Re: Dampness, Roof Leak in Mobile Home

Sheldon Harper wrote:
Goedjn <prose@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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cement block foundation, w/crawlspace, has OHW baseboard, nice EIK,
one full bath, and a decent sized LR. All I ask is whoever takes it
remove the block foundation, fill in the hole with top soil, and make
it look like it was never there. I'd like it removed because I don't

This is most of the problem, I suspect.

I'd personally have no problem with his requirements which while a
little difficult aren't unreasonable. I'd find a local contractor
acceptable to Farmall, hire him, and let the two of them duke out
the details with Farmall holding the funds to pay the contractor
till he's satisfied. The contractor will, of course, have adequate
liability insurance to keep everyone happy.

Really not difficult. I have no expectation of that small area ending
up landscaped... I want it clean is all... I intend to fence in that
measly 1000 sq ft area and put in some dwarf fruit trees, so I don't
even expect the customary $5 sack of builder special grass seed. I
would even pay for the topsoil and grade it with my front loader
bucket, just need some young arms to rake it smooth is all... don't
think a few hours sweat labor from a couple of teenagers is asking too
much... what could it cost, $50 each. I'll even supply the rakes and
nehis.

The only real expertise is an electrician to reset the service, and
someone to disconnect the boiler and cap off the pipes.. a sport would
hook up the electric heat for me, I'll buy the heater strip. I'm not
looking to make any money on the deal, I have more than I can spend.
What I no longer have is the strength, I'm too old. But I do have my
dignity, so I ain't about to be deficated on.

The only thing that these requirements have done is brought home
the fact that the residence isn't going to go to someone who can
barely afford it, but will go to someone who has the funds to do
the job right, at least at Farmall's end. It is unfortunate that
road miles between his locale and mine are close to 1000.

Yeah, why go through the trouble of moving it to someone's land if
they're just going to leave it sit til it rots... I keep it heated all
winter just so it doesn't decay. And it's not a lot of money to move
by todays standards, anyone can check it's value at any prefab company
and will discover that it's worth more than $75,000... it's actually a
top of the line model from 15 years ago, the previous owner set it up
for his elderly aunt, she's gone now... but even the kitchen and bath
are really nice, it's got all thermopane windows, it's fully carpeted
with decent goods, even has a laundry hook up in the kitchen behind
bifold doors. It's really in move in condition, even has precast front
and back steps, with real iron railings, not that hollow chintzy crap
they sell at sears. Someone with half a brain would take the cement
blocks too, they can easily be cleaned up and reused... I know someone
down the road who did exactly that when he bought a larger prefab and
put it over near his pond... he saved quite a bit of money by reusing
all those blocks. Cement blocks aren't cheap anymore, neither is
delivery... check it out at your local masonay yard... you'll pay about
$4 per, and need over a thousand... you do the math. For someone on a
limited budget it's worth it to spend a few hours after dinner each
night with hammer and chisel... my buddy up the road is a retired NYC
cop and it wasn't beneath him to spend a week cleaning concrete blocks.
Any normal young married couple should wanna kiss my ass for this
house. Really all someone needs is to hire someone knows how to split
the unit in half and reattach the axles to move it down the road.

OTOH, Farmall, why don't you buy a lot in the general vicinity,
have the thing moved yourself, and sell it on the open market.
I'll bet that just for managing the project and investing the
funds for 6 months you could pick up some multiple 10's of
thousands of dollars in profit. I'm real surprised some local
builder or realtor hasn't already done that. If you're not
interested in manging such a project I'd be trying to sell
the idea to a realtor or builder and take half the profit
for yourself. It is worth exploration at the very least. If
the numbers or conditions don't suit you it is easy to say
no any time before the contracts are signed.

Good ideas but I already considered those and more, including calling
Homes for Humanity to see what they can offer, may still do that. But
the realtors aren't interested in moving it, they are only interested
in my subdividing so they can make a quick buck. If I purchased a
piece of land I'd be screwed, a two acre lot around here can cost a
minimum of $30,000. I'd need to put in a septic... they are very
strict around the Albany area with perc testing, may cost me $20,00 for
an acceptable system.. plus all the permits, and taxes and insurances,
and it's only a 1000 sqft house, wouldn't clear enough to make it
worthwhile. It's really only a good deal for someone who already has
the land. There are plenty of folks around here who own large tracts
of land, and they want it, but they are just too cheap to pay to move
the house.

As part of any project I'd also require relocation of the
garage to some convenient spot closer to your house.

I don't even need to move that garage, it's situated perfectly for my
veggie garden, and the well and electric/utility pole is already there.

It really comes down to the fact that I don't have the heart to destroy
something that somebody can use to change their life for the better.
Everytime I hear about someone saying they have no place to live I
wonder it they really don't want someplace to live... these days more
than ever everyone wants everything handed to them, with absolutely no
effort on their part. I wish when I was a young whippersnapper that
someone offered me this deal. Nowadays kids live at home with mommy
and daddy doing everything for them, and these kids are thirty, forty
years old... they gotta be mentally retarded and minus a back bone, the
parents. Anyone has a kid at home over 21 needs to see a shrink.

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