Manufactured home costs

While various manufactured (mobile) homes come with their specific price tags, the real cost is determined by many other factors. By "real cost" I mean that bottom line figure once everything is done and you’ve moved in. After all, if you’re comparing the cost of owning a mobile home vs. building a "stick-built" home, you want to be sure you’re comparing equally.

Now, you will certainly want to compare the price tags between one manufactured home and another but just remember two things:
1)      Always be sure you’re comparing apples to apples by personal inspections and analyzing size, lay-outs, features and quality, and
2)      Keep foremost in your mind that the price tags for these mobile homes represent but a fraction of that "bottom line" I was talking about.

Consider these factors before you buy it:

• Delivery and set up charges
• Clearing the site
• Costs of foundations and excavation … depending on location
• Permits & fees
• Rental fees if you are in a park
• Hook up charges for utilities
• Drilling a well & building a septic system if necessary
• Insurance costs
• Lending costs

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