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.
