After windows, roofing, and insulation updates we like to recommend that homeowners update their kitchens and bathrooms. We’ve put together some of our favorite examples and helpful tips for remodeling your manufactured home bathroom. We’ve published a complete mobile home bathtub guide here. Learn the different types of mobile home tubs, sinks, and faucets. If you are going…
We love when readers send us their remodeling success stories! Michael and Megan worked hard on remodeling the master bathroom in their 1998 Champion mobile home and it looks great. They purchased the manufactured home and a large piece of property in Missouri with the intention of building on it someday. Mobile homes are wonderful…
It’s Christmas time! It’s such a special time of the year and celebrating the season with friends and family is something I look forward to all year. I hope you and yours create awesome memories this holiday season. It’s been a rough couple of years and we all deserve a little peace and happiness. Our…
There’s a lot of misunderstandings and untruths about mobile homes and manufactured homes. In this article, we are covering the most frequently asked questions about mobile homes. Mobile homes aren’t perfect but they are a great housing choice for many families across the country. More families could have a chance at owning their own home…
I hid in our mobile home’s kitchen cabinets when I was little. I would crawl right on top of the cans and stay until I scared myself thinking that no one would ever find me again or until I finished eating the small can of chocolate pudding (remember those green cans with the pull-back metal…
This single wide didn’t stay single for long. It didn’t stay single story for long, either. See how one tenacious couple created their dream home by building a two-story addition onto a manufactured home. Meet the Arledge’s Jessica and her husband live in Polk County, NC and wanted to live completely debt-free. Their plan was…
Buying a used mobile home is no easy task. Mobile homes don’t have huge websites like Zillow that analyze every home purchase and calculates value versus worth for each zip code like site-built home buyers have. Mobile homes don’t have a huge audience like cars and online sources like Kelley Blue Book, Edmund’s, or Find…
New SUVs are going for over $50,000 these days but you can buy an older mobile home and remodel it into a beautiful home for that amount. Heather and her husband completed this $45,000 manufactured home renovation in a matter of months. You’re gonna love it! The creative couple purchased a 1979 double wide in…
As I’m sure you know, we love to share beautifully remodeled mobile homes! Whether they are lovingly remodeled by handy DIY homeowners or professionally renovated, we want to see and share them with you all. This complete 1964 mobile home remodel is definitely a professional remodel but it is a great example of the possibilities that…
The trick to remodeling a mobile home on a budget is balance. You need to know where to splurge and where you can cut corners without losing quality (paint is definitely in the splurge column). Over the years we’ve done over 100 homeowner interviews and have learned a ton of great tips and tricks for…
Pat didn’t want much. Close to retiring after decades of working, she was ready to leave the noisy congested city and relax in a quiet, tree-lined neighborhood. She dreamed of a small single wide and just enough yard for a garden. She figured it couldn’t be too difficult to do; People buy and install manufactured homes…
It was tough narrowing down our search for this month’s 10 favorite Craigslist manufactured home listings. There are some beautiful mobile homes at really great prices out there. We found gorgeous mobile homes sitting on their own private property and a few in some great communities. We also threw one resident-owned community and a park…