Static Homes, any suggestions.
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BGARK said:
I am researching static homes, up to 100k.
Any suggestions, looking for something pretty decent if possible, delivery to the south west.
Image for dramatic effect, although I would consider something like this:
I used to work in a factory building static homes. Don't. They're all one and the same. Flimsy crap with cardboard walls.Any suggestions, looking for something pretty decent if possible, delivery to the south west.
Image for dramatic effect, although I would consider something like this:
The horror stories repeatedly popping up around them has me strongly suggesting some research in the various Facebook groups etc around their ownership and what to look for.
Seems to be the worst of home renting AND ownership, combined into something that depreciates quicker then any assert you could invest into!
Thought about a second hand posh motorhone?? At least you can use it to run over Chantel & Tyrone's children when they wake you up at 1am drunk and disorderly.
Seems to be the worst of home renting AND ownership, combined into something that depreciates quicker then any assert you could invest into!
Thought about a second hand posh motorhone?? At least you can use it to run over Chantel & Tyrone's children when they wake you up at 1am drunk and disorderly.
Horrendous depreciation, astronomical site fees and service fees, freezing in winter, noisy in the rain, wobbly in the wind. A lot of sites have a maximum age of 'home' allowed on their site (3-5 years iirc), at the end of which, it is worthless, you have to pay a contractor of the sites choosing a ridiculous amount to remove it, then start again. A money out of nightmares.
My parents bought one on a site, with decking. The decking was removed as 'not included in sale' with no option to buy. They had quotes for new decking, but only one contractor was allowed to work onsite, at three times the price of similar sites. An absolute scam.
My parents bought one on a site, with decking. The decking was removed as 'not included in sale' with no option to buy. They had quotes for new decking, but only one contractor was allowed to work onsite, at three times the price of similar sites. An absolute scam.
There was a story in the news a month or two back.
One couple bought one on a lovely location - right next to a lake. A year or two in, they were told that theirs was being relocated - to a much less lovely location.
Eventually they tried to sell it back to the holiday park - who basically offered pennies, because it was in a crap location.
The holiday park owners seemed to have Lamborghini's etc. - the people who lived there, not so much.
One couple bought one on a lovely location - right next to a lake. A year or two in, they were told that theirs was being relocated - to a much less lovely location.
Eventually they tried to sell it back to the holiday park - who basically offered pennies, because it was in a crap location.
The holiday park owners seemed to have Lamborghini's etc. - the people who lived there, not so much.
XF-Andy said:
Lots of assumptions going on in this thread so far!
And to make my own; as the op stated "delivery to the south west" I believe that he has the land and is looking for something a bit above and beyond the usual caravan park fare.
I'll check back tomorrow to see how wrong I am.
Yup. If you own the land then it's a totally different proposition. Buy what you want, use, enjoy and accept the value heads to zero over twenty years. Need to place it on someone else's land and you're basically paying to be fAnd to make my own; as the op stated "delivery to the south west" I believe that he has the land and is looking for something a bit above and beyond the usual caravan park fare.
I'll check back tomorrow to see how wrong I am.
ked and fked again. XF-Andy said:
Lots of assumptions going on in this thread so far!
And to make my own; as the op stated "delivery to the south west" I believe that he has the land and is looking for something a bit above and beyond the usual caravan park fare.
I'll check back tomorrow to see how wrong I am.
Mine was in no way an assumption, I was simply saying how flimsy, badly built, and disposable they are. And to make my own; as the op stated "delivery to the south west" I believe that he has the land and is looking for something a bit above and beyond the usual caravan park fare.
I'll check back tomorrow to see how wrong I am.
If you had the displeasure of visiting a factory where they are made and seeing the type of materials used, you'd not consider one either. Doesn't matter how glitzy they look, they're all built the same way. Pine, 3mm ply, etc. Absolute crap.
DorsetSparky said:
Mine was in no way an assumption, I was simply saying how flimsy, badly built, and disposable they are.
If you had the displeasure of visiting a factory where they are made and seeing the type of materials used, you'd not consider one either. Doesn't matter how glitzy they look, they're all built the same way. Pine, 3mm ply, etc. Absolute crap.
Just for clarification are those the residential park homes or the holiday ones. I think the residential ones have to meet an insulation standard. If you had the displeasure of visiting a factory where they are made and seeing the type of materials used, you'd not consider one either. Doesn't matter how glitzy they look, they're all built the same way. Pine, 3mm ply, etc. Absolute crap.
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