Mobile Home Living advocates for the families living in factory-built homes, not the manufactured home industry. Therefore, we have no problem sharing our thoughts and opinions when we see something we don’t like.
Buying a new manufactured home is very different from buying a site-built home because the buyer usually has fewer built-in protections and must arrange their own representation, installation, and inspection. The article recommends hiring three independent professionals—an agent, an installer, and an inspector—to help protect the buyer’s interests and ensure the home is properly built, installed, financed, and insured.
It’s been a while since we have shared any of the newly manufactured home models that are hitting the lots so we thought we would see what some of the new models are featuring as far as designs are concerned. All three homes shared today offer something different, and they Read more
Of all the lies about mobile homes, the one that upsets me most involves mobile home appreciation. Many, many people have been advised wrongly that mobile and manufactured homes never gain value or appreciate over time so their not a good investment. It’s not true and I Read more
Over half the mobile homes in Canada are located in rural areas, but they are also found in towns and small cities. There are many people in Canada who live in mobile homes all year round. They are sufficiently insulated to be comfortable in the winter months. The mobile home Read more
I’ve been especially tough on Clayton Homes over the last 9 years. In this article, I actually say some very nice things about Clayton Home’s new website and then I follow it up with a complaint because I can’t let them get a big head on us, now can I? Read more
When Mid-States Corporation built the 1952 Executive Flagship dubbing it the world’s most exciting mobile home and office, boy, they were not lying! Mid-States was the largest trailer manufacturer in the world in the early 1950s, so this one-of-a-kind mobile home was a perfect rolling advertisement for the company. Mid-States Read more
The term ‘mobile home’ is controversial, to say the least. The manufactured housing industry has spent a ton of money trying to get the term erased from the minds of an entire nation. So, why does the industry hate the term mobile homes so much? In the last 7 years Read more
Esther Sullivan, the author of Manufactured Insecurity, calls tenants of mobile home parks ‘halfway homeowners’ and unfortunately she’s not wrong. Mobile homeowners living in their own home but renting the land under it are the least protected housing group in America. They can be precariously close to losing their homes, Read more
Manufactured homes have come a long way since the 1960s in both design and quality. It is easy to find a manufactured home that fits every need and budget. Models range from the bare basics to top-of-the-line luxury design. We’ve shared a ton of great articles about buying mobile and Read more
