/diy/ - Do It Yourself

It's because they are behind on rent and them and their trailer are getting evicted.

>>2796346
could be because Tailer park has chenged their rules and the trailer no longer comnforms to requirements such as age of unit or something.
It's impoortant to remember, if your renting a trailer space lot in a trailer poark or wherever, your just renting and the owner can change the rule whenever they want.

One big rule for trailer parks of coruse, is age and condition of trailer. I was looking into this recently and the trialer park i talked to said no trailers older than 20 years old are allowed, for example.

>>2796346
The mobile home is probably 40+ years old and the park doesn't want it around for another 20+ years looking like shit next to the more recently constructed manufactured homes (upgrade from mobile homes). Mobile home parks can already be trashy enough without the buildings looking like fravela shantytowns.

Having said that. Trialers can be comfy in a way.
hard to describe. but they can be comfy if your not an elitist snob

>>2796346
Don't pay a dime until you are sure that the trailer won't be held by management for unpaid fees.

>>2796352
>without the buildings looking like fravela shantytowns.
not op but I'm moving into a trailer and it definitely looks run down, but we passed by a lot the other day on our way to pay rent and it literally looked like a third world "pls gib mone" add. Or like a post-apocalyptic game's setting. Muddy kittens in the middle of the mud road, a random fire, a trailer inbetween lived in ones with blown out and broken windows, a half-deconstructed earth mover in the middle of the road, and letters spraypainted onto each trailer designating who lived in which one. It was depressing.

>>2796346
Get an arched cabin instead. Company out of cypress, texas. Costs the same or less for a new construction.
https://archedcabins.com/index.html

>>2796371
also to add their 20x24 or 24x24 are the best deals
https://archedcabins.com/kit-sizes-prices-and-example-quotes.html

In missouri a tornado and divorce are the same
You know someone is going to lose a trailer

>>2796346
>FB marketplace say the home that they're selling needs to be moved out of the park it's currently sitting in
is an unironic shitpost?
ok, i'll bite.
trailers are designed to be moved once. it takes a lot of time to undo its foundation, and make it road worthy again.
they also settle and moving them can fuck shit up.
its inherently cost prohibited procedure.
do not buy a used trailer from a trailer park.
buy one from a private owner off their personal property.
and if you need a place to live, you are better off finding some $30 a day airbnb in the ghetto than dealing with a trailer.

>>2796351
Do they grandfather old ones in or do they kick you out after 20 years?

>>2796414
i dont know. never been through it myself. but I'd guess that it depends. Id like to think if a person is a good tenent and keeps their unit in good shape and appearence, they may get some extrension. but id expect the trend to go towards a hardline rule.
I think if/when a trailer changes ownership is probably a trigger for the park to review the unit and consider whether to accept or deny its approval

>>2796410
>trailers are designed to be moved once. it takes a lot of time to undo its foundation, and make it road worthy again.

They are built somewhere, then moved to a dealership. Then they are moved to another place to be lived in. Typically the axles are removed at this point but they don't have to be. Later on the axles can be re-attached and the trailer can be moved again. There is no inherent design limit on this, but an old piece of shit can fall apart if the roof leaked very much. All of this is true for singlewides. Double wides are a bit more like what you posted.


>>2796414
>>2796420
The main thing it depends on is the park, and to a lesser extent the local laws. Where I live (Orange County NC) there is a restriction on setting up a trailer older than some age that I don't recall; I think it's maybe 20-30 years. My park under the previous owner didn't give a shit what you dragged in as long as you paid rent. The new owners are totally clueless. They made us sign rules that included idiotic shit like getting approval for the curtains inside our trailers. Of course, they only really care about the rent.

>>2796427
>getting approval for the curtains inside our trailers.
holy shit

>>2796372
these are fucking dope, what skill level would one need to assemble it, but I'd atleast have to hire an electrician.

>>2796414
They grandfather them in but most parks will have code inspectors come by every 10-20 years to make sure they get rid of the garbage heaps. For new leases though they will most likely try to get old MH out of the park.

>>2796478
>t most parks will have code inspectors come by every 10-20 years to make sure they get rid of the garbage heaps.

Where does this go on, and how does it work? The old woman who has no money for a new trailer is just homeless after this? I suppose there are some high-end trailer parks (aka moblie home communities) full of wealthy retirees where that might work, but around here (eastern NC) it would just be a way to outlaw trailer parks, because that would be the result.

>>2796429
OH SAY CAN YOU SEEEEEEEE

>>2796482
The code inspectors only look at the outside. Ie, do you have the required number of exits, stairs and porches are up to code, no electrical wiring going out to storage sheds, carport supports are secure, etc.
>The old woman who has no money for a new trailer is just homeless after this?
Yeah if the state says the trailer is not up to code. You think the MH park is going to go up against uncle sam?

>>2796346
No experience here, but I know three guys who did what I wish I'd done - bought a piece of property, in a decent location, that needed a lot of work (usually hilly), for cheap, bulldozed in a flat area and parked a trailer or modular home on it (they pre-checked to make sure there were no codes prohibiting them). That place is now YOURS and you won't be dealing with a landlord, or tenant's association or HOA or any other shit. Then spend a couple of years building the property into something you want.

>>2796488
I misunderstood your term "garbage heap" to mean an older trailer, rather than one with visible code violations. Just the same, where is it that inspectors prowl around doing this? We won't come looking for you. Here in NC I can't imagine inspectors driving around counting exits, inspecting porches, etc., whether in a trashy trailer park or any neighborhood for that matter. So are you in California, Massachusetts, or where, and do the inspectors walk around your house periodically checking for drop cords and shit?

>>2796490
If I ever catch one of you animals pouring out your shit bucket at the fence line again, you're gonna have a bad time. Keep away from your neighbors. Drag your trailer as far from others as possible and pour out your shit buckets close by and I won't bother you unless garbage starts blowing across the fence line. Toilet paper will dry out and blow along so use it sparingly. Also, shit inside your trailer. No one wants to see another human being living like an animal, that's why we left the city in the first place.

>>2796492
I'm in California, and the inspection is a rare rare thing I have experienced only once living in a MH for 20+ years. The park owners arrange and schedule it for the entire park and send a notice to all residents to alert them a month or two before it happens. Never saw an inspector in person, but apparently they just do a quick look over. I don't think they spent more than a minute or two inspecting each address. If there's issues they mail you a list of whatever needs to be corrected and they give you X amount of time to do it, plus they send a copy to the park since it is technically the park who is responsible for making sure homes on their land are up to code (they are the landowners after all). It's all very impersonal.