Modern mobile homes have incredible floor plans to maximize space. You can find floor plans as wide open as you'd like with great floor to ceiling windows and french doors. If you haven't looked at the models available I would highly suggest you do so if you are in the market for a house.
Mobile homes are mobile. This means they are factory built and delivered to your property. This gives you the advantage of having your home placed where you want it, facing the rising or setting sun if you like. If you take care of your mobile home it will out-live you and can be moved should you ever purchase property elsewhere.
These days mobile homes are built to last. They are also built to your area's building codes. A top of the line mobile home with proper specs and proper installment is as likely to withstand anything the weather can throw at it as well as a house is able. You might just be amazed at the quality of some of the better built models.
In this day and age when everyone is looking to cut budgets and limit spending living in a mobile home is one option. Mobile homes start depreciating in value almost as soon as they leave the lot. For the person or family looking to save money this is a very good thing. Taxes will go down each year you own your home because of those depreciating values. Claiming a homeowners exemption will further lower your yearly taxes.
Mobile homes are less expensive to repair and maintain than traditional houses. A new mobile home shouldn't need any repairs for years. A used or repossesed mobile home may need some initial repairs but even then those repairs will only set you back a fraction of the repair costs to a traditional home.
I'll give an example: I lived in a beautiful MH and we moved away. Two weeks later someone stripped it clean (fireplace mantel, spa tub, curtain rods, everything) and then they poured gasoline straight down the middle all the way through that home and set it afire to hide the damage.
It did not burn down. There was very little damage as the home was fire-proofed and well built.
During an ice storm before that we were totally comfortable and completely unbothered by the wind and ice.
I didn't know any of this. I just thought they were dangerous in storms!
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