are clustered on in fill lots in Sunland. Those are $58,000. No money down a grant. Balance of payments $375 a mo for 30 yrs. 7.2% int. screw the credit.All we ask is no recent homicides on your record. Unrecorded events are acceptable.
The first ones we are doing all the work on site cause we have no facility to do otherwise.
With the funds from those sales in hand I will start and go National. Perhaps one along side the Empire State Building for Contrast. We could sell add space. "Eat at Joes".
Our first boxes cost us $1,300 each. But I have put in an order direct to container ports etc. and my cost drops way down to nothing. Tto get that I gave a deposit and an order for 3000. Live dangerously.
Some of these will be slightly damaged but I am sure we can repair the dings.
Ok John Merchant et al. You have had experience with module housing. Please advise me I am wide open for advice. Teach me Teach me.
Atremble Lucius
Almost forgot I have a little prior experience.
During the war I built on several airbases in England a series of clubs made out of the wood cases gliders came in and Quanset and Nisson Huts which are sections of corrigated steel which are curved. I put them all together with lots of glass and futuristic as all hell and great spot to get drunk in and pretend you were on vacation and nobody was shooting at nobody. That was the Air Forces idea of giving me a rest cure between combat tours. Very strange people.
In 1960 built hillside houses based on the 4 by 8 module won an AIA prize.
In early 60's built just about everything from strange and freeky one bedrooms in the Hills of Hollywood to a mansion in Bel Air, all Italian curves and free flow, you could spit on Regans House. Big selling point. Etc. etc. Every time I became upset at the real estate business I would build. I did a 14 unit condo in the heart of Hollywood and understanding the economics of the picture business, each one had a seperate entrance so you could create a unit for those times when your 5 picture deal plotched thru lack of talent and you had to take a job as a busboy or woman. Very handy . So I am experienced. Its just that I believe you can always learn and god knows I need to learn at this high point in my career of playing in the dirt.
Knowledge Craver Lucius
How do you get a certificate of occupancy for one of these?
How does the homeowner get insurance on one of these.
Not in a million years can I imagine the city or an insurance agency considering this even remotely a conforming property.
How about posting a picture of one of these?
Jimbezy,
Where are the father and son team buying the lots? Is it in/near Bakersfield?
Thanks,
Ed
A relator that Im buying some properties from told me that a father and son team from out of town where building prefabs on vacent lots in Bakersfield. And Lufos, your steal container idea sounds great, could you please post or PM me with some more info on how exactly you turn those giant containers into hoses. Its sounds a brillant and very profitable idea.
Modulars can be difficult to get financed.
Why is that? so you're saying it would be better to go stick built?