Anyways..Remember me telling ya'll we plan on buying a trailer from someone from where hubby works at? Well I am starting to second guess this whole thing. Here is the whole story.
The trailer was bought in 79 so that makes this trailer older than me. Its 14 by 80. 3 beed room One bath. The outside does not look to bad but it is painted Sea Green (yuck). I know the outside can be painted so that is not such a big deal. Its the inside I am worried about. So far we have not been able to see the inside. The woman's sister is still living in there and we have to wait for her to move out before we can see the inside. We know that the bathroom floor needs to be redone, we need to put a new counter top in the kitchen, also probably a new sink as well. A given would be the carpet needs to be replaced but that is not a biggie in my book. But i worry about what else maybe wrong. She is wanting to sell us the place for 3,000 and then its ours. We would still have to pay 100.00 lot rent until we can buy a piece of land and move it there. If the inside needs to much work we will see if she will drop the price some. Its very tempting deal. We are tired of moving and we are most diffently tired of land lords.
first i would check with what the electrical standards are in your state. its very hard to get insurance on anthing older than a 1990 here in washington.and anything before a certain year, its either 1974 or 1975, has to have the electrical all redone and brought up to code.you will be alright until you go to move it onto a piece of property. thats when it can get to be a big mess by having to pass all the inspections. we bought our mobile home last year. its a 24x70 and built in 1993 so it came with the vinyl windows and siding. it was like brand new.we paid 26,000. it could end up costing you more in the long run,than if you just bought a newer one.espescially if you plan on moving it later on.
I totally agree with Dusty. My mother had bought a repoed one a few years ago and had so much trouble with it. It was freaking huge. 2200 square foot and a 2000 model. She no longer lives there but she has regretted that place ever since it was set up. So I would do tons of research before buying. The main problem she had was the AC and her electric bill was like 450 a month.
One other thing I would definitely check into is having it checked out by a professional as to the feasibility of moving it at a later date to any land you may purchase. It might be too old or require too much work to be safely moved.
I have mixed thoughts about it! First...you would blow 3,000 in a years rent and own nothing...so why not just do it. But the downside is obviously what everyone else is saying. If it is that old, I wouldn't trust the wiring. The newer trailers are made with updated insulation and the materials are far more fireproof than they were way back then. If there were to be a fire, it would burn in minutes. So with the combination of it not being update and the trailer not being as safe as the newer trailers, I would think about it.
Also, my cousins trailer needed a new bathroom floor. It turned out to be much more once they started replacing it, meaning more things wrong than just that. I would just make sure it is not a money pit. One project turning into another....in the end...after many repairs you may have been better off to buy something a little newer.....just a thought.
Denise is so right. It may be too old to move. I had a friend that wanted to move a trailer that was built in 78 and the mover said that it would fall apart before it got 5 feet.
Ya'll have made some excellent points. The upside is this my Step-Dad has been in all forms of construction for 20 years now. And he has offered to help with the trailer if we need it when it comes time to move in. All we will have to pay is for materials. So I am leaning more towards to side of going ahead and buying it. Thanks for all the help.
