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Wow! 389k for a very small trailer/prefab!? The CA housing market must have truly detached from all reality. It really looks like it’s something you would set o

Wow! 389k for a very small trailer/prefab!? The CA housing market must have truly detached from all reality. It really looks like it’s something you would set on a cinder block foundation. A trailer about this size would go for maybe 75k. https://www.thehomesdirect.com/homes/palm-harbor-homes/casa-de-ceilo https://www.thehomesdirect.com/homes/palm-harbor-homes/casa-...

crooked-v 4y ago
That one looks pretty nice. Is there a trick to finding manufactured homes that don't obviously look like trailers?
- blamazon 4y ago
  It seems one way is to post a link to HN of a provocatively expensive glossy model and wait for the links in the comments to roll in.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Start from searching "manufactured homes" and pay attention to the companies that "deliver" them without axles. Double-wides will be better looking in general. Once you find one, you can use that company to find if they're part of a "factory build housing alliance" or similar (eg https://www.factorybuiltwisconsin.com/about-us/ https://www.factorybuiltwisconsin.com/about-us/ ) and spread out from there.
- drone 4y ago
  The official terms at play here are "modular" and "mobile" home. These are the terms that define the kind of house you're thinking of. "Mobile" homes are constructed to a separate set of parameters, and are not "permanently" mounted on the property. (Regardless of how "permanent" you make the attachment for a "mobile" home, it is still titled separately from the land.) Modular is the term of art for a factory-built home that is installed on the land and becomes titled as "real property" with the land its self, search for "modular home builders." Nearly every modular builder also builds mobile homes, so when you go to their site, look for "available as modular" or "modular" as a category or search term. FWIW, "modular" and "mobile" are actually built to two different manufacturing requirements and specification, and why "mobile" homes are often disallowed in towns and cities, amongst other reasons, is that HUD controls the specs for "mobile" while "modular" must meet local building codes.
brightball 4y ago
Seriously. You can get a really nice Class A RV for 70-150k too. Just park it on a slab with a full hookup.

crooked-v 4y ago

That one looks pretty nice. Is there a trick to finding manufactured homes that don't obviously look like trailers?

blamazon 4y ago
It seems one way is to post a link to HN of a provocatively expensive glossy model and wait for the links in the comments to roll in.
bombcar 4y ago
Start from searching "manufactured homes" and pay attention to the companies that "deliver" them without axles. Double-wides will be better looking in general. Once you find one, you can use that company to find if they're part of a "factory build housing alliance" or similar (eg https://www.factorybuiltwisconsin.com/about-us/ https://www.factorybuiltwisconsin.com/about-us/ ) and spread out from there.
drone 4y ago
The official terms at play here are "modular" and "mobile" home. These are the terms that define the kind of house you're thinking of. "Mobile" homes are constructed to a separate set of parameters, and are not "permanently" mounted on the property. (Regardless of how "permanent" you make the attachment for a "mobile" home, it is still titled separately from the land.) Modular is the term of art for a factory-built home that is installed on the land and becomes titled as "real property" with the land its self, search for "modular home builders." Nearly every modular builder also builds mobile homes, so when you go to their site, look for "available as modular" or "modular" as a category or search term. FWIW, "modular" and "mobile" are actually built to two different manufacturing requirements and specification, and why "mobile" homes are often disallowed in towns and cities, amongst other reasons, is that HUD controls the specs for "mobile" while "modular" must meet local building codes.

brightball 4y ago

Seriously. You can get a really nice Class A RV for 70-150k too. Just park it on a slab with a full hookup.