Should you Buy a MOBILE HOME IN 2024?
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In this Video I discuss the reasons on why I think you should seriously think through purchasing a Mobile home. Whether that is a double wide or single wide. There is times where purchasing one is a feasible option but the price of them has went out the roof. With all this in mind please think through your decision once you sign the dotted line you can’t go back! I really appreciate the view!
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Nothing to do with the topic of the video, but your wife keeps a nice tidy house! As a stay at home mom myself, I’m impressed! I know how much work that takes with little kids 😅
She will love to hear that! She is a trooper she keeps this place in tip top shape every single day! Thanks for the comment
I just bought a double wide Wick home last Nov. I paid $65k cash. I couldn't be happier. It is an older model 1995...one owner and has been well kept. I knew going in that it would not appreciate, but it is a very nice home that is very cost effective.
Thanks for your insight and the tour of your home. Extremely helpful from a potential buyer perspective.
Thank you for that thoughtful tour of your house.
Thanks for the comment
Thank you for taking the time to show the build quality of your manufactured home. I considered buying a new manufactured home vs an older one in a rental park but after watching several different videos by different owners who are finding tons of problems in less than a year, I am reconsidering buying new. I may just stay with a stick built home.
I live in double wide built in 1995. We've been keeping it up and repairs as needed. I know it won't hold it's original value but the 5 acres it sits on will.
What people don't relize is the home normally loses value or stay flat. It is the land that holds value.
Thank you for this, especially the amount of detail you went in on the issues and showing them as well. You covered things I wouldn't have thought of like the 12 amp breaker. I just got my preapproval and started looking at land and homes and Clayton is big here in VA too. This gave me plenty to consider and think about.
You are absolutely right about everything you've brought up! I had the opportunity to buy an older mobile home and didn't, because of all the issues you have covered! Wiring was needing to be replaced, trim on the corners inside popping of & breaking, flooring was starting to warp, siding was coming loose? Thank you for your videos! 🙏
Thanks for the comment! Have you seen the 2025 video yet?
I bought a 1989 16x66 Schult (great condition, furnace was 3 years old and the hot water heat 1 year old, at the time), 12x20 deck, 10x10 enclosed front porch, central A/C, 4 acre's (most of it wooded), 10x10 shed with a dog run, insulated pole barn, with built in work bench's, and 2 outside mercury flood light's (pole barn has it's own 100 amp circuit breaker box, water, cement floor with a drain, both garage doors have opener's, and has a side door), less than 10 years ago for $48k (paid cash and got it below list price), in rural Northern MI. Used it as my secondary, until I retired in 2019, and moved into it (sold my 2 story site built in the city after I retired). My MH came with replacement windows throughout, additional insulation (my heating bill is 1/2 of what my sister pays for her site built home, that's 50 sq ft larger), all appliances (still working), standing seam metal roof, and a renovated handicapped accessible bathroom (the prior owner went into a nursing home). I retired from the largest insurer of mobile homes in the country, Foremost/Farmers, so knew exactly what I was buying. I love my economical and easy to maintain retirement home, with dirt cheap property tax ($700. a year). Around here today, an older single wide, on 1 acre, in halfway decent condition, with no garage, is going for about 80k. It's rare to find one with a garage, and near impossible to find one with a pole barn, unless it's on 5+ acres, with a price tag of 130k+, depending on the amount of acreage. Glad I found and bought mine before all the craziness happened!
Great comment! Thanks! Sounds like you have a great place to enjoy retirement!
Thank you for doing this video. May the Lord bless your family even more. Keep safe always! And tell your wife that the home is well kept.
Thank you for pointing out some of the finer points of manufactured homes that I wouldn't find on my own. Check out the prices of mobile homes in Malibu, most are over $1M, plus there is a space rental fee. Your mobile home still looks like on the better manufactured homes I've seen. I am now thinking twice about a mobile home.
@@69FOSTER that’s crazy! No way I would do that. Lol
Unfortunately, all I'm hearing is that the newly built stick built homes are built like garbage and are falling apart before they're even finished. The builder isnt there putting in nails. These homes are passing inspections when they shouldn't be and have severe issues. Builders are refusing to fix issues. I feel like we are stuck. Know anyone good in Texas?
I’m wondering the same. If stick builds aren’t a good option and neither are MHs, then what is?! Gotta take the least risky I guess.
I was just talking to a drywall guy up here in Idaho the other day and he said the same thing. He said to buy a manufactured home, lol,
My wife and I bought a manufactured home from Clayton last year, closed on it in April and moved into it in June. I had actually seen your past couple of videos like this one before we bought it, and now that we’ve been in ours for almost a year, I can say we’ve had some of the same issues. I’ve overall been pretty happy with ours. It’s solid built as far as having 2x6 exterior walls and being extremely well insulated…found that out after our last electric bill ended up being way cheaper than everyone else’s from the January cold spell. But as far as issues go, trim is one of them. We have full drywall throughout, and we’ve had a few cracks pop up here and there. We have pretty good quality cabinets, but there’s a few trim pieces you can tell they just rushed to put together without much care for quality. We have the same issue with our electrical outlets, although the only real problem I’ve run into is they put one of those in outlets in our utility room where my deep freezer is supposed to go. Not even a week after moving in, that outlet had tripped without us knowing it, ruining everything in it. Our biggest issue is our kitchen floor makes an awful creaking sound in one spot next to the island. I don’t know what’s going on with that, but it’s something they’ll need to fix. We’re documenting all of this and will have them come out to fix it in the next month before our warranty goes out. As long as they stick to the warranty and fix these issues, I’ll be pretty happy. They’ve been good to us, going so far as to replace our refrigerator with a super expensive one from Lowe’s after we had issues with Frigidaire. But our dealership we’ve worked has some good folks working there, so we may have just lucked out there.
Thanks so much for the comment! I do appreciate it! We also have a bad creaking spot in our master bedroom. It’s from them either missing a spot of glue or not nailing down tight or both.
If it's a hardwood floor cover the squeaky spot with baby powder . Keep working the spot with a small broom gently back and forth then sweep up powder squeak gone
I just found your channel and I’m great so happy l did. I going to start looking for two in the next few months. I’m planning to move into one and have my brother in the other on a double lot. I guess I’ll have to wait.
Thanks for the comment
We have a 2004 Doublewide as our second home on a lake. We are the 2nd owners. We don't live there every day, but it is at a lake and gets a lot of "lake" living. It was well built, and I would say that it almost still looks like new (other than the style of of decor and colors is outdated) I think that that it is starting to settle a bit because I have found a couple of small cracks in the ceiling. We need to get a mobile home person out there check and maybe relevel it.
I agree hole heartedly!
Thanks for the comment
Appreciate your video. We live in Arkansas and are going to look at some Clayton homes this weekend. All info you are Sharing is great and I would definitely get that extended warranty. Main reason we are looking is because house prices have sky rocketed the last few years. We are really trying to keep our number under or around 200,000. for everything. We just want a lower mortgage payment.
OMG! DO NOT BUY A CLAYTON HOME!! They’re so many nightmare stories! Please watch some videos.
Clayton will let you buy the warranty, then the dealer will quit. Please rethink the Clayton homes. They have nice designs, yes. I liken it to Samsung refrigs. Sure, they look nice, sure the design is great, but you will not get help when you need it.
Which company do you recommend?
Price breakdown would be awesome! Just found your channel, I hope it explodes!
Thanks for the comment! 😊
My aunt had her double wide for over 40+ years & trust her house is a way better built than my aunt (her younger sister) stick built house & the stick built house is at least about 17 years & that house has issues since it was built from the grown up, from the plumbing to the septic to everything you can think of. I have several family members who have manufactured houses who are all satisfied & have several family members who have newer stick built houses who are very upset because their house that they built from ground up is falling apart more so & faster than the manufactured houses in the family. One of my cousins had to get get her newly LVP Flooring repaired twice since she moved into her house. One of my other cousins sold their big stick built & bought a manufactured house & they are much happier with their decision. I grew up in NY so I know when I retire the manufactured route is going to be the route that I take, I already have land that I inherited & it already electricity wired & plumbing ready to sit my house on....
I’ve seen horror stories on stick built… just material alone is cheap anymore
I have a brand new 2024 Clayton Home in North East Texas in the Mount Vernon area. Mine is a relatively small, 1,100 sqft, 2bed/2bath with separate full utility room. Detached garage. It features a large master bedroom and big master bath with a separate shower. I purchased several upgrades and expensive SS Frigidaire kitchen appliances. I bought some nice 1/3 acre wooded land for $16,000.00 cash. The home cost $119,000.00. My loan through Clayton is @ 6.7%. Payments with $60,000.00 cash down are $715.00 per month. I think I got a pretty sweet deal. Having gone to college for an architectural degree for 7 years, I will say the home is substantially solid. It has withstood three major wind storms, rain, and hail so far since I moved in July 27th, 2024. Never heard a single creak or pop. It was built in their Waco, Texas plant. As far as I know, this East Texas Clayton dealer and plant have absolutely no bad press or complaints.
I do not understand all of the bad comments regarding Clayton. So far, I am very pleased with the structure and excellent build quality. The only complaint I have is with the stupid computerized water heater. It beeps every 4 days, and I have to reset it! But that is not a Clayton issue!
My siding is 100% verticle interlocking wood with a vinyl coating guaranteed for 50 years. Including all trim.
Great comment! I would probably contact the manufacturer about that hot water heater!
Thank you for the video. I was been thinking about purchasing a Clayton Hone
Thanks for the comment! Check out the new 2025 video!
Very helpful! Keep it going. I’m a builder as well but have no time to build my own. Good info man!
Until you try to get it insured. That is our problem. Manufactured Homes are devalued by insurance companies and, after 10 years, they no longer pay replacement cost, they pay Actual Cash Value (ACV). Also, after 10 years, insurance companies decrease ACV every year, I think it is, by about 1.5%, give or take depending on location I'm sure. I live in Texas by the way.
Point is that we now owe more on our mortgage than our insurance company will pay if we have a catastrophic loss of our home. It would take losing everything for insurance to cover enough to pay off the mortgage and have a little left over to try and restart. Don't think that just because a realtor, Zillow or otherwise, gives a high valuation that insurance will cover that valuation in case of loss. Do the research to make sure you know what you're getting into, especially if buying a manufactured home from a previous owner.
Good point! We have a very nice smaller 2000 double wide on pier and beam foundation with built on additions and our insurance company told us last year we were capped on our payout for the structure, due to age. It’s kind of ridiculous, because this was in no way a “mobile” home when we bought it and especially now after the build on. We were able to over insure our out buildings in case of catastrophic loss, but it’s still silly.
I'm in MI and own a 1989 mobile home. I have full replacement coverage insurance on my mobile home and personal property through Foremost Insurance (they're nationwide and owned by Farmers Insurance, so any Farmers agent sell's these policies).
Maybe it’s the state. I’m in TX too, and apparently Foremost is not renewing MH policies due increased claims. I’m insured through Hoheim, and we were capped on our home value this year
@@snowcrash4286We recently switched. We were with Allstate for almost 20 years. Had our vehicles and home covered, which provided a nice discount. Then the vehicle insurance started increasing to ridiculous levels, even with crystal clear driving records. I started noticing how expensive our home insurance premium was as well. Sadly, I hadn't paid attention since it's paid through escrow. My insurance, almost 20 years ago, cost less than $1000 for more than $100k coverage...all in. Last year, they charged more than $2000 for just over $70k in coverage. This year, they were trying to charge more than $2700 for the same coverage. I had already switched our vehicles to another provider and found out they would insure our manufactured home with a little better coverage for quite a bit less. Only $2000 this year instead of more than $2700, plus the mutli-line policy gives us additional discounts, which is always a bonus.
Still, we're at Actual Cash Value for the house, which was built in 99. As far as I know, we're the third owners. The previous owner did some major remodeling to the interior, which probably reset the clock, if anyone cared to look into that, but it's already nearly 20 years past those improvements. I've replaced flooring, reinsulated some, and quite a few other things including adding a semi-climate controlled room to the back.
I’m looking at a mobile home due to it becoming my easier to get one then buy a house right now at least for me and they are way more affordable. An once it’s paid off the fixed rate lot fee and utilities will f I had one right now would run me $400 a month in northern Illinois. It’s also a really nice park mostly 55 - older couples and young families.
you destroyed them that was some of the best points ever shown your 100 percent correct profit over reputation is a dying company i live in a 69 singlewide i tell you ive looked at them all rebuilt inside my own several times doing it once more to get to a new build this time cut no corners have no regrets thank you reassuring im doing it right
@@artseidner2427 I appreciate the comment!!
I think bc you know so much of the craft, that’s why you notice all the small details. But if you can’t afford a home, this would be a good option. Considering a mobile home bc houses are too expensive nowadays. I’m in socal & mobile homes are going up to 400k. It’s ridiculous
@@emilypreciado5396 this could be true. Some people may not notice
I know this is an older video, but could you do or have you already done a video about finding land for your home? Like did Clayton have lots available or already set up or did you have to do all the leg work. Great video. Thank you
Land is a hard thing to find but I will consider doing a video on it!
It's so sad how prices are crazy out here in the West. Median family income here in the Moscow, ID area is $55k, while the median home price is $500k. The cost to build is around $300 a sq. ft. and the wait is a year. 10 acres with a well, road, and building site is $400k to $500k. Lot rent for mobile homes is $700 to $900 a month. Living in a nice, newer home in the country is only available to the immigrants that are flooding in with cash from the sale of their homes in California, Seattle, and other blue areas. I'd move to the mid-South in a heartbeat, but all my family, kids, and grandkids are out here.
Nope! Game has changed. South is expensive too and the houses are cheaply made
I would like to see a video on why manufactured homes do not retain their value over time.
Can you upload some?
I might do that! (:
Hey Bud, 👋 were sitting on a 78 double wide, and I'm honestly just now taking a better look at her. We're trying to take a more stable approach with her and find out how much more serious you should be with her frame if your gonna think about dry walling room by room, but starting off from base t9 floor to walls (doors and windows on the s8de)
Yeh just make sure it’s structurally sound
What kind of updates do you recommend after you buy a manufactured home? My husband and I want to buy a manufactured home but we don't want to spend more than a construction home.
If you can get it without kitchen cabinets and do them after it’s delivered! The builder grade cabinets from Lowe’s are 10X better than those!
Thank you. Me and my wife are looking to move out of our old double wide from the 70s its finnaly getting to the point where its not worth the upkeep. We have one daughter one more on the way and plan to have a 3rd so i appreciate the honest review. I was curious how using land as a down payment was curious what they give you an acre just curious looking at ball park. Thanks if you see this have a blessed day 🙏
Thanks for the comment! Check out the new video I just released.
They will take the land as collateral towards the loan. Not an actual down payment.
Stick Built homes are in the 400K range there are people never going to be able to afford that manufactured home is the only option! Not to mention it depends on the upgrade you want for the manufactured home, floated sheet rock and upgrade the frames
Thanks for the comment! Check out the new 2025 video!
Thanks for the video. Beautiful home!! My husband and I are in the process of purchasing our first double wide. Chose the top of the line. But I'm so nervous reading about different issues some major some minor. My biggest concern is hearing about mice getting in. Some of my friends said they didn't have that problem and some said they did but it was minor. I'm afraid of anything creeping or crawling. Thank God my husband worked in field of maintenance for apartment complexes for years. Maybe he can take some of that fear away. But enjoy you home! Again thanks
Not all doublewides loose value over time. I own a Clayton doublewide built in 1992. It is a small one at 1188 square feet. The doublewide itself cost $30,000. Land (2.39 acres), land clearing, grading, driveway, well, septic, and an 8 X22 foot covered porch added $18,000. Similar doublewides on less land are selling for $175,000 to $200,000 in a rural part of North Carolina. I never thought they could sell for that much more money. For a comparison, my brother bought a small stick built home (built in 1970) with 1050 square feet on .45 acres for $58,000 two years after I bought my doublewide and land. Houses in that community are selling for $190,000. They have had a similar appreciation, and the doublewide is 22 years younger. Of course, this is all dependent on housing market and location. Hopefully, when you decide to sell, you will be in a similar situation.
You are correct that they could use better materials and not add much cost to the homes, and the trim work and cabinets could definitely be better. We have had no problems with the OSB sheathing or vinyl siding. We lived in that home for 10 years, and it has been our rental home for 22 years and has held up well with five other families living there.
Good luck on making a decent profit when you sell, in the future.
Thanks so much for the comment! This is a great comment that I truly appreciate you taking the time to write out!
Great information, lots of builder’s in the manufacturing industry are looking to make a quick buck.. I believe there are some quality builders too… I owned a 2000 sqft home back in 2006, I paid 62k , had a nice piece of property, and a 2 car garage ,was able sell for more than double… when everyone said it was a house on wheels… you have a great home maintain the place and you too shall reap the benefits… thanks
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but you bought a bottom end home (think Yugo which describes Clayton) instead of a top end high quality manufactured home. Are there differences? You bet! The cabinets in your home are built in house by the factory and are often assembled with scrap parts. Your higher end manufacturers (think Cadillac like a Karsten home) use better quality materials rather than scraps to construct cabinets. Your house was likely constructed of 2x4 studs for the exterior walls and 2x3 studs for the interior walls. Exterior studs are likely set 16 inches on center but the interior studs may be 24 inches on center. Your interior wall sheathing is 5/16 inch thick VOG (Vinyl on Gypsum) glued and stapled onto the wall typical of lower end homes. It all meets code but it is not a high quality home and was built cheaply to meet a price point. I own a Kartsten Home ( which ironically is owned by Clayton) and the exterior walls are 2x6's 16 inches OC with R-21 insulation, interior walls are 2x4's 16" OC. Exterior wall sheathing is Hardi board lap siding and has been trouble free and interior wall sheathing is 1/2" sheetrock screwed to the studs. It is taped, textured and painted just like a site built house. The exterior doors are sturdy steel doors similar to what your replacement doors are and the cabinetry is made of real wood (Knotty Alder). The factory was also willing to make changes to the floor plan that we wanted giving this home a custom touch. There are other differences that I have not mentioned. What it comes down to is you get what you pay for. If you want an inexpensive home, it will be made of cheap materials and likely will not hold up in the long run. Did I pay more for my Karsten built home? Yes I did but it is better built using better materials and it will likely hold its value in the long run. Do I feel like I need to buy a site built house in order to upgrade? No I don't but that was because I was willing to spend more money up front to get a better manufactured house. Some people might say why would you do that for a "trailer" for crying out loud but I don't feel like I live in inferior housing so I will save money in the long run by not buying a site built home at greater cost. If you are looking to buy a manufactured home to put it on your property, take your time and research different manufacturers and the products they offer because they are not all alike!
@@JamesJones-xp3ej really enjoyed reading your comment! You definitely either do work in the trades or your studied up well! That I appreciate! This is just my honest opinion! If you’re going to get a mobile home I wouldn’t get a high end mobile home for the fact that it will depreciate in value even faster than a mid level priced one. (That’s what my research shows anyway) if you’re going to spend the extra money to get a high end mobile home then at the point I wouldn’t just opt to purchase a site built home! My opinion!
I definitely will need to do some upgrades on my home but that was to be expected! I however paid extra to get the energy efficiency model that is full osb wrapped and has upgraded insulation in the flooring,walls and attic.
Thank you for your details. That was wonderful information. I have been inquiring on whether I should purchase a home from a bank and pay property taxes or invest in mobile home at a mobile home park and just pay the lot fees. I am glad that you explained the quality difference of a mobile home when you pay for a cheap one. I was actually going to be the one to pay for a cheap mobile home trying to penny pinch. So I am grateful for you putting it into perspective that you get what you pay for. Would you suggest a house or a mobile home?
@@lakishadm6587 In my opinion, the worst thing you can do is buy a manufactured home in a rental park. If you do not own the land under your house, you are at the mercy of the park owner and more and more rental parks are being purchased by equity investment firms whose only concern is to make as much money as they can at the expense of their tenants. Buy a site built house if it is within your budget- OK. Buy a good quality manufactured home on your own parcel of land-YES! Buy a manufactured home in a rental park? Nooo! Run as fast and as far away as you can. It can be a trap that can snap shut on you when you least expect it and potentially bankrupt you. You have been warned.
I’m in a 6 year old townhome built by Mattamy. 2 story - stick built (concrete block 1st floor). Leak under 2nd floor master bath to ceiling in living room downstairs. Trim / cabinetry cheap in kitchen with things falling off around corners just like this mobile home. 2 outlets that have no power to them at all. Light switches hung crooked. Garage door rails completely imploded due to incorrect installation and year after I moved in. Problems with dryer vent to outside. Problems with AC due to line going outside from upstairs.
Meanwhile, my ex still has his wind zone 3 Palm Harbor mobile home on Chokoloskee Island. It’s 21 years old and has survived 3 direct hit hurricanes up to a category 4 - the last one he lost shingles and it needed a new roof - at 15 years old! I lived in that home for 14 years. He’s not had near the problems due to poor workmanship in 21 years of owning that mobile home than I had in 4 years in this brand new stick built joke!!
It all goes back to integrity of the builder, quality of what they use to build and the workmanship and pride of work put forth by the subcontractors.
Interesting info!
Thanks for the comment
Thank you for going through it and showing us everything! Your home is beautiful ❤️ 🔨🔨🔨
I used to build mobile home and also built house's before that. The quality in materials used to build a site built home compared to a mobile home is staggering. I cant speak for other mobile home manufacturers, but the company i worked for did take quality very seriously even though the homes were built with the cheapest materials possible and we were not paid very well for the work we were asked to do. Our quota was six home's out the door a day. When i started there i was paid $13 a hour and and was up to $14 a hour after 2 years. Yes the weekly bonus and nice, an extra $300 a week if we meet out quota. I aint gonna lie i hated it there, but I stayed because I have a family to provide for. I work a job now making almost $25 a hour. Sorry went on a little bit of a rant. Anyway, buying a mobile home is just like anything else you buy, you get what you pay for. Yes you can invest in it and improve it, but a lot of people dont wont to that if they dont have to. Its just a matter of what you want your home to be. Me i would probably do what this man did and make those improvments to make my home better.
Thank you for being transparent about the reality behind the doors of how the mobiles are built. So if I understand correctly they are built mostly off of quantity and not so much as quality. I get that workers would just meet the standard, especially based off of low pay but hard work
What about getting an older mobile home, putting it on a permanent foundation, and stick building add-ons to it?
A lot of people do this.
Thank you for the information! Is there a builder you could recommend in the state of South Carolina?
Matthew from The Rock Hill Clayton homes office was the best!
The last mobile home was made in 1976 , they are called manufactured homes and have to follow a specific manufacturing code. Once the unit is on your lot you will NEVER hear from the manufacturer again they will absolutely abandon you!
We bought 2008 a 16x65 Schultz we had a problem day one the air conditioner was wired backwards took a election and 100$ to find out that problem and frustration for my husband, they reinbursed us the 100$ we had siding blown off a corner 3times they were good to come out and the third time found the problem, only cost 250$ propane to heat for a year, 🤗 great insulated, it seems to be built well and I'm happy, I paid 45,000$ now its doubled! Bought in Bismarck N.D. I'm happy, could use more storage but all in all I worked that all out!
Manufactured or mobile. Doesn’t matter to me. lol and yes you never actually hear from Clayton.
Glad you’re satisfied with your home! 😊
How do you feel about the quality of Champion modulars? I was told not to buy a Clayton home.
Idk anything about them. Sorry
I was going to add that comment like your ground fault interrupters in the bathroom being looped to the other bathroom. I’m in a $600,000 plus house and mine are looped
I don’t like that! Lol
@@RedBeardedBuilder me either I grew up in the electrical supply business and I really don’t like it, but I’m not gonna rewire it so it is what it is
Great video, what state are you in?
Kentucky!
A video on buying a new vs pre owned please
Most houses in my area at 1k sqrf is about $300k and that’s for a house that’s 60-100 years old.
I wouldn’t buy a Clayton home! I hear they are terrible all around…I’m in Los Angeles!
Do they have manufactured homes in Los Angeles?
What do you think about Doublewide home
Just made a new video check it out!
Hey bud! What are your thoughts on singlewides?
Cheap but not a good long term investment!
never use vinyl siding if in an area that gets hail or is hot
It is very difficult to work with when you have huge temperature swings
@@RedBeardedBuilder yes you are so right I was an installer for many years and I would never use vinal products on my own home .
@@bikerstud69 thanks for the comments!
Thoughts on Palm Harbor?
When you did your front porch did you attach a ledger board or is there a gap between siding and porch. Im wanting to do the same kind of porch without the overhead and having trouble figuring out how the first row of boards will attach and all will drain correct.
Ledger board is sitting on notched 6x6 in the center and sitting on block foundation around the sides. You can go back and watch the videos when I built it! (:
hello sir ,, can you provide the name of the manufactured home builder?
Clayton
by the way do you build homes as well - if so can you provide me a contact number for you or your company - i’m located south carolina
How much is your interest rate?
6%
home value is all about location = my 171,000 house 4 years lator is now 261,000 wow location
The longevity is the issue. 50 year old manufactured home is no comparison to a good stick built house.
Nice house 🏘️ it looks great 😮
I enjoyed the video, and I like the name of your channel, and Lastly let the wife know that asking a husband to cut off his beard would be like a husband asking his wife, not to get her make up done. Some things are best left alone. Great beard and sending you a virtual beer 🍺.
Thanks for the comment
What about a modular home?
It’s just a suped up double wide
@@RedBeardedBuilder actually I’ve heard modular homes are built with the specifications of a stick built home, especially if you upgrade the wind zone package to 3
What state/area are you located in?
Se Kentucky
What manufacturer is your house?
Clayton’s Island Breeze.
the only man im going to trust to advise me on a trailer home is a guy named red bearded builder
That’s right!
I bought a brand new manufactured home I thought I was buying a master craft home but after closing I now own a 2023 ritz craft instead of a 2024 master craft it was delivered damaged and wrong the contractor destroyed my land installed the foundation wrong the house was put together wrong the house is moving and sinking extremely bad ceiling are cracking plumbing is leaking and breaking water coming in bottom of door when it rains cracks everywhere siding is broken and install wrong water running down walls when it rains
That sounds like a horror story. I would be contacting a lawyer!
Thank you for this vedeo
It's my pleasure
It seems to me Clayton homes and some Palm Harbor (Also Clayton I think) have the most issues. I have w question. Is your house on Blocks or Piers placed atop concrete pads? When I have watched some videos of mobile home placements it is often using blocks on newly excavated land with dirt that has not properly been compacted, thus a pretty continuous settling may occur.
I know you were on a budget but we always seem to get what you pay for.
Back to the problem videos, it seems most of the customers posting these problems are in the Southeast. Is there a common issue with dealers and contractors? I assume the house was inspected before you moved in and you found these problems from day one. Is this a HUD certified home that meets your local code standards?
Last, most states have an advocacy board. Have you contacted them. You were smart and made videos. I think you should ask for a refund. Your video should turn everyone away from Clayton, their finance partners, and dealers. It would be great for Clayton if you could document your 3 year post sale fixes if they do that instead of a refund.
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We cut our pad down to virgin soil and dug state requiremed footers and sit block piers under frame of house. We also had perimeter footer and did block skirting but it’s really not structural
rad monkey agrees😎
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Doesn’t Warren Buffet own Clayton Homes?
He does and I’ve seen terrible, terrible reviews on them they take your money and don’t honor their warranties. I own a stick built home but I watch reviews on Clayton homes and people who bought them say they are terrible I would recommend to stay away or hire your own inspector and be there and have someone there when they are delivered and set up who knows what they are doing so you can get it set up right. Just going by recommendations of others who have hired lawyers over their homes. The people who sell them and build them then deliver them are all separate entities and totally disconnected from each other just saying what the lawyer said on people who are suing them. I wouldn’t buy from Clayton based on what I’ve seen and read.
I will avoid Clayton Homes. They have such terrible reviews and testimonials. I just visited Palm Harbor and they seem a lot nicer and better built. Better warranties as well.
That's what I have seen, too, like they are nice, but the post I've seen about leaking, water damage etc, and it's always clayton
I have a palm harbor horizon 56 and I’ve been threw a few hurricanes with her no leaks and for the most part I’m very happy with palm harbor
Bought a 2017 Clayton home single wide "the breeze" and it's been good. I would recommend to get a better skirting than the one that comes with it and bought extra warranty and only had to use it for stove which they did replace. But honestly I wouldn't buy a mobile home or new house that's newer than 2020, the material seems cheap and the workers that build the homes have no pride
Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God
Preach!
next who complins about trim ????? just u
What?
Open the Nore
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Just bought a 2024 double wide manufacturer home I paid over 150 thousand dollars for this house extremely pissed was delivered wrong craftsmen ship is tarable was lied to from the day I ordered whole home completed wrong ceiling falling in no gfi plugs doors in home where installed wrong I have had 2 water line brake never painted any walls just primmered shower leaks worped floors extremely pissed think about sueing or turn into lemon law foundation was done wrong dealer I bought from told me with way more complaints then I listed told me o well ur in a contract deal with it walls above doors are cracked
Just curious what model did you buy so I can avoid. looking to buy mine in a few months
@@RobertBrown-by9vndon’t buy Clayton and if you do hire your own inspector well worth the money and have someone there when delivered to watch them set it up who knows about that stuff or you will be sorry, just look up lawsuits on Clayton homes and videos on people warning you they aren’t lying
Mobile homes are not worth buying they’re low in value and mobile home parks are closing fast and you’re on the hook to remove your trailer and when you can’t afford to have it moved you better believe you’ll be charged big time for abandoning your trailer.
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Where do you live
SE Ky
NEVER Clayton homes …..
Ok.
Nope, illegal where I live.😮
why can't u fix it
What?
No
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I bought clayton homes hwy 60 I live in hell water coming in doors insulation wet mold I lived in hell
The front 2by4 they arecrooked
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Ill be dead thirty years from now.
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Note taken. I left my tripod on the job site.
@@RedBeardedBuilder Just got a little dizzy Sir, built my covered porch off your video, double wide dweller too. Thank you.
Clayton junk
NO!
Don,t buy Clayton homes lies cheater
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STOP calling them mobile homes!!! WTH?
Why?
They are manufactured homes, are they not? Quite honestly, you stigmatize the product, the quality that goes into a Manufactured home vs. a mobile home. Mobile homes are not build with 2"x6" exteriors, nor the insulation, or other features. But, you're channel bro so do you! You simply don't help the industry when there are serious benefits in green building by utilizing Manufactured homes, especially California. The cost comparably in Ca is crucial to increasing affordable housing. $70-$150sf is a steal compared ot the $500-$1000. Not apples to apples in custom, I've built some, but certainly closer than that of a mobile home. @@RedBeardedBuilder
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@@RedBeardedBuilder actually called manufactured homes. The name mobile home stopped in 1975 because of the specifications of the building codes and they’re not really mobile because you can take the axles and the tongue off. There are stick built homes that you can still move with axles so are they mobile homes too?
Mobile homes are called mobile cause you can move them..they have axels..unless you put in on a permanent foundation..its a mobile home. Putting it on a permanent foundation in some states qualifies it as real estate and can have a mortgage with easy to find insurance. Just putting my 2 cents in lol love from TN🧡
Short answer people.. NO - DO NOT. It is beyond ridiculous today. Maybe in 2004.. but today? no.. unless you can find one for DIRT cheap.. and I mean DIRT. These "new" ones are slapped up worse than all the new homes being slapped up in your old corn fields that you used to party in as a kid.. On top of your mortgage on it, you'll also have to pay for ludacris "lot fees". You're 100000000000000000000% better off investing in a brick and mortar (traditional) home in the long run. Even if you buy a plot of land and buy a new trailer - you're still looking at 5K-10K+ to move the damn thing.. double wide even more. Then you have to pay for setting up electric/permits, septic/permits, HVAC, the well/permits, easily 1000-2000 for the grading spot for the home etc.. bare minimum for all these services on a single wide is 50k-60k++ on top of your mortgage and land taxes and everything else.
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What a dump. No way
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