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I know this is a crazy ?? (this could get long)
So my MIL and her husband have decided to deed over 5 to 10 acres of the 70+ acres to C that he will get when something happens to them. We just really found this out in the past week. So we are waying our options on rather to build from ground up or get a modular house. I was looking on the Palm Harbor Homes website and found a few I kind of like. The question is have any of you ever looked at one of their homes at the Fair or gone to their Model Center just to look? If so what did you think (like or dislike). This maybe the route we go because we maybe homeless sooner than we expect if we sell our house fast since my brother is intrested in it. I know this maybe out of the question for most of you to live in a modular but I live in a rural area so its not like I we will be looked down upon if this is the way we go and we won't have to wait as long to get back into a house.
If our house does sell fast we will have to put everything in storage and live in our camper; which I would rather not do and I don't want to pay for storage since we would be renting probably 3 large storage units. Plus we may save a ton of money if we go modular instead of stick built. I got back and forth so much that now since all of this has come up this is all I can think about.
Thanks in adavance ladies.
Re: I know this is a crazy ?? (this could get long)
I lived in a modular home for a time when I was growing up!!!!!! I thought it was awesome.
I agree with BoyMom - it doesn't matter WHAT kind of home it is as long as you are happy with it. I would not rush into this decision just so you can get something and risk being unhappy in the long run. So, maybe it takes longer to build a house from the ground up - but long-term, that's a better investment. If that doesn't matter to you and you truly don't care - go the modular home route. Just make sure you have an under the ground shelter for all the tornados that come blowing through OK during the spring!
Yes it will be on his parents permanent land. I am not sure if they can moved but since they are usually brought in like a moble home I don't see why not. Good question; I'll have to find out. I have been thinking alot and I guess I really just need to go look at them myself and see what I think. I know I will be good to go if I can get it the sq footage I want and # of bed and baths with few interior upgrades; like solid wood doors and wood laminate throughout. If we build C is deadset on a "shophouse" which is where we would build a huge shop and then use the front 2K sq ft for a house. We do have a rough plan for this but the more I think about it I want to be able to look out of my windows and see the pond that will be behind our house and I want to go into my backyard without having to go through a shop.
If we go the modular house route then we would have either an underground storm shelter or a saferoom built in the shop when it gets built.
This is pretty much almost exactly what I was going to say. Except that I lived in a full-on trailer and didn't really think it was awesome.
My former uncle has one of the newer modular homes and it is really nice. I checked out some of the ones on the Palm Harbor website, and they look very nice. It just comes down to what home works for you.
Yeah I have only looked on their site and found a few plans that I do like. I guess I just need to get off my rear this weekend or next and go look.
Actually, we did live in a trailer. A 1970s trailer.
I am telling you - it was AWESOME.
I bet it was as awesome as the my parents first home which was a 1960's trailerhouse that was 2 bed room 1 bath, I think they said it like 12X40. I could only imagine living in something that small.