I have an aprox. 60 x 24 mobile home with a "bump out" of 39.5 x 13, sited on a slope where I can walk under one end of the home (I'm 6'6"). Want to see if it will be possible to excavate, and build a full basement uder it all. Or if it will be too costly.
2007-10-05 10:31:39 · 7 answers · asked by G S 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
My daughter did this to her home on the lake. The house was valued at 60K we moved it off the footings and, she lived with us for awhile. We moved the house completely off the footings and, then dozed the bottom out. We built, or made the bottom a "berm" put it down about five feet, then raised the block sides about three feet. We jacked the house up when the time was right and, moved it back on. After it was finished the value went up to 164K and, she sold the place a few years later for 184 after the landscaping was done.
The total price was the price of the material and labor, about 18K for a total.
2007-10-05 23:41:24 · answer #1 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to qualify for a mobile home you must have better credit than to qualify for a house. So why not start out with a smaller stick built house which will appreciate. So often people sink just as much money into these mobile homes and then the lenders put these people on an A.R.M. which means that eventually you will need to refinance if you don't want your interest rate to go up to 15 or 16%. With an A.R.M. your payment continues to increase over the years. The paradox here is that very few lenders are refinancing mobile homes and since they depreciate you probably cannot qualify to refinance until your payment has increased several times. So if you look at your A.R.M. with the cap you can probably buy a modest stick built house and have a better deal in the long run. For example: If you can get a mobile home land package with approximately $600 payments now, then over the next 5 years your payment may increase to $900. I just pulled these figures out of the air, but that is how it works.
2016-03-13 07:10:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mobile Home Basement
2016-10-15 02:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can be done. Consider (if you have the room) putting the foundation near the trailer then moving the trailer onto the ready foundation. If you have the room this will save a ton of time, planning and money. Not to mention the inconvenience of digging a hole under your home.
2007-10-05 11:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In theory, it could be done... its going to be very expensive tho.. provided you can find any contractors who would be willing to take this type of job on.
In theory, you could run steel beams under the home... allow them to protrude for some distance out from under, and support them at the ends..... it would have to be several feet, to keep them from moving as the soil is excavated out from under the home... you would probably have to pour concrete columns to support the beams, several feet deep... I'd hazard a guess that they would have to go down at least as far as you plan to excavate.
The plumbing, sewer, and electrical may have to be rerouted, while excavation is going on.
Concrete walls would have to be notched to go around the temporary beams, and still be able to support the new beams that you would have to put in place.
This is all assuming you've actually got room to get under the home with the equipment....
It would most likely be more cost effective to pour a basement in a different location, and move the home to it. If you do not have enough property to do that... then another choice would be to move the home to a temporary location, do the excavation, pour the basement, and then move the home back onto the basement. Needless to say, it would have been a lot more cost effective to have poured the basement before the home was set, initially.
In considering your basement... if you have a mobile home... do not forget to allow for the steel frame. If you actually plan on using the basement frequently (only reason I can think of to goto all this expense), then you want to pour higher walls than standard... or you're going to be banging your head on the steel frame. Instead of the standard 8ft basement walls. you're going to want 9, or even 10 ft.
It may be more feasible to pour a basement only under a part of the home... can't say for sure since we can't see your home.
One more concern.... If you live in an area with a lot of large rock or boulders (since you mention being able to walk under the home at one end.. it tells me you're on quite a slope)... then if you run into any of this while excavating.. you're going to have a real problem... you won't be able to blast it out from under the home.
If youve not enough room on your own property to move your home temporarily... you might check into buying another piece of property, and pour the basement there. If you need to go the route of a different piece of land... you may be better off just buying a new home to set on it, and selling this one. Something to think about.
Good Luck
2007-10-05 11:25:12 · answer #5 · answered by thewrangler_sw 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes it can be done as far as cost you have to hunt .You could even do it yourself if you use columns for support.
2007-10-05 10:36:30 · answer #6 · answered by the only 1 hobo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this would be very costly......but it can be done.
2007-10-05 10:36:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋