I'm sorry for shooting off my mouth. I just hate feeling like we made a bad decision, kwim? I have friends that have nice land and a nice house and they are paying less than us. I want to play outside with girls and have things to do and yet there isn't anything to do. If we had just waited another year or two we could have had a nice house and land.
I think you are right there is a difference between trailer and manufactured home but most of the time they are lumped together. I hate it when people refer to my house as a trailer. There are no hook-ups to move the house hanging off the end of the house. Our house looks like a very nice ranch without a basement. It sits on a cement slab and has concret blocks around the bottom instead of those skirtings.
We still have to talk to the local inspector about moving the house. The last time we did we didn't meet the requirements but a few weeks ago my husband ended up on a road trip for work with a man that moves homes. He told my husband that if we added on that we could meet those requirement. We have always planned on adding on if we moved so it was an answer to our prays to find this out. The biggest problem is working out the finacing. We think it would be like a building loan but that still needs to be worked out. We would have to have the water and sewar hooked up just like you would for a normal home. We are pretty sure it will be easier to sell if we can put it on land. I have a friend that owned one and when they were transfered they were able to have someone assume the loan.
I was shocked by Shell's thread about buying a new place. The price homes go for in some places is so unreal to me. Homes are not that much around here but at the same time I have to wonder if it averages out based on cost of living and how much a person makes. For us, my husband has not had a raise in over 5 years and actually had a slight decrease in pay last year. They keep saying they will give him a raise but we haven't seen it. The cost of everything has gone up too. I guess all I'm saying is it's interesting how different everyones area is.
Oh and I don't regret our two bathrooms. It was a life saver when my IBS was bad and the girls were potty training. And I sure don't regret our central air. It feels so good on a hot and humid day like today.
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