I noticed MO has more of these...any reasons? (new home, quality of life)

[MrsMo]

They are affordable and if you have looked at a modular home in the last few years, they are very very nice! All the bells and whistles of a home that you would build. Alot here in MO put their modular on a basement. The new ones are nothing like the ones of 30 years or so ago.

[firebll31]

I know several people who live in mobiles or manufactured homes because the property was given to them by parents, who divided off a section of their land as a wedding present. This type of housing quicker than building, sometimes a big factor when a wee one is on the way....

[befigard]

With the extreme high cost of stix built housing these days...your gonna see more and more. They aren't the cheap "Jerry Springer" type housing of some lowlife trailer park anymore. People can afford them...they are more and more like HOMES..then boxes with walls of the 60's and 70's, without the extreme overhead. I for one could not even afford a stix built...but have a 1280 square foot on over an acre of land with pond, private well....country life...organic garden...etc....that I can actually afford on my meer disability pay. I REFUSE TO LIVE OUTSIDE MY MEANS!...
I don't care what the Jones are doing...and most of the people around here dont' keep up with the Jones....(or at least in my area).

[mrsgenealogy]

Originally Posted by befigard

With the extreme high cost of stix built housing these days...your gonna see more and more. They aren't the cheap "Jerry Springer" type housing of some lowlife trailer park anymore. People can afford them...they are more and more like HOMES..then boxes with walls of the 60's and 70's, without the extreme overhead. I for one could not even afford a stix built...but have a 1280 square foot on over an acre of land with pond, private well....country life...organic garden...etc....that I can actually afford on my meer disability pay. I REFUSE TO LIVE OUTSIDE MY MEANS!...
I don't care what the Jones are doing...and most of the people around here dont' keep up with the Jones....(or at least in my area).

Right on, befigard!

Here's a picture of a pretty one we were hoping my husband's mother might buy. It's got 2000 square feet and is beautiful with big rooms and beautiful arches!



P.S. I think in this case, the Jones's are over-rated! Especially when you think of how much they might be paying for THEIR home!

[MoNative34]

Originally Posted by mrsgenealogy

P.S. I think in this case, the Jones's are over-rated! Especially when you think of how much they might be paying for THEIR home!

Sorry, but that's a tad judgemental to say that people that live in real homes just do so to compete with other people.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by mrsgenealogy

Right on, befigard!

Here's a picture of a pretty one we were hoping my husband's mother might buy. It's got 2000 square feet and is beautiful with big rooms and beautiful arches!



P.S. I think in this case, the Jones's are over-rated! Especially when you think of how much they might be paying for THEIR home!

That one is good, but what is up with the wood trim on those front windows

[northbayeric]

Originally Posted by MoNative34

Sorry, but that's a tad judgemental to say that people that live in real homes just do so to compete with other people.

Oh no, I don't think that's how Mrs. G. was trying to come across! Maybe in just a couple of cookie-cutter McMansion neighborhoods in some cases. But today's modulars, if you can buy the space they're on, can be one heckuva deal.

Out in rural Nevada you see a lot of mobile homes too. The older ones can get really hot inside unless you've got a lot of shade trees surrounding them. Even then, A/C or a good swamp cooler is a must!

[Silvermouse]

Originally Posted by MoNative34

Sorry, but that's a tad judgemental to say that people that live in real homes just do so to compete with other people.

I don't think that's what Mrs. G meant at all.

[mrsgenealogy]

Originally Posted by befigard

With the extreme high cost of stix built housing these days...your gonna see more and more. They aren't the cheap "Jerry Springer" type housing of some lowlife trailer park anymore. People can afford them...they are more and more like HOMES..then boxes with walls of the 60's and 70's, without the extreme overhead. I for one could not even afford a stix built...but have a 1280 square foot on over an acre of land with pond, private well....country life...organic garden...etc....that I can actually afford on my meer disability pay. I REFUSE TO LIVE OUTSIDE MY MEANS!...
I don't care what the Jones are doing...and most of the people around here dont' keep up with the Jones....(or at least in my area).

Originally Posted by MoNative34

Sorry, but that's a tad judgemental to say that people that live in real homes just do so to compete with other people.

Hi, MoNative34! I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear. I have included befigard's post above because his comments, especially the last one, were what I was responding to.

To repeat what I said: "I think in this case, the Jones's are over-rated! Especially when you think of how much they might be paying for THEIR home!"

So, if you will read both of our posts again, I think you'll see that our discussion was about living within our means and that you don't have to have a stick house to have a nice home...and my comment was that it might not even be desirable to have what "the Jones's" have...when you see how much it costs to live that way. Befigard said he didn't worry about what the Jones's were doing and I think he has his priorities straight. My comment was just that it might be over-rated to attain something when you realize how much you'd have to pay for it, too.

If you don't see it that way, then I can only tell you what my intent was (and I believe Befigard's intent was) and hope you'll understand. I'm sorry if I offended you.

Originally Posted by Plains10

That one is good, but what is up with the wood trim on those front windows

I hear ya, Plains10. The seller stained them but if it was mine, I'd have painted it with the dark green trim. To each his own, huh? There's a lot of wood trim inside the house and he may have thought it would be a way of tying that in. He did an incredible job of fixing up this property and everything he did was first rate. Anyway, I think you'll agree that a buyer would be happy if that wood trim was the only change they had to make.

Originally Posted by northbayeric

Oh no, I don't think that's how Mrs. G. was trying to come across! Maybe in just a couple of cookie-cutter McMansion neighborhoods in some cases. But today's modulars, if you can buy the space they're on, can be one heckuva deal.

Out in rural Nevada you see a lot of mobile homes too. The older ones can get really hot inside unless you've got a lot of shade trees surrounding them. Even then, A/C or a good swamp cooler is a must!

Originally Posted by Silvermouse

I don't think that's what Mrs. G meant at all.

Thanks for the good words, Eric and Silvermouse! I'm touched. Ya'll know me well enough to know my intent was good...and that means a lot to me.

Group hug?

MrsG

[MoNative34]

Originally Posted by mrsgenealogy

To repeat what I said: "I think in this case, the Jones's are over-rated! Especially when you think of how much they might be paying for THEIR home!"

So, if you will read both of our posts again, I think you'll see that our discussion was about living within our means and that you don't have to have a stick house to have a nice home...and my comment was that it might not even be desirable to have what "the Jones's" have...when you see how much it costs to live that way. Befigard said he didn't worry about what the Jones's were doing and I think he has his priorities straight. My comment was just that it might be over-rated to attain something when you realize how much you'd have to pay for it, too.

If you don't see it that way, then I can only tell you what my intent was (and I believe Befigard's intent was) and hope you'll understand. I'm sorry if I offended you.




MrsG

No offense taken at all by me. Lots of people like to do all they can to make their place look good (no matter what type of home) and improve their quality of life, not to make their neighbors look bad. Are they living within their means? Maybe they are and maybe they aren't. Now for me, I wouldn't appreciate someone who doesn't even know me to drive by my place to make an automatic assumption about my finances. I'm sure you wouldn't either. e.g. the ajf131 comment earlier in the thread. Do we disagree?? Maybe. Am I offended?.... No way. All in all, I think you're one of the nice ones around here. I hope our disagreement doesn't turn into a permanent grudge because I would not want that.

MN34.