relocating from new york (home, land, deal)

[mm34b]

Originally Posted by lpnny

thanks for the advice -i guess my terminology wasnt correct--thats why i like this forum --i will look into a modular home. again thanks

Modular Homes

Manufactured Homes

Mobile Homes

However, mobile homes have not been produced since June of 1976 as a result of the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act. The Federal standards regulate; manufactured housing
design, construction, strength, durability, transportability, fire resistance, energy efficiency and quality. The HUD Code also sets performance standards for the heating, plumbing, air-conditioning, thermal and electrical systems.

[lpnny]

okay...now i'm confused... what's the difference between a manufacutred home and a modular home?

[mm34b]

Originally Posted by lpnny

okay...now i'm confused... what's the difference between a manufacutred home and a modular home?

Not an easy answer. Check you e-mail.

[gypsychic]

lovesMountains post is 100% correct. We live in an older modular in Asheville and that baby is BUILT! My hubby is an architect and he will confirm that modulars are stronger. My remodeling contractor who used to build new homes agrees, and says they are much better built, and lives in one himself!

In a nutshell modulars are "off-frame" and manufactured (what we used to call mobiles) are on a steel frame. That's just a short easy answer. They set modulars on a basement or foundation just like any stick built home, where you would not know the difference to look at it.

We love ours!

[lovesMountains]

Originally Posted by gypsychic

lovesMountains post is 100% correct. We live in an older modular in Asheville and that baby is BUILT! My hubby is an architect and he will confirm that modulars are stronger. My remodeling contractor who used to build new homes agrees, and says they are much better built, and lives in one himself!

In a nutshell modulars are "off-frame" and manufactured (what we used to call mobiles) are on a steel frame. That's just a short easy answer. They set modulars on a basement or foundation just like any stick built home, where you would not know the difference to look at it.

We love ours!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU for backing me up with your own success story

True modular homes are nothing like trailers or mobile homes!!! The confusion has come in by some mobile home companies trying to steal some of the market from the real true modular home builders by throwing the word modular into some of their newer products. These are structures that still resemble trailers. A true modular (or system built home) looks just like a stick built home when it is completed.

So glad to hear you love yours - not that I'm surprised

[I'minformed2]

Originally Posted by lpnny

hmmm, youve given me something to think about... what's wrong with the modular / manufactured homes??? Seriously??? I have been looking at the manufactured homes lately and they are not what they used to be. They were garbage at one point---they are made to hud standards now. I have seen a few of them and was quite impressed. I live in a custom home now that's worth >200,000 not to brag but just to let you know that were not in the lower income bracket. We had lived in a condo when we were first married and we just didn't like it. Folks right on top of each other. With a manufactured home on a piece of property(not in a park) it allows you the freedom of having privacy and still a nice place to live.
anyway if you have any info on these types of homes i would appreciate it. our minds are not made up yet..
Tell me about the schools?? our kids are grown but we do have a dtr and grandson that live with us. So schools will be of interest. we do plan on checking out the area before we actually decide -- but was leaning towards the triangle area due to the medical facilities.
I can understand you wanting to be around your family...it's important more important than weather or taxes.. my family however, will be coming with us. my oldest and her fiance' want come along they plan on buying a manufactured home near us as well. So will be all together..aw!
I think you may find Rochester a little worse than when you left it. The crime rate has increased--mostly in the city--they have instituted a teen curfew due to the increase in violence and deaths this past year. It's a shame but as the jobs decrease in an area then the crime seems to sneak in.
I dont know --I guess we are searching for a change ...

I visit Rochester at least twice a year...I know things have been rough for the past several years. Crime has always been a big issue in the city, at least ever since I have been alive. Looks like 2006 was a bit better than 2005 as far as crime stats go...but that isn't a huge concern anyways seeing as we are DEFINITELY moving to the suburb and not the city...probably Greece or Henrietta. Unless I'm mistaken, Greece was recently rated the 5th safest city in America so I'm not too worried about crime. Indeed, if some of my family had relocatd down here with us, my wife and I may have a different view on things. But we tried NC out, didn't like it, and now we're going home. I say "I wish we had never moved here" a lot, but in retrospect, at least we got to experience something different...that actually made us appreciate what we had in the first place. And Wake County really is a nice place....it's just not the utopia that certain magazines and overzealous transplants make it sound like.

[Apple Annie]

Here is the absolute best knowledge you can read about modular/manufactured/doublewide/off frame/on frame and all that jazz. Straight from the NC Real Estate Commission. It doesn't get any better than this:

http://www.ncrec.state.nc.us/bulleti...etin/homes.htm

[I'minformed2]

Forgive me for my ignorance...but I still don't understand why you are not interested in buying a stick-built house and wanting a modular/manufactured home if (as I believe you previously stated) it is not a financial issue?

[lpnny]

iminformed,
Sorry if I confused you i didnt mean to--actually what we want is not to be tied down to a large mortgage again. Would like to pay cash for a house or at least most of it and have a small mortgage so we can enjoy the other things in life. Such as vacationing/travel etc. Had looked at a few houses-stick built-- and many down there can be pretty expensive--the 350,000 and up range --that's more than we want to spend . Not fond of renting or condo/townhouses.
Greece and henrietta are nice--i live in the gates area now but was raised in greece. Greece has become very large but still a nice community --the schools are outstanding --a nice place to raise a family. The weather still sucks although it hasn't been that bad this winter. It's snowing as i am writing now. I guess in our case that we have had enough winters --we may regret it but one can always move back..
i wish you the best of luck and of course welcome back home --jobs will be aliitle harder find but real estate should be easy.
best regards
lpnny

[transplanted yankee]

Originally Posted by lpnny

hmmm, youve given me something to think about... what's wrong with the modular / manufactured homes??? Seriously??? I have been looking at the manufactured homes lately and they are not what they used to be. They were garbage at one point---they are made to hud standards now. I have seen a few of them and was quite impressed. I live in a custom home now that's worth >200,000 not to brag but just to let you know that were not in the lower income bracket. We had lived in a condo when we were first married and we just didn't like it. Folks right on top of each other. With a manufactured home on a piece of property(not in a park) it allows you the freedom of having privacy and still a nice place to live.
anyway if you have any info on these types of homes i would appreciate it. our minds are not made up yet..
Tell me about the schools?? our kids are grown but we do have a dtr and grandson that live with us. So schools will be of interest. we do plan on checking out the area before we actually decide -- but was leaning towards the triangle area due to the medical facilities.
I can understand you wanting to be around your family...it's important more important than weather or taxes.. my family however, will be coming with us. my oldest and her fiance' want come along they plan on buying a manufactured home near us as well. So will be all together..aw!
I think you may find Rochester a little worse than when you left it. The crime rate has increased--mostly in the city--they have instituted a teen curfew due to the increase in violence and deaths this past year. It's a shame but as the jobs decrease in an area then the crime seems to sneak in.
I dont know --I guess we are searching for a change ...

Hi Lpnny,
Jobs for nurses are fairly easy to come by once you are in the area. I just had a friend that tried applying for jobs from out of state and had no luck. Once she arrived in the area, she was able to get a job in a few weeks.
Zebulon is a great area to buy real estate right now since they just opened up the Hwy 64 Bypass which makes a commute from Zebulon into Raleigh much faster.
As for housing - to make sure you have a good investment, you need to make sure you are getting a off frame modular home built to site built home standards. I am a real estate agent in the area. I just looked up Eagle Ridge in our local MLS. There is not anything on the market currently, but the homes that are in the MLS for that subdivision (pasted data), these homes are manufactured homes.
If you would like, you can e-mail me with what you want in a home and your price range and I'll e-mail you back with housing information. I'll only respond to your e-mails (I'm not pushy). beaverc@hpw.com
Good luck!