General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 37...! :-D, 1 by MollyMc

MollyMc wrote:
Carol, thank you. Yep, you are doing great with the Frosty. I can't figure out why my mine hasn't put out any blooms in 2-4 months. hmmmmmm

The first order of business on my trip was to find a mobile home. I was looking for a low cost used one. It seems that to get a good cash price I would have to drastically lower my standard of living to a unit with no doors, no windows, rotten floors and framing and a reeking stench that Lisa's "Hambone" wouldn't care for. Oh, and they wanted 15K for that one. I didn't get a photo of this one. I went into a state of shock as soon as we pulled into the condemned mobile home park.

Thursday I caved in and hit some dealers. They actually do have a lot of used units, but are not advertising them all. They do some cosmetic work, new carpets, a coat of interior paint and offer a price that includes, transport, set-up, tie downs...............and the best thing, they will handle the permitting for the utilities.

So, we chose a single wide, 16X80, 3 bedroom 2 bath. It has a pitched roof with actual shingles. Actual square footage in this is 1216. Certainly more space than I have in this house I'm renting.

This dealer is in Levy County so they have connections with the building and zoning, electricians, plumbers etc. A great weight was lifted from my shoulders when I decided to buy this unit. It gave me some brain cell space to work on getting the land cleared so the home could be moved on to it. That was done yesterday.

Although I spent a little more on the house than I planned and had to do a little financing which will delay building a house for a couple years, I am very glad I went this route. The mobile home looks very good and smells good and I love the floor plan.

I feel like some real progress was made this week and things will move more smoothly now that the plan working.

Here's a photo of the property after the man worked for 7 hours clearing before the machine broke. He will put in at least another hour on Monday, maybe 2 since I added on a few more trees to be knocked down.

This is a pretty neat gadget, it pushes down small trees and bushes, then it chews them up and spits them out as mulch. He only has an area about 100X300 feet left to do and this is only some large "rosemary" type bushes, a couch, loveseat and chair. Yep, you heard right, there is an open air living room out in the bushes on the back end of the property.

There is a large clearing behind the pines in this photo where the mobile home will be placed. A few more trees are coming down right in front of the machine to allow a path from the trailer to come in.

I will be posting photos of the trailer and the land in my "Changes II" thread here in the Parking lot forum.

Molly
:^)))