1. Affordability

Mobile homes are affordable, with a low initial cost and upkeep. The park usually takes care of major area maintenance, leaving you to care only for your home and its immediate environs. This means that you have to spend less time, effort and money paying for and keeping up your home. Spend your money on your hobbies or travel! The bonus of the new wave of mobile home ownership by the well-to-do means that a mobile home in a luxury resort is a good investment for your money.

2. Luxury

Did you just see the word, “luxury” in regards to mobile homes? Yep. The demand for more upscale housing has turned the entire mobile home industry around. Today’s modern homes look like luxurious houses instead of boxes on the outside. On the inside, plush carpeting, hardwood floors, modern fixtures and spacious designs make these homes very comfortable residences. New laws concerning mobile home construction are also changing the design of these dwellings into buildings with solid construction of quality materials. The face of adult-oriented mobile home parks, too, is changing, with many being designed to meet the needs of active retirees by installing swimming pools, fitness complexes, clubhouses, community center activities and other desirable amenities.

3. Appearance

It’s hard to watch unmaintained houses and messy yards in your neighborhood give it a trashy appearance and lower property values. This is especially difficult if you have worked hard to keep your property clean and your house in good repair. One of the attractions of a luxury park is that there is maintenance of the grounds and rules about the appearance of the properties. Generally these rules are reasonable and serve to make the appearance of the park a pleasure for all who live there.

4. Quiet

Let’s face it – most people love and have raised kids, but sometimes they want to live in a quieter environment. Living in an adult community means that you don’t have to wake up to the chatter of schoolgoers in the morning. This doesn’t mean that you can’t have your grandchildren over to visit; it means that when they go home, you can relax and reflect on the sweet sound of silence. That and not tripping over rollerblades outside are definite benefits to adult communities that many people appreciate!

5. Security

Many upscale mobile home parks are gated, but this is not the only reason that they are more secure. Smaller communities, especially those formed for people of similar interests and goals, are closer knit than today’s sprawling collections of houses. People are more likely to notice if strangers hang around or if suspicious activity is going on. They are also more likely to be proactive by confronting suspicious people or calling the police. Crime is low in these communities, due to the lifestyles of the people who move here.

6. Community

It’s wonderful to live where you know your neighbors and share interests. A specially-designed mobile home park allows these connections to be made easily and swiftly. With many quality mobile home communities investing in social centers for their residents and group activities, it’s easy to stay active and interested in your community and make new friends. Community is something we can all appreciate and benefit from and choosing a community that encourages community spirit is an excellent way to support this.

If you are looking for the above amenities in your next home, try visiting an upscale mobile home park. Mobile home parks are changing to meet the needs of people who want more from the communities they invest in. Upscale parks are challenging the stigma of the term “mobile home park” with quality residences and standards that uphold community values. You may be pleasantly surprised with what you see.

Mobile Home vs. Normal Home

Mobile Homes (Manufactured homes as they are now called) are not built the same as a site built home. They have a number of items that make them significantly different.

1) METAL LEGS: Mobile homes rest on metal legs that over time can rust, shift or become loose from the homes main support beams resulting in many problems. Your traditional home is on a solid foundation that doesn’t rust. However, based on seismic activity, the foundation of a normal home can shift.

2) ALUMINUM WIRING: Many mobile homes have aluminum wiring. If it does then it needs to be inspected and maintained. Your traditional house has wiring that’s typically copper based. However this can vary and in some cases does require an inspection.

3) WATER LINES: The water lines and connections many times are not welded and can become loose and start small leaks that result in expensive repairs. Cracks in pipes in your traditional house can also cause such damage, however because pipes are fitted together differently with other homes, such issues tend not to occur as frequently as in a manufactured home.

4) WALLS AND CEILINGS: As might be expected, walls and ceilings may not be insulated properly resulting in excessive use of your heater and or air conditioning system and this means spending extra money. The walls of mobile homes tend to be thinner than your traditional home. With a non-mobile home, insulation in walls must meet a different level of inspection.

5) WINDS: A big issue with mobile homes that a more traditional house does face is wind. Wind can cause damage to a mobile home easier than a non-mobile home. That’s because the foundation isn’t as secure (if it was, it wouldn’t be considered “mobile”). The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has set in place special windzones in various parts of the county. These zones establish the severity of high winds in the area that could affect the stability and integrity of a manufacture, mobile home. For example, Florida has various windzones with levels such as windzone 2 and windzone 3 (South Florida is windzone 3, the strongest windzone).

These are 5 specific issues that a mobile has that traditional homes don’t. But regardless of whether you own a mobile or traditional home, an inspection is necessary if you want to ensure the integrity of your house or a home you’re about to purchase. Over time we accumulate items and may improperly store them in places that can create unseen issues with your home. Everyday new items come onto the market to help make our homes safer to live in. However if you don’t know that your home has issues and problems, then you don’t know your home needs these items until it’s too late. For these reasons you can see why it is important to have your home inspected on a regular basis.

To do this, they often will do one of several things. This is where you come into the picture. You are looking for a great deal on the home of your dreams. You have cash or a funding to pay for it. And, you are willing to take possession quickly. How can you and the bank come into contact, though?

There are several ways in which this can happen. For one, you can go to auctions in your area. To find them, check out the web. For example, you can look for Ohio mobile home repos advertised on the web or you can go through your local paper.

Another option that you have is to use the web to help you find them. You’ll find that many lending institutions find this to be a great way to find buyers. And, since the prices are very low, many avid buyers are willing to travel to make the purchase. If this is the case for you, you’ll be able to track down the mobile home that you want without much trouble.

Watch The Pitfalls, Though

It is important that you either know something about vehicles or that you know someone that does. It’s important for you to find solutions to your needs but you want to make sure that the vehicle runs as well. Having them checked out before you make a purchase is very important. In most cases, they are sold in an as is type of condition. You’ll want to invest the money in an inspection to insure the quality of the vehicle before you purchase it. Also, it is important to insure its value. Most of the time, you can find some basic value information on the web as well. But, until you see the vehicle up close, you won’t know its actual value.

Regardless, you can really save a good chunk of money when you purchase a repo. You can even find opportunities to purchase, repair and then resell the product if you are interested in starting a little income opportunity. The web is an excellent tool to use to find the vehicles and the mobile homes that you really would like to own for far less than what they are priced elsewhere. You can and will be able to see the value very quickly in these.

They persist because because removal is not as simple as painting over the stain. The stain “bleeds” through paint leaving it as ugly as before. In addition, many mobile home ceilings are made with a sprayed on acoustical texture which is VERY fragile. Painting it with a roller or brushing on a heavy latex paint is a good way to pull off some of the texture, leaving a bare, untextured area. Fortunately, stains are easy to cover if you have the right materials.

There is no point in doing the repair until you are sure the leak is fixed and your ceiling has dried completely! Then go to your local paint store or home improvement center paint dept. and look for an aerosol can labeled “Stain sealing ceiling paint” or something close to that. Two brands I know of are “Kilz” and “Zinsser”. It will be made to spray straight up and only comes in one color. Hopefully, the color will be a good match for your ceiling tiles.

While you are shopping you may also want to buy some of the blue masking tape. It costs more than standard masking tape, but comes off when you are done, without leaving adhesive behind or pulling anything off when it peels away.

At home, mask the area you plan to spray and put an old sheet or something on the floor. Then follow the directions on the can to do the actual spraying. Two light coats with adequate drying time between them is better than one heavy coat.

In most cases the color of the new area will be close enough to the old that no dditional topcoat is needed. The fact is, people seldom look up. With the really bvious stain gone there will be nothing to draw the eye to what is probably a very subtile difference in color.

The repair described here will cover water stains on ceiling tiles or wallboard anywhere, not just in mobile homes.