Manufactured Homes

I was told to repost this here.

I'd like to start an open thread about manufactured homes.

If you have a house built for you in the USA, chances are it will be built by 1 white contractor + 20 Mexican day laborers. You hear horror stories about contractors finding beams nailed together with 15 nails, all bent and hammered down. Improper construction. Improper connections. All that.

So what's the alternative? I say the alternative is the manufactured home. The manufactured home has allowed the everyman to own his own sturdy dependable house since the 1950's. Modern manufactured homes are built to the same standards as regular homes, and are often even stronger.

Furthermore, the same house gets built dozens of times and any problems are ironed out and you end up with a very dependable structure.

>But manufactured homes have low resale value.

Yes, the same way manufactured Moissanite is far cheaper than Diamond, despite being almost as hard and having even greater fire, luster, and brilliance, all without involving african slave labor. If people want to spend more for Mexican built houses that probably won't last, that's their problem. I'll accept that manufactured homes have lower resale value but the benefits outweigh this.

Do any of you have experience with modern manufactured homes, either vintage or modern?

Should manufactured homes have the stigma attached to them that they do?

Are manufactured homes the key to moving out of mom & dads basement?

Wages in the USA have been stagnant since the 1970's. If people aren't making more money, then major necessities like housing need to become cheaper. The manufactured house can help address this.

Living in a glorified trailer puts a ceiling on the price no matter how nice it is.

>>Being so far past the point of shilling shitcoins...you start shilling your shitcompany.

Dear God....

I just couldn't bring myself to live in a McHouse.

Modern manufactured homes aren't trucked in as one or more trailers then stitched together.

Modern manufactured homes are built as sub assemblies, trucked to their destination, then assembled. You can build any size house this way. Multiple stories, garages, everything.

Manufactured home doesn't equal trailer anymore.

They sound great. Why not right. Would obviously need to customise a little so they didn't feel too plastic, but for a base... As long as they are saving me a huge chunk of cash I would go for it

Mexicans are modern day Amish i use to pump foundations and they take pride in building mcmansions

How fast and how much does it lose value over time? Ive seen prices from 30k to 80k. A lot cheaper then 200k for a house.

They are a nice alternative to traditional homes, especailly, in my opinion, for newer homeowners. But as you mentioned the low resale value is an instant turnoff to any serious buyer. All homeowners wish for a healthy return on their investment into their property and as of this moment, it's just not there.

I like them, though.

Your pic looks like a glorified trailer to me.

White Trash housing.

Manufactured homes depreciate far more quickly than site built homes and the people that buy them destroy them. After 1 or 2 years they get a "trailer smell" which only builds with time. Sure they are precision built and assembled by reliable machines but the materials themselves are typically substandard (low grade flooring, wall paneling, countertops, cabinetry and limited insulation.) Building a solid and attractive home is both a science and an art. Manufactured homes have a stigma for a reason. They are inferior to typical site built homes

My goal is to buy a few acres of land.
Ideally Id love to be able to build my own house.

Manufactured homes are trailers, there will never be a demand above lower-middle class.

Property investor here.

There's 3 problems with these homes.

>builders will try to charge you as much to assemble them as build them, as they still require footing, sewage and services to be installed and certified by licensed trades. So any initial savings are countered by quick depreciation.

>statutory planning authorities hate them and make the permit application a nightmare deliberately.

>to repair and maintain these is expensive and requires a specialist. Even if you can find someone to say wel the roof back down cheaply and sensibly you instantly void your warranty.

These cunts of things are only good for two uses. In dirty rat shit poor areas that niggers will rent your house to fuck in or as beach shacks miles from nowhere.

Further to this this homes usually have shithouse energy ratings and your bill will be double or triple a well built homes bills.

Whats best bang for buck and cheap for living on an acre of land?

How hard is it to build your own house?

If you want something that lasts build with a rebar reinforced concrete frame.

This.

Cement and steel is indestructible and fireproof.

Prefab homes are nasty pieces of shit that come apart in storms and dismember your neighbours kids and pets

living in brand new reinforced concrete downtown apartment buildings are where it's at. nothing more solid, noiseproof. i'm talking less then 5 years old, and at least 25 floors.

I moved to the Pacific Northwest. All the house here are built out of MDF. Every house has creaky floors and god forbid you live in an apartment you hear ever footstep off your upstairs neighbors followed by loud squeaks.
They tell me that is because of earthquakes. It's literal shit housing even compared to places like the Phillipines or Thailand.

Moved from an area that has at worse Cinder Block and rebar.

I like it. Thanks man, I'm stealing this idea.