Manufactured/prefab/mobile home vs. a house

[Eric_Williams]

Ok guys I need some input on the this. The wife and I are looking to move to about 5-10 acres and are trying to decide on what to put on it. I know as far a value goes a mobile will depreciate pretty fast but I am looking for someone that has lived in one and moved to the other and your thoughts on each. If we did a mobile or prefab we could get out pretty cheap but how long would it last and on the other hand if we did a house it would last a long time and if we did it right would hold its value but would eat up most of our budget to do other things like a horse barn and workshop.

Any input is welcomed.

Thanks

 

[farmerbyron]

Why not make your barn/workshop insulated and nice enough to live in while saving pennies and building a house? Know several people that have done just that and it worked out pretty well. Plus when you get your house built, you have one hell of a man cave. You will lose your a$$ in a mobile home unless you start with a cheap one.

 

[Eric_Williams]

We had talked about doing the all in one metal house/shop/barn but didn't find any good leas on a place to get everything from or someone to build it

 

[AdvantageR1]

If set up right a mobile home can last a very long time. My mom put a insulated metal roof over her double wide and it helped with electric bills and when they had a bad hail storm it didn't get any damage.

 

[chevyboy123]

House, prefab, mobile in that order I've lived in all three

 

[farmer17]

I have been in construction for over 20 years and have built many houses from small ones up to $450K and recently (because of the economy) I have had several people contact me about a metal building built out into a house to save money. When I ran all the numbers, it wasn't much cheaper than building a very simple house and it is much easier to get a good loan/mortgage on a house than a mobile, modular, or converted metal building. If you want more details or info you can email me.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Buy an Earthroamer XT/S

 

[ZombieHunter]

Look up Cargo Container housing, they can often be done by yourself with little to no construction knowledge, the steel ISO container is 9x stronger in engineering models when built correctly inside, than any stick frame home....with 2x4 construction.

These will often be built for substantially less than ANY builder will quote, for equal or more square footage, depending on type of footage added or included e:g bathrooms: and included extra expense for longer pex tubing and electrical runs. Those 2 things as well as spray foam insulation are your larger expenses excluding containers themselves and land purchase/site prep.

Just for reference you can get 8'Wx9'Hx40'L High cubes brand new for 4180 directly from china. Each cube is 320 square feet, depending on family size the shell for your home (WEATHERPROOF) can be as little as 2 up to budget allows. They can also be stacked 9 high linked together with standard clips and remain just as strong as 1 story.

http://www.infiniski.com/world/
http://8747house.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-02-22T11:54:00-08:00&max-results=7
http://seacontainercabin.blogspot.com/

And if designed correctly on Pier column footings you can unbolt your house from it in the event of moving, ship them for a nominal fee on the RAILROAD, and set your house back up exactly as it was, no worse for the wear.

 

[ZombieHunter]

This post is because the last one was post 666, not a fan.

 

[ASP785]

This post is because the last one was post 666, not a fan.

I am a fan of the links you posted! That is pretty cool. Great cabin in the woods idea.