14 Great Mobile Home Exterior Makeover Ideas for Every Budget

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1. These homes are so beautiful. Mobile homes are all so different, especially the older ones. Loved the photos.

2. I love this publication…Thank you for your good work.
   I have a 1969 mobil home that I have been working on for 5 years and it looks almost wonderful. The first thing I did was paint. I t.s.p’d the whole thing first, then painted it white primer, giving a clean slate and allowing my imagination free.

3. would love to see the inside of these homes.

4. Want to buy a bay window for my kitchen window but don’t know where to get it

   1. Hi Shirl,

      You can but a bay window from Lowe’s, Home Depot, or your local window supply (window world is a popular one in WV). Just measure your opening and order it. Make sure you have the proper framing needed to hold the additional weight of the window and you should be good to go. Best of luck!

5. We want to paint the trim on an older mobile home, especially the top trim. The rest of the paint on the home is in great shape but the trim has faded. We have been told to use high quality paint and to be sure to clean it good prior to painting. Do you have any suggestions or tips for us?

   1. Whether you are speaking about interior or exterior trim the best advice I can give is to clean the surface. The trick to good adhesion is to have a smooth clean surface for the paint to stick to.

      Best of luck!

6. Just completed a new metal roof over on my single wide. Luv the green roof and am now painting the suding a black green so it looks more like a large cabin. The home sits on a wooded acre i just love it..

   1. I bet its gorgeous! Would love to see photos!

7. I love this! I have always said that mobile homes are a feasible home for single moms raising kids and low maintenance.. My Mom re-did two mobile homes in the 80’s when we were kids – too bad blogging wasn’t a thing back then… LOL Awesome site!

   1. Hi Becky! Thanks so much!

8. Hello, just reading your post. We have a 85 Oakwood that we have taken good care of on the inside; however we need some updates on the outside. My husband & I are both retired and he just come through chemo. However, we had someone give us a bid for adding a house type roof and the amount he quoted would be a down payment on a house! My husband is not able to do anything now. So my question is can an awning-top be added over the complete mobile home for much less? Where do we go to find someone that could do it? I’m not sure where to begin looking.
   Thanks. I enjoyed the pictures of all the updated mobile homes.

   1. Hi Dee!

      You may want to look into a metal roof. They are much more affordable and can be installed directly over your roof so it costs much less. You can also frame it in just about any form you want (pitch or lean-to shape). A typical install only takes a couple of days too.

      Google your location along with the words metal roofing install (so for me it would be “southern WV metal roof install”) and that should get you a good list to start with.

      Best of luck to you! Glad your husband is out of chemo and thanks so much for reading MHL!!

9. Love your page!! We’re fixing to redo our living room and I was wanting to redo our front door without buying a new door, any ideas? Thanks so much

   1. Hi Kristi! I’ve always loved the idea of adding trim onto a door to give it some dimension. Here’s an article about it for an interior door but you can do the same for an exterior (just seal it).

      Thanks so much for reading MHL!

10. My husband and I are looking for a used home on its own lot. We don’t want to pay lot rent, can you let me know what parks are around Bradenton, Florida
    And I think it would be great for a remodel of Mobile homes Magazine.

    1. Hi Debbie! Typically parks in FL are either rent or lease only though some of the 55+ parks sell have an option to buy the land along with the home. Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot of resources to find things that a mobile or manufactured homeowner made need, like contractors or plumbers willing to work on our homes or parks in a certain area. I did just find one website that looks new but seems to have a lot of potential, it’s called Mobile Home Service at https://www.mobilehomeservice.com/.

       I Google searched mobile home parks in Bradenton, FL that sells the land and here’s the results. I’d click on each one and see what you can find: https://www.google.com/search?q=Bradenton+FL+mobile+home+parks+that+sell+the+land&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS589US589&oq=Bradenton+FL+mobile+home+parks+that+sell+the+land&aqs=chrome..69i57.9444j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8

       Thanks so much for reading MMHL!

    2. I love that you actually have answered this person’s question Crystal. So many bloggers just say “look it up yourself” but you took the time to help this person. You have a good heart.

    3. Thanks JudyMae!

       I appreciate the compliment! I may take a few days to get to them but I do my best to answer everyone. I appreciate you reading (and commenting!).

       Thank you!

11. We are buying an older mobile in the fall. Very anxious to make it our own and comfy! Ours will be a single wide more of a challenge. Winter in mobile, RV in the summer.

    1. Hi Annette! That sounds awesome! I’d love to live like that!

12. nice ideas! keep them coming

    I have done some door updates on two double wides made in the 90’s.
    One purchased at auction is gutted and now I can rebuild the interior space to
    my taste. Basically a good structure except plumbing pipes were at the time of manufacture the grey type which now leak and have to be replaced. Other house has white pipes and is slighter newer.

    1. Great to hear from you Pam! Please take lots of photos so we can feature your new home when you get finished!

13. Nice ideas.

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