My dad works for a produce company, being a delivery truck driver. He has an average wage of $16.75 an hour, but the income he receives isn't enough to cover the bills anymore. Now he is considering to moving out of our house into a trailer park or residential enclosure.
I was wondering how much cheaper & safe it is to live in a trailer park than a regular suburban household. I am 21 but I can't work since I must watch over my sick mother (she's 61 but has dementia, & acts like a baby). It is too late for POA's for my mother & my dad is always too overloaded with work to deal with personal business (except bills) with the family.
Extra: What's with the rising costs of property tax? Money-hungry politicians?
2007-08-13 12:48:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
an honest comment is that a mobile home is like a car, it rusts, lasts about 18 years, can be placed on a rental lot or here it must be placed on an acre of property you buy. Unless you buy it new and with the upgrades then things could get ruined easily and it's hard getting thru doors and hallways if by chance someone would ever be using a wheelchair. Right now is a tough time to sell a house if you're in one, would be better to try in about 18 monthsl, but call a realtor anyway and ask if people are buying now in your area. I would suggest that you find a two bedroom apartment with two baths on the second floor. It would cost you, depending on your area perhaps $600 to $1,000 (a wide range) and if you check the place out carefully maybe you could find one with a washer and dryer on the same floor so you don't have to buy one yourself, and maybe even a dishwasher. You can figure out the bedroom setup after you get there, and maybe you could have a futon in the livingroom as well. I suspect moving to an apartment would cost you about $1500 or more. And if you sell the home there would be closing costs to be paid as well. You would be paying increases on renting the apartment but you wouldn't have the upkeep on a house, wouldn't have the taxes, and you'd be freed up to just take care of your mom and clean up the apartment and do the usual things you do for her. Sometimes the water bill is separate, sometimes it's included in the rent. And, of course when you move into an apartment there is the deposit on electric and phone when you move in, and the first set of bills is due fairly quickly.
If you get an end apartment the electric bill will cost more. Also determine on which side the light streams in in the morning and evening and see if that's what you want or not. Some apartment complexes have courtesy guards and gates at the front and back of their property.
Best of luck to you.
2007-08-17 17:32:59 · answer #1 · answered by sophieb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in a mobile home community, and I love it. Since I am in Florida, I would leave if there was a hurricane, but otherwise I feel very safe. It is a much more beautiful home than I could ever afford if I bought a stick home.
However, unless you are the caretaker, many mobile homes are for 55+, at least in my area. The ones that allow all ages are generally a bit run down and not cared for as much.
Some places, when I lived in SC, considered trailer living to be lower class, but that isn't the case in FL. I have friends who live in a park in Illinois, and they are quite happy with it.
Just check out the park carefully. Know what is expected of you and what the regulations are. Also, be prepared for it being a very close community, which is good and bad. Everyone knows your business, but on the other hand, you could end up with a lot of close friends.
Good luck with your decision.
2007-08-13 13:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by Momma Jo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hello I also live in a terrace with residential parking spaces and visitors permits and they allow you to park but not necessarily outside your own house it depends whether some one else has parked there or not. Your local council will have the correct information for you.
2016-05-17 06:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go check out a trailer park. talk to the people that live there and find out what the crime rate is. I live in a mobile park (the rent is cheap and we are buying a house soon!) but it isnt too bad where i live, the owners have standards about who they let live here and they evict people for causing trouble.
2007-08-13 13:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um.. is your dad considering taking you and your mother with him? Or as you said: :he is considreing to moving out of our house into a trailer park..)
Is maybe your dad gonna run out on you and your mother? Wouln't be the first time, but would be horrible for you.
Do you have any job skills? If daddy drops oiut of the picture, could you get a job?
just stuff to consider.
2007-08-20 21:29:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are nicer mobile(manufactured home) communities and there are bad ones. Just like there are nice stick built home communities and bad ones.The people that live there make the community, not the kind of home. Talk to neighbors, they will be your best source of information.
2007-08-13 13:03:30 · answer #6 · answered by mwpaws 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋