My son has a 1996 triple wide with vaulted ceiling with air in the ceiling as well, his is a3 bedroom with living room and family room, the bedrooms are huge with walk in closets don’t know the manufacture…….loved the trailer on the 5 bedroom video
5:00, this one here you pointed out, with the screen door flopping in the wind, it looks extra tall. 12:10, when it’s non-structural they can use lumber like this. 17:26, desk with a computer maybe.
Newer mobile homes are very expensive these days but built a lot better. I had a 1989 palm harbor and the floor buckled due to a leak cause of particle wood
I LOVE this! - I also went to look at the other one you have linked at the end of this one and honestly I see good in BOTH of these homes. If I could take a bit of this and that from both set ups I'd have the ultimate home. (Master bed/Bath - I like this layout),(Master closet I prefer the other layout only putting a sliding door IN the master to access it (Close off the wall in the bathroom). (Livingroom/Kitchen I prefer this one), (Pantry I prefer the other), (Kids bathroom I prefer the other). >_> Now I must draw this up and try to figure out how much it would cost me to do such a thing. OR find a happy used medium between both of them. ☺
@@mybrotherdonnie Haha that would be wonderful! Now I just need someone to pay MOST of that and pay for a maid if its that big. 😅 --- I've been looking for a home for gosh off and on since before covid, sure cant afford it now with this market. I'm going to have to find something 3x USED before it gets to me. 🤣
My uncle does remodel mobile homes for an investor for mobile homes he started doing this after he retired from Ford Motor Company at the Plant in St Paul MN, he has owned mobile homes for years
I'm late to the party, but i do like this home except that closet in the master bath. The cupboard space around the fridge is a great idea, and the linen closet as well. Great video guys!!
No affiliation jokes gentlemen! Merry Christmas, that is your present. LOL. When I was a tubby little girl I loved putting my sleeping bag over the floor vent ( in my mom's short term trailer she got ) when we could afford to run it, which was not very often. I didn't get A/C until I got married. I run it only at night most the time to save money still. Loved this vid.
I suspect the dehumidifier port drain id for exactly that, an appliance that’s kind of big, can look like a cabinet or piece of furniture. If the home was built to go to a higher humidity state a dehumidifier would be a good investment, that tells me that the home is well sealed once set up, and if the heat source, that hybrid generated a moister heat, the windows can sweat in the inside and cause damage, and mold & mildew.
Hopefully these nice water heaters last a long time and do not blow in the future causing a major water leak onto the floor and carpet. My parents '01 Oakwood home had the water heater blow in 2015. Destroyed the carpet in their closet and messed floor up
Our insurance in Michigan is I found was Foremost and they are an off shoot from AAA MICHIGAN. Nice home guys! Yeah come to think of it we have never seen Ronnie, almost in the tub reflection in the 2nd bathroom LOL
I hate a closet in the bathroom without a door. I don't want my closet opened like that. On one side you wouldn't have to iron close, but on the other it will be growing mold if you don't regularly wash all your garments worn or not. Lol. But I do like this layout, just need a closet door.
@@ryanglaser5336 that comment is kinda scary! A window is fine in the closet, because you can have natural light coming in so you can see when the electric goes out. How that is worded, sounds like your a stalker. No disrespect, especially if you meant it in a different way. I have been dealing with a stalker for some years now, so that reply hit a little different.
You can get a 2 or 3 piece tub or shower surround meant to replace existing tub/showers designed to be retrofit. Once piece surrounds are usually only meant to be used in new built homes. But I’ve been in many mobile homes, and even regular homes, poor people aren’t replacing their tubs. lol. Tubs are almost always original and work just fine. People only replace them when they want something different not because they have to.
I live in Iowa and where I work, heat heat vents are on the ceiling. Don't those people know that heat rises? Up by the ceiling feels like a blast furnace and down by the floor,it feels like a freezer. Never could understand that. I didn't see laundry hookups.
Buddies and I just filled a friend’s mobile home (which he uses as his office) with big balloons - I mean JUMBO BALLOONS, from floor to ceiling. Ronnie, you need to do this to Donnie some time and surprise him (it would make for a great vide). 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Cavco owns Fleetwood. Not affiliated with Clayton Homes. These are nice. It's a better built competitor of Tru Homes by Clayton. The walls are thicker, the ceilings are flat, the side walls are higher. You can upgrade the sinks in baths to porcelain and tubs and showers to fiberglass vs plastic, standard on Cavco. The Tru may have better insulation, be more airtight, and has vinyl wrapped sheetrock vs PAPER wrapped on Cavco. One thing I did notice is Fleetwood/Cavco uses a cardboard type material in front door between storm door and inside door...because the storm doors are left flapping, that cardboard is stained and rotting before the home is sold. Tru uses a plastic type jamb material that's more waterproof. SORRY, this went to wrong video. This is a Epic Series. They seem to have less defects than most I see. They use a steel tub in guest bath, plastic or fiberglass garden tub in master bath. I don't like the closet in bath with no door. Lol😂 at tub shower...they have to take the wall down. They had to do that on a Fleetwood in my park.
Is remodeling old mobile home trailers a fairly common businss?? I see alot of properties for sale that have an extra trailer located on the land that is older and needs rehab. I was curious if there are people that will fix those up to make them livable again if i was to buy that property?
@@mybrotherdonnie Since you are in that line of work, may i ask what i should look for as a description for that line of work?? Is it mobile home remodeler?? Or how would you describe your business as a title?
If you were to replace the shower that is a one piece. Yes you would have to cut it up to remove it than the new one would have to be a four-piece the tub and then back wall and two sidewalls
I have a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom double wide with vents in the ceiling and I had my closet moved out of the bathroom and into the master bedroom I had mine custom built and it was a 120 thousand dollars and I have had it 3 years
I can't Believe They are still Making these homes with OSB plywood, IN Conn they Have to use Bamboo Plywood, its green or Blue , and cost a lot. But its code.
There is nothing wrong with today’s OSB, especially Advantech products - I had some scrap pieces leaning against my backyard fence for about eight months in the rain and snow, and it was still in perfect condition when I finally threw em out. The OLD OSB and MDF/particle board floors are the ones that swell up and break through.
@@bbishoppcm I have been Building homes 45 years I have had to change whole roofs from them swelling and rotting away. a whole complex. after 3 years being built
@@bbishoppcm I forgot to Tell you how they Found out a roofer went to repair a leak, walking down to the front edge fell into the upper apartment, so I was payed to tear up 8 feet up from the Gutter.
@ sounds to me like poor ventilation… same thing happened to a co-worker; the bathroom exhaust fans were venting to the attic space and no ridge vent installed.
If i ever owned a mobile home i would not want there havc system installed i would install my own and brick under pin it and have all round hard ductwork no flex .
Hard work, having a skill, and being frugal are the way to become wealthy. Honestly, I was happiest when I was younger (age 27) and had the energy and desire to learn new things and see new places.
This varies depending on the situation - a mobile home removed from a lot or land, just sitting on its wheels will generally be worth a fraction of what costs new, but even this is not always true. Many of the used homes these guys are showing on this channel cost less (when new) than what the dealer is asking for them now, even 30 years later. When a mobile home is on a piece of land, or even in a rented lot, it's sold as real estate - and is subject to the conditions of the local market. For example, the neighborhood I grew up in is located in a very desirable town in southern NH; the recent transactions I've seen show homes that I KNOW were once worth around $10,000 selling for upwards of $150,000 just recently. These homes aren't even CLOSE to being financeable; they're being purchased by cash buyers who may be downsizing from larger homes, and have a few hundred thousand in the bank - but they want to live in that community, and it's still the cheapest option in the area.
I bought my mobile home in 2007, it's never depreciated in value and has actually increased a bit along with my property taxes. Also according to Zillow my home and land has nearly tripled in value over what I paid. Probably the housing bubble but it's still kind of crazy.
SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES ONLY COVER THE MOBILE HOME AND NOT THE PROPERTY THAT YOU MAY OWN IT ON. CLAYTON INSURED HOMES REPLACE THE HOME AND NOT MONEY. THEIR REASON STATES THAT PEOPLE WANT THE MONEY, AVOID REPOS, ETC. FINIS PAX
Those range hoods are super generic ones from china. I know because I bought one identical to it from Amazon and the manual came in completely broken English.
@@mybrotherdonniethey used to use a product similar to fiberboard; the 1972 home I grew up in had tongue and groove fiberboard panel ceilings with a slight texture to them.
1. I like screen doors alot. I don't like the kitchen sink in the middle and seens when you walk in the front door yuck. Not liking the toilet next to the closet with no door yuck. You are right about the bathroom tub shower wow this company seems to make it cheap and hard to deal with if problems. They must get a deal on the hot water heaters. I like the hallway bathroom tub . WOW CHEAP. I would have liked it if you told us the base price at the time of this video.
Love the vents in the ceiling. Allows for easier furniture placement. Add a ceiling fan .
Yep
My son has a 1996 triple wide with vaulted ceiling with air in the ceiling as well, his is a3 bedroom with living room and family room, the bedrooms are huge with walk in closets don’t know the manufacture…….loved the trailer on the 5 bedroom video
Thanks
5:00, this one here you pointed out, with the screen door flopping in the wind, it looks extra tall.
12:10, when it’s non-structural they can use lumber like this.
17:26, desk with a computer maybe.
Ok
Newer mobile homes are very expensive these days but built a lot better. I had a 1989 palm harbor and the floor buckled due to a leak cause of particle wood
I don’t know why they use it
@@mybrotherdonnie I don’t know how people could mop the floors with that kind of floor
I LOVE this! - I also went to look at the other one you have linked at the end of this one and honestly I see good in BOTH of these homes. If I could take a bit of this and that from both set ups I'd have the ultimate home. (Master bed/Bath - I like this layout),(Master closet I prefer the other layout only putting a sliding door IN the master to access it (Close off the wall in the bathroom). (Livingroom/Kitchen I prefer this one), (Pantry I prefer the other), (Kids bathroom I prefer the other). >_> Now I must draw this up and try to figure out how much it would cost me to do such a thing. OR find a happy used medium between both of them. ☺
Buy both of them and just glue them all together
@@mybrotherdonnie Haha that would be wonderful! Now I just need someone to pay MOST of that and pay for a maid if its that big. 😅 --- I've been looking for a home for gosh off and on since before covid, sure cant afford it now with this market. I'm going to have to find something 3x USED before it gets to me. 🤣
First one I've seen with ceiling a/c vents, that's a good upgrade. Thanks for the tour, guys!
Thanks for watching
Hey Good to see these 2 guys still doing good 👍Dollar Donnie and Rockin’ Ronnie !
Thanks
Good evening you two! I love to see the new modular homes! I also do not like the closets in the bathrooms!
Me to
My uncle does remodel mobile homes for an investor for mobile homes he started doing this after he retired from Ford Motor Company at the Plant in St Paul MN, he has owned mobile homes for years
I'm late to the party, but i do like this home except that closet in the master bath. The cupboard space around the fridge is a great idea, and the linen closet as well. Great video guys!!
Thanks
Thanks Don, thanks Ron. Very nice set-up. Catch you Friday!
Thanks see you then
Yep, the humble mobile home has come a looong way. Wonder what the price tag is on this baby.
I don’t know how much this one cost
Thanks for showing! 😊
Thanks for watching
😊 my guess on the doors for furnace and water heater would be some fire break since the door is wood.
Maybe
The problem with some areas,,you need a heat source below the floor to keep plumbing from freezing (thankx-4-upload)
Yep
At least the cabinets look modern. They don't nt look too thin. Decent looking model
Thanks
Thanks for the great video! Have a fantastic day!
Thanks for watching
No affiliation jokes gentlemen! Merry Christmas, that is your present. LOL. When I was a tubby little girl I loved putting my sleeping bag over the floor vent ( in my mom's short term trailer she got ) when we could afford to run it, which was not very often. I didn't get A/C until I got married. I run it only at night most the time to save money still. Loved this vid.
Thanks for watching merry Christmas
I suspect the dehumidifier port drain id for exactly that, an appliance that’s kind of big, can look like a cabinet or piece of furniture. If the home was built to go to a higher humidity state a dehumidifier would be a good investment, that tells me that the home is well sealed once set up, and if the heat source, that hybrid generated a moister heat, the windows can sweat in the inside and cause damage, and mold & mildew.
Great video sir
Great comment, sir
@mybrotherdonnie thank you MR doonie
Hopefully these nice water heaters last a long time and do not blow in the future causing a major water leak onto the floor and carpet. My parents '01 Oakwood home had the water heater blow in 2015. Destroyed the carpet in their closet and messed floor up
I’ve got one it’s leaking right now
Our insurance in Michigan is I found was Foremost and they are an off shoot from AAA MICHIGAN. Nice home guys! Yeah come to think of it we have never seen Ronnie, almost in the tub reflection in the 2nd bathroom LOL
He’s in the witness protection program
@@mybrotherdonnie
LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I have a 30 year old Palm Harbor doublewide that has A/C vents in the ceiling.
Cool
I hate a closet in the bathroom without a door. I don't want my closet opened like that. On one side you wouldn't have to iron close, but on the other it will be growing mold if you don't regularly wash all your garments worn or not. Lol. But I do like this layout, just need a closet door.
Yeah that makes no sense to me. Who would not want a door on the closet?
Me too
How'd you like me to look in your closet window?
@@ryanglaser5336 that comment is kinda scary! A window is fine in the closet, because you can have natural light coming in so you can see when the electric goes out. How that is worded, sounds like your a stalker. No disrespect, especially if you meant it in a different way. I have been dealing with a stalker for some years now, so that reply hit a little different.
You can get a 2 or 3 piece tub or shower surround meant to replace existing tub/showers designed to be retrofit. Once piece surrounds are usually only meant to be used in new built homes. But I’ve been in many mobile homes, and even regular homes, poor people aren’t replacing their tubs. lol. Tubs are almost always original and work just fine. People only replace them when they want something different not because they have to.
Don't tell Donnie but there's no overflow in the master tub.
I know I don’t know why they don’t put them in everything
I live in Iowa and where I work, heat heat vents are on the ceiling. Don't those people know that heat rises? Up by the ceiling feels like a blast furnace and down by the floor,it feels like a freezer. Never could understand that. I didn't see laundry hookups.
Buddies and I just filled a friend’s mobile home (which he uses as his office) with big balloons - I mean JUMBO BALLOONS, from floor to ceiling. Ronnie, you need to do this to Donnie some time and surprise him (it would make for a great vide).
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Don’t be giving him ideas he’s got plenty on his own
@@mybrotherdonnie. HEY, RONNIE!, Donnie wants you to get him a bunch of big ass balloons!! 😂 😂 😂
What would you do if you didn't have Donnie? He is full of knowledge! 😂
Wouldn’t be on UA-cam
Wonder if you could hold a Golden Tee tournament here? ⛳ 😉
Yep
Cavco owns Fleetwood. Not affiliated with Clayton Homes. These are nice. It's a better built competitor of Tru Homes by Clayton. The walls are thicker, the ceilings are flat, the side walls are higher. You can upgrade the sinks in baths to porcelain and tubs and showers to fiberglass vs plastic, standard on Cavco. The Tru may have better insulation, be more airtight, and has vinyl wrapped sheetrock vs PAPER wrapped on Cavco. One thing I did notice is Fleetwood/Cavco uses a cardboard type material in front door between storm door and inside door...because the storm doors are left flapping, that cardboard is stained and rotting before the home is sold. Tru uses a plastic type jamb material that's more waterproof. SORRY, this went to wrong video. This is a Epic Series. They seem to have less defects than most I see. They use a steel tub in guest bath, plastic or fiberglass garden tub in master bath. I don't like the closet in bath with no door. Lol😂 at tub shower...they have to take the wall down. They had to do that on a Fleetwood in my park.
Thanks for all the information
Is remodeling old mobile home trailers a fairly common businss?? I see alot of properties for sale that have an extra trailer located on the land that is older and needs rehab. I was curious if there are people that will fix those up to make them livable again if i was to buy that property?
Yep
@@mybrotherdonnie Since you are in that line of work, may i ask what i should look for as a description for that line of work?? Is it mobile home remodeler?? Or how would you describe your business as a title?
@ home remodeler will do your job
If you were to replace the shower that is a one piece. Yes you would have to cut it up to remove it than the new one would have to be a four-piece the tub and then back wall and two sidewalls
If you replace the tub you have to tare the outside wall off my brother works where they build mobile homes
Ok
I have a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom double wide with vents in the ceiling and I had my closet moved out of the bathroom and into the master bedroom I had mine custom built and it was a 120 thousand dollars and I have had it 3 years
Cool
I like the vents in the ceiling. I don't like the sink in the kitchen island so I would create a half wall to hid tthe sink from the front door
That spot is for a freezer, or whatever you would like there!
SOME STATES RECOGNISE MOBILE HOMES AS HOUSES OR AS TRAILERS. BIG DIFFERENCE, INSURANCE WISE. FINIS PAX
I can't Believe They are still Making these homes with OSB plywood, IN Conn they Have to use Bamboo Plywood, its green or Blue , and cost a lot. But its code.
Never heard of bamboo plywood
There is nothing wrong with today’s OSB, especially Advantech products - I had some scrap pieces leaning against my backyard fence for about eight months in the rain and snow, and it was still in perfect condition when I finally threw em out. The OLD OSB and MDF/particle board floors are the ones that swell up and break through.
@@bbishoppcm I have been Building homes 45 years I have had to change whole roofs from them swelling and rotting away. a whole complex. after 3 years being built
@@bbishoppcm I forgot to Tell you how they Found out a roofer went to repair a leak, walking down to the front edge fell into the upper apartment, so I was payed to tear up 8 feet up from the Gutter.
@ sounds to me like poor ventilation… same thing happened to a co-worker; the bathroom exhaust fans were venting to the attic space and no ridge vent installed.
If i ever owned a mobile home i would not want there havc system installed i would install my own and brick under pin it and have all round hard ductwork no flex .
Ok
Why is there a toilet flange on the floor in the mechanical closet ?
That is for the air conditioner, lines to go through
Donnie looks like a regular guy. I bet he is rich?
Hard work, having a skill, and being frugal are the way to become wealthy. Honestly, I was happiest when I was younger (age 27) and had the energy and desire to learn new things and see new places.
@@kaohsiung99 Just the ability to do a days work, PRICELESS.
Far from being rich
Yep
That is nice when you can get out there and do that
Aren't they 2x3 construction,Not 2x4
They’re all different I’ve seen2x4 I’ve seen two by sixes. I’ve seen two threes I’ve seen one by threes.
There nothing But better made storm windows, That I put over my regular windows.
Yep
JUST LIKE A CAR LOAN, A MOBILE HOME DEPRECIATES, AS SOON AS YOU TAKE IT OFF THE LOT. FINIS PAX
Used to now they’re holding their own pretty good
This varies depending on the situation - a mobile home removed from a lot or land, just sitting on its wheels will generally be worth a fraction of what costs new, but even this is not always true. Many of the used homes these guys are showing on this channel cost less (when new) than what the dealer is asking for them now, even 30 years later. When a mobile home is on a piece of land, or even in a rented lot, it's sold as real estate - and is subject to the conditions of the local market. For example, the neighborhood I grew up in is located in a very desirable town in southern NH; the recent transactions I've seen show homes that I KNOW were once worth around $10,000 selling for upwards of $150,000 just recently. These homes aren't even CLOSE to being financeable; they're being purchased by cash buyers who may be downsizing from larger homes, and have a few hundred thousand in the bank - but they want to live in that community, and it's still the cheapest option in the area.
I bought my mobile home in 2007, it's never depreciated in value and has actually increased a bit along with my property taxes. Also according to Zillow my home and land has nearly tripled in value over what I paid. Probably the housing bubble but it's still kind of crazy.
SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES ONLY COVER THE MOBILE HOME AND NOT THE PROPERTY THAT YOU MAY OWN IT ON. CLAYTON INSURED HOMES REPLACE THE HOME AND NOT MONEY. THEIR REASON STATES THAT PEOPLE WANT THE MONEY, AVOID REPOS, ETC. FINIS PAX
I’ve got insurance through State Farm not through Clayton
WAS THAT A TOILET 🚽 FLANGE IN THE FLOOR BY THE AC/HEAT UNIT ??..
I did not notice it
Those range hoods are super generic ones from china. I know because I bought one identical to it from Amazon and the manual came in completely broken English.
Lol i’ve made that mistake before too
MOBILE HOMES WILL NEVER GET AWAY FROM POPCORN CEILING FINISHES. NO TAPING AND PLASTERING. FINIS PAX
They used to never have them
@@mybrotherdonniethey used to use a product similar to fiberboard; the 1972 home I grew up in had tongue and groove fiberboard panel ceilings with a slight texture to them.
1. I like screen doors alot. I don't like the kitchen sink in the middle and seens when you walk in the front door yuck. Not liking the toilet next to the closet with no door yuck. You are right about the bathroom tub shower wow this company seems to make it cheap and hard to deal with if problems. They must get a deal on the hot water heaters. I like the hallway bathroom tub . WOW CHEAP. I would have liked it if you told us the base price at the time of this video.
I have no clue what the prices is
DO NOT BUY A MOBILE HOME WITH 48 INCH WINDOWS, UNLESS YOU WANT TO REPLACE THEM WITH 32 INCH WINDOWS. YOU WILL LIVE TO REGRET IT. FINIS PAX
Just buy another 48 inch window
WILL RONNIE EVER BE FILMED? FINIS PAX
He’s in the witness protection program
@@mybrotherdonnie liked that reply!
I've seen him on the remodeling videos more than once.
@@josephleonaitis2422 Will you ever comment without using capitals?..when you comment on here, please act your age not your shoe size!!!