Maggie Valley/waynesville (Charlotte, Asheville, Henderson: apartment, condo, mobile home)

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[mm34b]

Mostly double-wides for $80-100K.

[TornadoAlley]

Originally Posted by mm34b

Mostly double-wides for $80-100K.

With Tornados/Hurricanes are they safe?

[mhogan10010]

Originally Posted by TornadoAlley

With Tornados/Hurricanes are they safe?

With Tornado's not much of anything is safe, and you don't see Hurricanes that far inland very often. Hugo hit Charlotte hard, but we just got heavy winds and rain in Asheville area.

[roxors]

When Frances and Ivan hit Asheville a couple years ago we had devastating flooding and no power for days in some areas. Usually the winds have died down some by the time they get here, but in that case they were still pretty bad.

[mm34b]

Originally Posted by TornadoAlley

With Tornados/Hurricanes are they safe?

Not as strong as a modular or stick-built house, but tornados and hurricanes are not much of an issue in the mountain areas. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, new standards were adopted for manufactured homes. The building codes for were significantly upgraded. This has greatly increased their durability. They conform to a Federal building code, called the HUD code. We usually only get the much weaker remnants of former hurricanes and tropical storms, if at all and very little tornado activity compared to the Piedmont & Coastal Plain regions of NC due to the topography.

I've seen some very nice modern double & triple-wide manufactured homes on permanent foundations with a couple of acres of land. Great for folks that can't or are unwilling to sink a lot of money into a stick-built home, but don't want condo/apartment living either, such as singles, newlyweds and retirees.

[TornadoAlley]

Originally Posted by mhogan10010

With Tornado's not much of anything is safe, and you don't see Hurricanes that far inland very often. Hugo hit Charlotte hard, but we just got heavy winds and rain in Asheville area.

What has the city done for drainage? Flooding?

[headed4nc]

Originally Posted by mm34b

Not as strong as a modular or stick-built house, but tornados and hurricanes are not much of an issue in the mountain areas. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, new standards were adopted for manufactured homes. The building codes for were significantly upgraded. This has greatly increased their durability. We usually only get the much weaker remnants of former hurricanes and tropical storms, if at all and very little tornado activity compared to the Piedmont & Coastal Plain regions of NC due to the topography.

I've seen some very nice modern double & triple-wide manufactured homes on permanent foundations with a couple of acres of land. Great for folks that can't or are unwilling to sink a lot of money into a stick-built home, but don't want condo/apartment living either, such as singles, newlyweds and retirees.

Has Maggie Valley seen any growth at all? How far is it from Lake Lure?

[mm34b]

Maggie Valley (POP 607) is about 1.5 hours from Lake Lure.

Maggie Valley and Waynesville are both in Haywood County. The county's population growth from April 2000 to July 2005 was around 4.5% which is well below the statewide growth factor of 7.9% for the same data period.

[mm34b]

Originally Posted by roxors

When Frances and Ivan hit Asheville a couple years ago we had devastating flooding and no power for days in some areas. Usually the winds have died down some by the time they get here, but in that case they were still pretty bad.

The maximum wind for those two storms was 52 MPH according to the National Weather Service located at the Asheville-Hendersonville airport.