Some of our favorite memories as a couple were renovating our first home together (it even came with a goat 😂). We can’t wait to make more memories with this property! What should we do first? Thanks to MRCOOL for sponsoring this video: mrcooldiy.com
Some would say to demolish, burn, destroy, burry..... The challenge is to take this place and repair, upgrade, recycle, repurpose it into something better. I think you can accomplish this and have fun showing us how to do it.
Any slum-lord could tell you that with $40,000) before it would require much more work. I’ve lived in houses that were in worse condition when I bought them, including the lakefront Minnesota cabin I’m in right now. The reason we saved it is because it is too close to the lake to rebuild on the original footprint.
@@AmbitionStrikes use all that fancy equipment and knowledge and demolish the trailer refurbish the foundation set a storage container on it with a porch dig a whole new septic system up to code don’t even mess with the old one. You have a nice piece of land power and water. Win win take it from there it will be so much more awesome. Let your brother live in a camper on the land while your doing all the work he can be your security guard to keep an eye on the place when it’s all done he will have a really nice place he will never leave. The way it is now he will be in a trailer that is only temporary you know he won’t take any pride in that it will be just a place to stay. If you make it custom he will take more pride in it and in the end you will have an awesome investment property heck he might want to buy it. You both lived in a camper for a short time look where your at now. No matter what you do to that place it will still be a trailer yes a trailer it is not considered a manufactured home like some people say it is it’s to old thin walls no insulation value wiring is sketchy plumbing is sketchy and by the time your done remodeling it will still have 4” walls and outdated everything. Your niche is storage container construction or a barndo. You do this and it’s money well spent. Otherwise you are just putting a Bandaid on a tuna can. I know you can make it happen no matter what road you take I just hope you think of the big picture. Face it the thermometer was the only thing worth saving Ok that’s my thought. Lol you asked for it😉
knock it down and reuse the basement foundation to build a new place. You could then pour concrete into the brick and raise the basement ceiling height to make it usable.
The "double pane window" to help in the winter. As a person that owned a '71 trailer, don't try to fix this. Tear this down, savage the copper wire & tubing. Make a plan to start over. If you want to fix it, start by digging along side the basement. The outside of those walls need to be sealed. Cinder blocks & concrete is permeable. New construction involves a vapor barrier between ground & concrete. While you're down there, dig a little deeper to install drain tile along the outside. Also, add 6" to 20" of Styrofoam to insulate.
@@keithmullen5891 if it was built for cold country it should have 2x6 exterior walls. Work the numbers for maybe replacing with a newer doublewide and GOOD inspection.
A lot of people are saying to bulldoze and start from scratch, but I, for one, look forward to all the renovations and feel confident yall can do it! I'm so excited for the next step!!!!
If a wasp nest is made of mud rather than paper, depending on where it is, you may want to let them stay. Mud dauber wasps are generally chill, they eat massive amounts of mosquitos, and they're the primary predator of brown/black widow spiders. Other than leaving mud stains where they build nests, they're pretty good neighbors.
If you want a dry basement, probably need to put a new french drain inside with a sump pump and outside french drain too. Little bit of work but totally worth it.
Moisture problem in Basement...remove Gyprock...inject Acrylic into the Masonry cracks...install a drain inside, cover with Cement..link to a Pit....improve Ventilation...Repaint with Zinc Paint first
Hey guys, thanks for the video. Try regular dish soap and water and spray entire deck, let dry. No more wasp problems. Ordinary liquid soap (10-20%) in a spray bottle works as well as anything I've ever tried when it comes to dropping and killing wasps around the house. Let it dry on surfaces and the wasps will not come back all year. Be sure to remove any old hives as well.
This looks like a beautiful property and you have your work cut out for you. I’ve never known a Casey who was afraid of hard work. In fact you embrace it with enthusiasm. It’s a family trait. I look forward to what will be. This is a wonderful gesture for your brother, Courtney. 💕
Dishwashing detergent (Dawn) mixed with water in high pressure sprayer 2 Tbsp to 1/2 gallon will knock down and kill those wasps almost instantly. They cannot fly once wet and soap breaks down exoskeleton rapidly. Cheap alternative to bee spray and nontoxic. Good luck with new property.
Having lived in mobile homes there's not one I wouldn't burn to the ground. The place we're living in now is a manufactured home made in two pieces and it's just as hard to work on. As much as I'd like to be positive I'd take it down and do a container house with a nice garage. I know you'll do something interesting though, so let the projects begin.
I always enjoy watching your content. I find it very inspiring watching the two of you (not to forget Oliver) live, work and play together. I think this is the way all families should grow.
For south facing windows (even the whole side of the house) - put either a mounted roll-out awning/shade. Or, cheaper option: put up posts, steel wire and build up one of those... "roman-shade-like wire-sliding" shades? During hot days, it will completely block the direct sunlight from heating that side of the house.
Knock it down and start from scratch. DIY but do it right! You can't fix the basement with patches. If it were me, and I didn't have guests moving in, I would've opted for land.
Agreed. This is very much a manufactured home dropped on a basement, where almost nothing will be repairable without a full demo basically anyhow. Drywall wont exist unless it was added after the fact. Walls are more likely just hardboard paneling throughout.
Totally agree. Could be a temporary place to live while building a new house. Looks like it is in a nice location but considering it is a mobile home I have to wonder what is in the neighborhood.
If you choose to keep the refrigerator in the mobile home, it is probably convertible. That is, it can be easily changed from a left-handed door to a right-handed door, making it more convenient for the cook in that kitchen. It's just a matter of removing the screws in the hinges and handles and putting them on the opposite side, which the factory has probably already allowed for.
Your property has a high water table. You're going to need a french drain and waterproofing on the concrete block if you want a dry basement. The presence of cottonwoods are the tell. On the bright side, you probably won't be low on water or power on this property.
The land and site are valuable, however the structure has way to many problems. Save the foundation if possible, but remove appliances and reusable sinks, toilets etc. Disconnect the electric, water and whatever, THEN D-8 The Whole Place!!! Have Fun🤠👍🇺🇲
It could have been worse. Just a correction: for those of us that live in 'manufactured homes' we do not refer to them as mobile homes. Hitch and wheels removed. As you discovered there are many good things about a 'manufactured home' starting with all that steel under the floor. A lot of TLC and it will be good. Great view.
I also live in a manufactured home. some of it is convenient and its got decent insulation. However, EVERYTHING is just slightly different from what you can find at the local hardware store. I've spent the last 8 years modifying it to be more close to standard.
For wasp and Hornet nests you want to wait till nighttime to spray them becasue they come back home for the night , spraying during the day most of them are out doing their tasks , few are home tending the nest .
The project money bucket will empty before the do-up can be repaired. I agree with most of your other feedback on it. Put him in the container house while building new. Perhaps build a kitset new home on foundations?
Hi Courtney and Riley, I live three hours south of you and I have problems with wasps too. Nothing worse than using an aerosol can of wasps spray and the pressure runs out. I use WD-40 in a spray bottle or you can use it in a gallon sprayer. Buying a gallon of liquid WD-40 from your auto store goes a long ways. Waiting for the evening when they are all gathered together is great to get them. Have fun spraying and I love the area you have chosen.
Riley, I ran in to you today at the lake and I'm sorry I called you Ryan. I was just surprised and had a senior moment. Lol. Anyway we are building in the area and follow your show and can relate to what you have gone through while building in N Idaho. Have a great day and we enjoy watching Ambition Strikes.
Aluminum wiring. Check the connections at the meter for tightness. Then check all the outlets and circuit breaker connections. If they get loose, they arc. Use No Ox electrical grease to help with corrosion. Aluminum wire works loose over time.
A smallish lot of land OK good on a slope (front of house is about ground level the rear has access to basement) that's a slope! A questionable trailer house/mobile home with a roof over the roof - your not done with the wasps! Soft floors and visible water damage - here we call it mold. I'm with most people fix the basement, get rid of the house build something better. You can re use much of the trailers plumbing and electric outlets and breaker box ect.
Some are saying knock it down. but do that second. Build something first, then knock it down. That way your bro has something to sleep in while building a replacement. He can also provide input and manual labor to the new build.
You’re going to have to dig a French drain alongside the foundation, clear to the base. Paint the outside of foundation with waterproofing. Put in some rock in the bottom of the ditch so it has a general slope. Then lay drain pipe in ditch (holes down) and finish filling ditch with drain rock. Cover the top of rock with non woven fabric and then grass or dirt or whatever.
Lots of people are saying knock it down, But Courtney brother is due to arrive on the next day and needs somewhere to live, I guess till he gets sorted, then it can be tarted up and sold. The expense of a rebuild is far greater than the benefits of a quick flip
@@JML542 I see one mold area in the basement? Do you see others? I also think this thing needs a complete clean top to bottom - and get rid of the carpets, which are probably nasty.
@@maddierosemusic anywhere there are water stains are also potential mold areas. Dry mold is still mold. Let alone the standing water in a leaky basement.
You are such an awesome daughter and sister and Riley is an awesome son-in-law and brother-in-law! I think north Idaho is beautiful. Ski in the winter, play in the snow, golf, water ski, boat in the summer. Good times. I would love a place in northern Idaho especially if it was off-grid. I visited Zurich, Switzerland a long time ago (summer 1996) and Coeur d'Alene reminded me a little bit of it. I had that dream (living in the mountains off-grid) since I was 22. I'm 52. You actualized my dream. Congrats! So fun watching and love watching you renovate or build from scratch. Oliver's got the life--great parents.
mobile home suggestion to excavation around foundation and fench drain and seal blocks walls via water seal and install the dimple sheeting to prevent water penetration and direct water down to french drain
I know it isn’t video friendly, but wasp control is best done when they settle in the nest in the evening or early morning. You get them all and they are dormant when the attack begins.
Pro tip: for the fire ants, get some Termidore for termites, it kills ants too. Once you treat all the mounds you probably won't have a bad infestation again for several years. You can buy it off the internet, read and follow the label as its the law.
Yep. ICF is the only way to go from all the research ive done. Hard to get people to listen for more than just a few minutes on benefits of ICF construction.
We built our home on top of an ICF crawlspace and it's amazing how well it holds in the heat during the winter. We didn't add any under floor insulation so the space could warm up, and even at -20 F it's stayed at 47 degrees F the whole winter (we get 6 months of that here in upstate NY in the middle of the snow belt). I would always recommend ICF for construction if possible. Between that and closed cell spray foam insulation, we only use a small wood stove for heat all winter long.
Nice piece of property. GL with the revamp on the home. Lots of work there. I'd redo all the aluminum wiring and upgrade to copper. Its the major cause of fires in those old home. Thx for sharing.
Quadrafire is a local (Collville,wa)made wood stove. I had one and it was the best. I got 24hrs out of a single load of oak slabs. I kept it on low. The cool thing to do is to watch the rolling yellow/purple flames that look like clouds of rolling flame. I could watch it for hours
They obviously know what they are doing. Anybody else would bulldoze and start new. However this channel is about DIY and this project gives them a boatload of new YT projects to work on. I get it.
Even a DIY channel will know when its worth DIY. Old manufactured homes like this were commonly just dropped onto a basement foundation (I would know as I used to build the foundations for it to happen). The home itself though are not built to be remodeled as they have basically minimal required structural and internals. Hardboard walls instead of drywall, and by time bring things up to code you have to spend wayyyyy more than a bulldoze and rebuild. If a building like this had some architecturally unique factors it would be one thing, but its just a mass produced double wide manufactured home built in an age where longevity wasn't the goal.
They just need to feed a new narrative to get more views, so they try any odd idea. The previous one, ie the ridiculous army truck, did not catch that well, so... a new "project". No, thanks
That title had me worried- Sunday mornings would not be the same without you guys! But I calmed down when I realized who and what you were doing the project for! If anyone can pull off this make over, you guys are the ones!
You Asked What can you do with the property? raise it by 1.25m (4' ) would be a start. Find the structural support for that roof. Extend that over roof so it completely covers the house.
My goodness… reading the early comments, there’s clearly a lot of folks that are bitter, envious folks that are subscribed to y’all just to post negative comments. Nice fixer-upper! Y’all are very enterprising and industrious, looking forward to seeing the progress on this project.
Just spent 2 weeks with parents in their home, in their 80's... that Mini is looking better and better every time I see anything on them. Old home, old A/C unit etc. Heck, they look pretty darn neat for homes in Alaska as well.
Tear it down, it is plagued with mold everywhere. You will be sick living in that house. The mold remediation and repairs will cost more than tearing it down and starting over.
My guess is that is what they will do and her bro will help them do it. They will strip the inside walls and probably redo the roof. I'm sure this is only Bro's house part I.
Been in this situation. It was cheaper to rent an excavator and hack down the structure (while being paranoid about spreading mold spores all over the place)
19:24 spray foam is your friend in sealing the cracks up , AC dehumidifies the rooms thereafter -the wet basement room leaves you two choices - seal it up or rip it out - also can you dig there on the outside for a drainage tile?
You two always surprise us with what seems to be impossible made exceptional. GOOD LUCK on this one. A bulldozer seems to me your best choice. Leave the foundation fix that and remove the rest. Put a nice new doublewide up. If you really love your brother dont put him in that dump. Mold will make him sick.
I have been a remoceling contractor and investor for 20 years. I would not even consider tearing this place down unless "I" was planning to live in it myself. I would fix it up with basic but nice ugrades, keeping in mind that it is a rental or a flip.
Look forward to the videos. Looks like an ambitious project but having watched you guys , its well within your abilities! Grab your excavator and address the foundation moisture issues first is my vote. Excavate, seal the outside, dimple sheets and a drain will get it done right. You will need a mini excavator and a skidsteer...you have those! You are set. The rest looks like finishes ...drywall etc . Easy peasy. Have fun
It will be fun as always to watch YOU do another renovation. Us old farts have ALMOST wrapped up two years of building our own home on our upstate New York homestead ourselves. We bought 30 acres of beautiful forested land (maple trees for the most part) where we managed to build our own off-grid home. We've got a few more minor projects left (mostly interior trim) to finish up, but from where we started back on 2022 to now, it's been an amazing trip. We moved up here to be close to the wife's family in Canada, so it's just a short drive to be over the border now. We used mostly lumber from our own land ( it had tons of very old white pine that had to come down, so we used as much of that as we could, plus some hemlock).. But we've just about wound down the project and don't have the energy or the time (too old now) to start on any more projects. We'll live vicariously through you from now on.
Lots of good comments here. IF you do decide to renovate then consider 3M window film for the windows vs replacing them. They make excellent UV blocking product that also has security benefits. When installed properly there are no bubbles and it’s invisible. It really reduces the heat transfer both ways.
I agree with some of the comments tear it down replace it with a prefab home or equivalent. The hidden mold and other problems may not be healthy for your bother.
A really great buy and place for your brother, Courtney...you guys are very able to make that a very livable place....looking forward to seeing the improvements.....some of my very happy years ( of my 92+) were spent in a double wide home....work is good for all of us....keep at it....enjoy!!!🥰
Yeh I have to agree with many comments below. Old pre-1978 mobiles are fire traps and dangerous. Be careful guys! It is nice thinking of your Bro but maybe another container house would be better!
OMG...the things you 2 get up to amazes me lol....If theres anybody that can make the mobile into a comfy home ...its you both....loved the video...Stay safe
The bad part about mobile homes is they are the cheapest built shelter around. I fixed my in-law's place. They spilled some water on the floor. It was 3/4" sawdust glued together. Anywhere the water went it compromised the floor. I had to get it up and replace it with 3/4" plywood. Everything in them is just good enough to get the job done. I don't think it's a knockdown. Just fix what is broken. Don't pour a whole lot of money into it because it'll never be worth much. Clean up around it, it could look like a nice place. If you take the walls down you'll find there isn't much there. Don't use drywall or it'll crack. So far I've never had to replace a wall in a mobile. I was able to make it look nice without replacing it.
For the fire ants, we pour some gasoline and cover the mound with those galvanized round troughs. The fumes go through out the tunnels. We usually leave it on there for a week covered. And the the wasps, use dish soap with a water hose. One that can spray good like some fertilizer containers for grass. Because you got a lot of wasps. The soap takes them out. I usually use those hand pump 5 gallon containers. But, you have a Army there on that porch. That many, they might be in the walls too.
Riley, tap lightly with the back of your knuckle and listen, when you hit a solid point that's the stud. I've never used a stud finder in any home that I did work in but always was right on the stud! Eddie
Rip it out and put in a brand new double wide for your brother. He will thank you. This screams of a total gut job. The sellers took advantage of you IMO. You would need to go through every inch of this place for critters, bugs, mold, other infestations/problems. The attic is probably disgusting and full of who knows what. The lot seems fine and has potential so start from scratch with the home. Perhaps a 1BR, 1BA with potential to add. Use your container build skills and perhaps do a double container to start with or even an L shaped trailer that could later become a U shape with a center courtyard or garden area (or covered patio/pergola. I would not live in that place for a minute given the mice and bug infestations. (you KNOW there are mice everywhere given the number of traps you found and once they are inside, it's very difficult to find out where they are coming in and stop them).
Ooohhh. I lived in mobile homes for a few years when I was younger. I never want anything to do with them again. Now "manufactured homes" are a huge improvement.
I thought we were going to see how you finish that container house.Wasn't thinking a trailor house.Looks like it should be gutted.Reason,you found lots of mold.Mold that could make people sick.Then check the wiring ,plumbing before I would put up new walls & ceilings.But I would think about tearing it down & start all over again.It would be faster.Standing water isn't a good sign,also.When you said that this was a fixer upper.Your right.To do this right it would take about a year.Looks like there is way to much work to be done.But it is fixable if you have the time.Good luck with this one.Thumbs up because I think you have a plan already.>:))))
Right, you can't kill fire ants you only make them move on --probably to your neighbor's property or another spot in your property. Back in the 1950's my Dad would dig a small hole in the mound , slowly pour in about 1/2 gallon of gas and light it-That took care of them then along came the EPA
I just subscribed and he should've carried you across the threshold to your new Castle! ..but why did you buy it..are you going to fix it up? I think it would have been a great learning experience for Courtney to take on the Wasps! 😅
Well, i have no clue about housing in the US... But i would definitely bring the dozer on the next visit. Cool if you want to help your brother (in law), but wow this place makes my back haires stand up...
Only a money pit if they cannot make money off of it and their TH-cam channel will turn this into profit and as they said, one of the main reasons they did this was to develop new skills for their diy projects.
Most trailers came that way. The inside window was the storm window. You took it out in the summer and put in the screens in if you had awning or casement windows. If you had single hung windows you just took out the storm window. 👍❤️📹😃
I’m a contractor and I’ve built new homes and remodels. I would tear down the house. I would check the foundation and see if you have appropriate footings. I would build a small open beam house with 1/12 pitch, open loft and maybe shed dormers for more room upstairs. make it really charming with great curb appeal. Try to restrain from trying to take an old double wide and bring it up to livable standards. I’ve done a lot of remodels and it gets extremely expensive and at the end of the day, it’s still an old double wide. Just my two cents. You guys are awesome. Whatever you choose to do I Know it will turn out nice. PS if you need someone to do CAD Drawings, let me know.
All I can say is RUN‼️ It's moldy. You do not want mold sickness! And you won't want to take the spores home with you. Even without the water... Any previous mold that has dried is still mold. Second, mobile homes depreciate. So they are not worth fixing and that one will require a lot of expensive fixes that aren't super great for return on investment. Sorry to be a downer... But we have learned from sad experience.
By the looks of all the mold in the basement , you should probably dig around the outside of it and do some waterproofing first . After that you should probably start in the inside of the basement to disinfect and kill the Rodents and Bugs . Next tear down any bad looking walls . Then step back and look at how much it's going to cost for the rest of the repairs . Whoops , maybe we made a mistake ! ! ! Happy Trails from 🇨🇦 to the 🇺🇸 . ✌ out
"Someone was burning documents..." Sweetie, this is going to be a mind blowing idea- if you own a woodstove, you don't need to buy a paper shredder. "The light is broken!" How many millennials does it take to change a lightbulb? A whole generation that doesn't know lightbulbs burn out. Kids, you invite the comedy. A 50+ year old mobile home is worth scrap metal. That foundation/basement might be salvageable, but your sponsor's AC unit is worth more than the mobile home. You are doing the equivalent of fixing body work and putting a radio into a car with a broken frame if you're not fixing the leaks, making sure the wiring isn't aluminum, fixing the floors...
A big problem with these old manufactured homes is the walls are made with 2x3 lumber so insulating them well is a problem. One thing that can be done is removing the metal siding then screwing 2x2's to the outside of every stud to make space for more insulation.
I got hooked on this channel because it was a "This is not a how to channel but a this is a what we do channel" NOT a renovation channel. Some really great content. I'll pass on these vids and come back when you're working on your off grid property.
Looks in pretty good shape for its age. Reroof is a good sign. FYI, brake cleaner will drop wasps and yellow jackets quick and costs less than that spray.
I find it funny that you said you loved your brother. You are opening up an rodent infested mold ridden dump (not a healthy living space). I was hoping you'd open up the ceiling to see what fell out or lift the carpet to see what lies there (Yuck)? For health concerns I'd hold off on your brother living there. Tear it down!!!
Riley I find the best wasp killer is WD-40 with the fish oils it is environmentally friendly and the oils keep them from coming back there nest won't stick ... most importantly they die almost instantly and with the spray wand on the can you can spray 6ft away from the nest!
Please burn the trailer..... Do a complete rebuild.... keep the basement, dig the basement out and put in drain piping along the outside perimeter. Fill in with gravel. By a total rebuild, you will get better insulation value. Increase the height of the basement to 9 or 10 feet. Then build either 1 or 2 stories above the basement. With previous water damage, the insulation in walls might not be good. Also there probally is no vapour barrier for the outside walls. Also the walls are only 2x4 construction when today 2x 6 is the standard. Most of your builds are about piece-meal constructions (afterthoughts), with really no big plan in mind. I love the idea of the covered porch. What about an extra 1000 ft of new construction. Think off grid too if you do want to design a complete new house. The other thing to look at is water, is it from a well and how good is that well. Wells today usually have a holding tank Cause there is water in the basement you don't know if its ground water (very bad) or from rains. the only way to know is to check out that drain in the basement. Also due to the trees so close to basement, you should take them out due to roots. You need to be aware if built in the 70s there could be asbestos in the walls and tiles...The best practice is to remove the asbestos. Don't cover it up. (hence my thought to burn it to the ground)... Keep the trailer beams for future use. Keep that wood stove if you can.
Some of our favorite memories as a couple were renovating our first home together (it even came with a goat 😂). We can’t wait to make more memories with this property! What should we do first?
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Some would say to demolish, burn, destroy, burry..... The challenge is to take this place and repair, upgrade, recycle, repurpose it into something better. I think you can accomplish this and have fun showing us how to do it.
Does MRCOOL make a direct solar powered mini split like my HotSpot mini split heat pump?
Any slum-lord could tell you that with $40,000) before it would require much more work. I’ve lived in houses that were in worse condition when I bought them, including the lakefront Minnesota cabin I’m in right now. The reason we saved it is because it is too close to the lake to rebuild on the original footprint.
@@dellmerlin6328 look for deye. They have aircon with mppt input for solar panels.
@@AmbitionStrikes use all that fancy equipment and knowledge and demolish the trailer refurbish the foundation set a storage container on it with a porch dig a whole new septic system up to code don’t even mess with the old one. You have a nice piece of land power and water. Win win take it from there it will be so much more awesome. Let your brother live in a camper on the land while your doing all the work he can be your security guard to keep an eye on the place when it’s all done he will have a really nice place he will never leave. The way it is now he will be in a trailer that is only temporary you know he won’t take any pride in that it will be just a place to stay. If you make it custom he will take more pride in it and in the end you will have an awesome investment property heck he might want to buy it. You both lived in a camper for a short time look where your at now. No matter what you do to that place it will still be a trailer yes a trailer it is not considered a manufactured home like some people say it is it’s to old thin walls no insulation value wiring is sketchy plumbing is sketchy and by the time your done remodeling it will still have 4” walls and outdated everything. Your niche is storage container construction or a barndo. You do this and it’s money well spent. Otherwise you are just putting a Bandaid on a tuna can. I know you can make it happen no matter what road you take I just hope you think of the big picture. Face it the thermometer was the only thing worth saving Ok that’s my thought. Lol you asked for it😉
knock it down and reuse the basement foundation to build a new place. You could then pour concrete into the brick and raise the basement ceiling height to make it usable.
There's nothing here worth saving 😢😢
Yup, and they already own an excavator & a mini-ex. DIY demolition and rebuild!
ya definitely rebuild and make a roof strong enough for solar
That is a great idea.....
@@ericlala nah, stick with grid power, solar is unaffordable and stupid
The "double pane window" to help in the winter. As a person that owned a '71 trailer, don't try to fix this.
Tear this down, savage the copper wire & tubing. Make a plan to start over.
If you want to fix it, start by digging along side the basement. The outside of those walls need to be sealed. Cinder blocks & concrete is permeable. New construction involves a vapor barrier between ground & concrete. While you're down there, dig a little deeper to install drain tile along the outside. Also, add 6" to 20" of Styrofoam to insulate.
This house is a disaster. Dump it!
good advice
this is just to make videos.....so they will fix it up and milk it out
@@keithmullen5891 if it was built for cold country it should have 2x6 exterior walls. Work the numbers for maybe replacing with a newer doublewide and GOOD inspection.
@@wes-w8s many older Mobil homes were built with 2x2 wood to keep the weight down for towing.
You either love your brother or you hate your brother haven’t decided on that😂😂
A lot of people are saying to bulldoze and start from scratch, but I, for one, look forward to all the renovations and feel confident yall can do it! I'm so excited for the next step!!!!
If a wasp nest is made of mud rather than paper, depending on where it is, you may want to let them stay. Mud dauber wasps are generally chill, they eat massive amounts of mosquitos, and they're the primary predator of brown/black widow spiders. Other than leaving mud stains where they build nests, they're pretty good neighbors.
If you want a dry basement, probably need to put a new french drain inside with a sump pump and outside french drain too. Little bit of work but totally worth it.
Tear it down. I'll watch that video
Moisture problem in Basement...remove Gyprock...inject Acrylic into the Masonry cracks...install a drain inside, cover with Cement..link to a Pit....improve Ventilation...Repaint with Zinc Paint first
Hey guys, thanks for the video. Try regular dish soap and water and spray entire deck, let dry. No more wasp problems. Ordinary liquid soap (10-20%) in a spray bottle works as well as anything I've ever tried when it comes to dropping and killing wasps around the house. Let it dry on surfaces and the wasps will not come back all year. Be sure to remove any old hives as well.
Wasps are best sprayed at night when they are "dormant" for the night.
Yes, but it doesn't look as cool and you don't have the "insta clout"
@@tenchraven I'll take dormancy and no stings over cool looks any day.
Wasps require a body temperature of around 70 F to fly.
Lol😂 showw Nuffff!
This looks like a beautiful property and you have your work cut out for you. I’ve never known a Casey who was afraid of hard work. In fact you embrace it with enthusiasm. It’s a family trait. I look forward to what will be. This is a wonderful gesture for your brother, Courtney. 💕
Dishwashing detergent (Dawn) mixed with water in high pressure sprayer 2 Tbsp to 1/2 gallon will knock down and kill those wasps almost instantly. They cannot fly once wet and soap breaks down exoskeleton rapidly. Cheap alternative to bee spray and nontoxic. Good luck with new property.
Having lived in mobile homes there's not one I wouldn't burn to the ground. The place we're living in now is a manufactured home made in two pieces and it's just as hard to work on. As much as I'd like to be positive I'd take it down and do a container house with a nice garage. I know you'll do something interesting though, so let the projects begin.
I always enjoy watching your content. I find it very inspiring watching the two of you (not to forget Oliver) live, work and play together. I think this is the way all families should grow.
This project will keep you busy for some time, but I know you guys will make it look spectacular! Having power and water is certainly a big plus!
For south facing windows (even the whole side of the house) - put either a mounted roll-out awning/shade. Or, cheaper option: put up posts, steel wire and build up one of those... "roman-shade-like wire-sliding" shades? During hot days, it will completely block the direct sunlight from heating that side of the house.
Knock it down and start from scratch. DIY but do it right! You can't fix the basement with patches. If it were me, and I didn't have guests moving in, I would've opted for land.
Those are called storm windows, they were an upgrade option on all older mobile homes. Well worth the small extra cost at the time.
You guys, this is a knock down! It will be way more effort and money to remodel the existing house!
Agreed. This is very much a manufactured home dropped on a basement, where almost nothing will be repairable without a full demo basically anyhow. Drywall wont exist unless it was added after the fact. Walls are more likely just hardboard paneling throughout.
Totally agree. Could be a temporary place to live while building a new house. Looks like it is in a nice location but considering it is a mobile home I have to wonder what is in the neighborhood.
I'd be pretty shocked if that wasn't the long-term plan considering they didn't even look in the basement before buying.
I agree
Time to play with the heavy equipment. Hulk smash.
If you choose to keep the refrigerator in the mobile home, it is probably convertible. That is, it can be easily changed from a left-handed door to a right-handed door, making it more convenient for the cook in that kitchen. It's just a matter of removing the screws in the hinges and handles and putting them on the opposite side, which the factory has probably already allowed for.
Your property has a high water table. You're going to need a french drain and waterproofing on the concrete block if you want a dry basement. The presence of cottonwoods are the tell. On the bright side, you probably won't be low on water or power on this property.
The land and site are valuable, however the structure has way to many problems. Save the foundation if possible, but remove appliances and reusable sinks, toilets etc. Disconnect the electric, water and whatever, THEN D-8 The Whole Place!!!
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It could have been worse. Just a correction: for those of us that live in 'manufactured homes' we do not refer to them as mobile homes. Hitch and wheels removed. As you discovered there are many good things about a 'manufactured home' starting with all that steel under the floor. A lot of TLC and it will be good. Great view.
They are still a Mobile Home. A Pig with lipstick is still a PIG.
I also live in a manufactured home. some of it is convenient and its got decent insulation. However, EVERYTHING is just slightly different from what you can find at the local hardware store. I've spent the last 8 years modifying it to be more close to standard.
For wasp and Hornet nests you want to wait till nighttime to spray them becasue they come back home for the night , spraying during the day most of them are out doing their tasks , few are home tending the nest .
with ants, I use a 50-50 mix of Borax and sugar and add a little watter to dissolve and mix them, then put it next to there nest.
The project money bucket will empty before the do-up can be repaired. I agree with most of your other feedback on it. Put him in the container house while building new. Perhaps build a kitset new home on foundations?
Hi Courtney and Riley, I live three hours south of you and I have problems with wasps too. Nothing worse than using an aerosol can of wasps spray and the pressure runs out. I use WD-40 in a spray bottle or you can use it in a gallon sprayer. Buying a gallon of liquid WD-40 from your auto store goes a long ways. Waiting for the evening when they are all gathered together is great to get them. Have fun spraying and I love the area you have chosen.
Riley, I ran in to you today at the lake and I'm sorry I called you Ryan. I was just surprised and had a senior moment. Lol. Anyway we are building in the area and follow your show and can relate to what you have gone through while building in N Idaho. Have a great day and we enjoy watching Ambition Strikes.
Reilly...Best "Dancing Ballon Man in Front of Car Dearerships" impression I have ever seen
Aluminum wiring. Check the connections at the meter for tightness. Then check all the outlets and circuit breaker connections. If they get loose, they arc. Use No Ox electrical grease to help with corrosion. Aluminum wire works loose over time.
A smallish lot of land OK good on a slope (front of house is about ground level the rear has access to basement) that's a slope! A questionable trailer house/mobile home with a roof over the roof - your not done with the wasps! Soft floors and visible water damage - here we call it mold. I'm with most people fix the basement, get rid of the house build something better. You can re use much of the trailers plumbing and electric outlets and breaker box ect.
Some are saying knock it down. but do that second. Build something first, then knock it down. That way your bro has something to sleep in while building a replacement. He can also provide input and manual labor to the new build.
You’re going to have to dig a French drain alongside the foundation, clear to the base. Paint the outside of foundation with waterproofing.
Put in some rock in the bottom of the ditch so it has a general slope. Then lay drain pipe in ditch (holes down) and finish filling ditch with drain rock. Cover the top of rock with non woven fabric and then grass or dirt or whatever.
Congratulations guys! I can only imagine how cool and efficient it'll be once you guys are done with it!!
Lots of people are saying knock it down, But Courtney brother is due to arrive on the next day and needs somewhere to live, I guess till he gets sorted, then it can be tarted up and sold.
The expense of a rebuild is far greater than the benefits of a quick flip
One major problem is the mold. It could possibly make her brother sick in the meantime. 😢
@@JML542 Yes and that needs sorting, but it doesn't require a demo and rebuild 🙂
@@JML542 I see one mold area in the basement? Do you see others? I also think this thing needs a complete clean top to bottom - and get rid of the carpets, which are probably nasty.
@@maddierosemusic anywhere there are water stains are also potential mold areas. Dry mold is still mold. Let alone the standing water in a leaky basement.
@@JML542 So if there's a water stain in the house you recommend demoing it because mold might be there?
You are such an awesome daughter and sister and Riley is an awesome son-in-law and brother-in-law! I think north Idaho is beautiful. Ski in the winter, play in the snow, golf, water ski, boat in the summer. Good times. I would love a place in northern Idaho especially if it was off-grid. I visited Zurich, Switzerland a long time ago (summer 1996) and Coeur d'Alene reminded me a little bit of it. I had that dream (living in the mountains off-grid) since I was 22. I'm 52. You actualized my dream. Congrats! So fun watching and love watching you renovate or build from scratch. Oliver's got the life--great parents.
mobile home suggestion to excavation around foundation and fench drain and seal blocks walls via water seal and install the dimple sheeting to prevent water penetration and direct water down to french drain
I know it isn’t video friendly, but wasp control is best done when they settle in the nest in the evening or early morning. You get them all and they are dormant when the attack begins.
Pro tip: for the fire ants, get some Termidore for termites, it kills ants too. Once you treat all the mounds you probably won't have a bad infestation again for several years. You can buy it off the internet, read and follow the label as its the law.
We use instant grits cheap easy and kills fire ants..
I'm so excited on what you guys plan for your new property. Goodluck!
Uh, tear it down. Build an ICF house.
Yep. ICF is the only way to go from all the research ive done. Hard to get people to listen for more than just a few minutes on benefits of ICF construction.
Built my house ICF best decision 25 below zero outside 40 inside no heat sound proof
We built our home on top of an ICF crawlspace and it's amazing how well it holds in the heat during the winter. We didn't add any under floor insulation so the space could warm up, and even at -20 F it's stayed at 47 degrees F the whole winter (we get 6 months of that here in upstate NY in the middle of the snow belt). I would always recommend ICF for construction if possible. Between that and closed cell spray foam insulation, we only use a small wood stove for heat all winter long.
You’d be money ahead to haul it out and build a stick built home.
I also say ICF. And Geothermal ground loop for hvac and hot water.
That home is almost the same layout, and interior colors as the mobile home I grew up in… the tour brought back some crazy memories…
Nice piece of property. GL with the revamp on the home. Lots of work there. I'd redo all the aluminum wiring and upgrade to copper. Its the major cause of fires in those old home. Thx for sharing.
Quadrafire is a local (Collville,wa)made wood stove. I had one and it was the best. I got 24hrs out of a single load of oak slabs. I kept it on low. The cool thing to do is to watch the rolling yellow/purple flames that look like clouds of rolling flame. I could watch it for hours
They obviously know what they are doing. Anybody else would bulldoze and start new. However this channel is about DIY and this project gives them a boatload of new YT projects to work on. I get it.
Even a DIY channel will know when its worth DIY. Old manufactured homes like this were commonly just dropped onto a basement foundation (I would know as I used to build the foundations for it to happen). The home itself though are not built to be remodeled as they have basically minimal required structural and internals. Hardboard walls instead of drywall, and by time bring things up to code you have to spend wayyyyy more than a bulldoze and rebuild. If a building like this had some architecturally unique factors it would be one thing, but its just a mass produced double wide manufactured home built in an age where longevity wasn't the goal.
They just need to feed a new narrative to get more views, so they try any odd idea. The previous one, ie the ridiculous army truck, did not catch that well, so... a new "project". No, thanks
it's pretty clear this was a mrcool advert, nothing more
Given the era, it's probably fully of aluminum wiring. If so they are about to have some DIY nightmares.
@@timcope3115 Yea he didnt see any in the fusebox, but that doesn't mean a whole lot.
That title had me worried- Sunday mornings would not be the same without you guys! But I calmed down when I realized who and what you were doing the project for! If anyone can pull off this make over, you guys are the ones!
Awesome investment in your brother and a smart real estate move. Excited to see the progress!
You Asked What can you do with the property?
raise it by 1.25m (4' ) would be a start.
Find the structural support for that roof.
Extend that over roof so it completely covers the house.
My goodness… reading the early comments, there’s clearly a lot of folks that are bitter, envious folks that are subscribed to y’all just to post negative comments.
Nice fixer-upper! Y’all are very enterprising and industrious, looking forward to seeing the progress on this project.
Not bitter. Just saying it is not worth keeping anything except the foundation.
Just spent 2 weeks with parents in their home, in their 80's... that Mini is looking better and better every time I see anything on them. Old home, old A/C unit etc.
Heck, they look pretty darn neat for homes in Alaska as well.
Tear it down, it is plagued with mold everywhere. You will be sick living in that house. The mold remediation and repairs will cost more than tearing it down and starting over.
Yes, this‼️
@@JML542 Yes I agree with that,Way to much mold.
My guess is that is what they will do and her bro will help them do it. They will strip the inside walls and probably redo the roof. I'm sure this is only Bro's house part I.
My first thought.
Been in this situation. It was cheaper to rent an excavator and hack down the structure (while being paranoid about spreading mold spores all over the place)
19:24 spray foam is your friend in sealing the cracks up , AC dehumidifies the rooms thereafter -the wet basement room leaves you two choices - seal it up or rip it out - also can you dig there on the outside for a drainage tile?
You two always surprise us with what seems to be impossible made exceptional. GOOD LUCK on this one. A bulldozer seems to me your best choice. Leave the foundation fix that and remove the rest. Put a nice new doublewide up. If you really love your brother dont put him in that dump. Mold will make him sick.
I have been a remoceling contractor and investor for 20 years. I would not even consider tearing this place down unless "I" was planning to live in it myself. I would fix it up with basic but nice ugrades, keeping in mind that it is a rental or a flip.
Also, I would likely not replace the tub, just have it resprayed.
Bring in the D8 and level it...build a site build. You will be much better off in the future.
Look forward to the videos. Looks like an ambitious project but having watched you guys , its well within your abilities!
Grab your excavator and address the foundation moisture issues first is my vote. Excavate, seal the outside, dimple sheets and a drain will get it done right. You will need a mini excavator and a skidsteer...you have those! You are set.
The rest looks like finishes ...drywall etc . Easy peasy. Have fun
It will be fun as always to watch YOU do another renovation. Us old farts have ALMOST wrapped up two years of building our own home on our upstate New York homestead ourselves. We bought 30 acres of beautiful forested land (maple trees for the most part) where we managed to build our own off-grid home. We've got a few more minor projects left (mostly interior trim) to finish up, but from where we started back on 2022 to now, it's been an amazing trip. We moved up here to be close to the wife's family in Canada, so it's just a short drive to be over the border now. We used mostly lumber from our own land ( it had tons of very old white pine that had to come down, so we used as much of that as we could, plus some hemlock).. But we've just about wound down the project and don't have the energy or the time (too old now) to start on any more projects. We'll live vicariously through you from now on.
Lots of good comments here. IF you do decide to renovate then consider 3M window film for the windows vs replacing them. They make excellent UV blocking product that also has security benefits. When installed properly there are no bubbles and it’s invisible. It really reduces the heat transfer both ways.
21:43 This girl is one of those girls who gets more beautiful as she gets older! Man, you are lucky.
I love that you got a "Project" Property! Now with your Bothers help you 3 can re-furbish It!!! Great work guys!
We have power she says, after opening the oven with the clock flashing and the oven light turning on. 😂
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I agree with some of the comments tear it down replace it with a prefab home or equivalent. The hidden mold and other problems may not be healthy for your bother.
Those larger trees look like hemlock. But the house either needs alot of love or a D7.
A really great buy and place for your brother, Courtney...you guys are very able to make that a very livable place....looking forward to seeing the improvements.....some of my very happy years ( of my 92+) were spent in a double wide home....work is good for all of us....keep at it....enjoy!!!🥰
I for one would watch a full mobile home demolition video (hint hint).
Yeh I have to agree with many comments below. Old pre-1978 mobiles are fire traps and dangerous. Be careful guys! It is nice thinking of your Bro but maybe another container house would be better!
I would rip out all of the carpet personally. Put either hardwood or tile down.
Rip it out as they tear it down😢😢
OMG...the things you 2 get up to amazes me lol....If theres anybody that can make the mobile into a comfy home ...its you both....loved the video...Stay safe
The bad part about mobile homes is they are the cheapest built shelter around. I fixed my in-law's place. They spilled some water on the floor. It was 3/4" sawdust glued together. Anywhere the water went it compromised the floor. I had to get it up and replace it with 3/4" plywood. Everything in them is just good enough to get the job done.
I don't think it's a knockdown. Just fix what is broken. Don't pour a whole lot of money into it because it'll never be worth much. Clean up around it, it could look like a nice place. If you take the walls down you'll find there isn't much there. Don't use drywall or it'll crack. So far I've never had to replace a wall in a mobile. I was able to make it look nice without replacing it.
For the fire ants, we pour some gasoline and cover the mound with those galvanized round troughs. The fumes go through out the tunnels. We usually leave it on there for a week covered. And the the wasps, use dish soap with a water hose. One that can spray good like some fertilizer containers for grass. Because you got a lot of wasps. The soap takes them out. I usually use those hand pump 5 gallon containers. But, you have a Army there on that porch. That many, they might be in the walls too.
How close is this to your place? Looks like you're in for some fun!! A new adventure!!
Riley, tap lightly with the back of your knuckle and listen, when you hit a solid point that's the stud. I've never used a stud finder in any home that I did work in but always was right on the stud! Eddie
Rip it out and put in a brand new double wide for your brother. He will thank you. This screams of a total gut job. The sellers took advantage of you IMO. You would need to go through every inch of this place for critters, bugs, mold, other infestations/problems. The attic is probably disgusting and full of who knows what. The lot seems fine and has potential so start from scratch with the home. Perhaps a 1BR, 1BA with potential to add. Use your container build skills and perhaps do a double container to start with or even an L shaped trailer that could later become a U shape with a center courtyard or garden area (or covered patio/pergola.
I would not live in that place for a minute given the mice and bug infestations. (you KNOW there are mice everywhere given the number of traps you found and once they are inside, it's very difficult to find out where they are coming in and stop them).
Ooohhh. I lived in mobile homes for a few years when I was younger. I never want anything to do with them again. Now "manufactured homes" are a huge improvement.
I thought we were going to see how you finish that container house.Wasn't thinking a trailor house.Looks like it should be gutted.Reason,you found lots of mold.Mold that could make people sick.Then check the wiring ,plumbing before I would put up new walls & ceilings.But I would think about tearing it down & start all over again.It would be faster.Standing water isn't a good sign,also.When you said that this was a fixer upper.Your right.To do this right it would take about a year.Looks like there is way to much work to be done.But it is fixable if you have the time.Good luck with this one.Thumbs up because I think you have a plan already.>:))))
*crosses fire ants off the list.
the entire southeast falls out of their chair laughing at you. lol
I don’t get her reference…..there are fire ants in northern Idabama?
Right, you can't kill fire ants you only make them move on --probably to your neighbor's property or another spot in your property. Back in the 1950's my Dad would dig a small hole in the mound , slowly pour in about 1/2 gallon of gas and light it-That took care of them then along came the EPA
Those are thatching ants…
@@steventrostle1825 Like the EPA can stop you from burning 1/2 gallon of gas on your own property.
@@JorenMathews Right you are! I am DEFINITELY NOT a fan of any Government agency, I was joking about polluting the ground. Have a great day!
I just subscribed and he should've carried you across the threshold to your new Castle! ..but why did you buy it..are you going to fix it up? I think it would have been a great learning experience for Courtney to take on the Wasps! 😅
Nicely done. Probably should take it back to the bones and renovate it all the way.
Well, i have no clue about housing in the US... But i would definitely bring the dozer on the next visit. Cool if you want to help your brother (in law), but wow this place makes my back haires stand up...
A MONEY PIT THAT IS OLDER THAN ME 🤯🙈🙈🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Only a money pit if they cannot make money off of it and their TH-cam channel will turn this into profit and as they said, one of the main reasons they did this was to develop new skills for their diy projects.
Most trailers came that way. The inside window was the storm window. You took it out in the summer and put in the screens in if you had awning or casement windows. If you had single hung windows you just took out the storm window. 👍❤️📹😃
Love you guys, I'm sure the rebuild will be miraculous.
I’m a contractor and I’ve built new homes and remodels. I would tear down the house. I would check the foundation and see if you have appropriate footings. I would build a small open beam house with 1/12 pitch, open loft and maybe shed dormers for more room upstairs. make it really charming with great curb appeal. Try to restrain from trying to take an old double wide and bring it up to livable standards. I’ve done a lot of remodels and it gets extremely expensive and at the end of the day, it’s still an old double wide. Just my two cents. You guys are awesome. Whatever you choose to do I Know it will turn out nice. PS if you need someone to do CAD Drawings, let me know.
All I can say is RUN‼️
It's moldy. You do not want mold sickness! And you won't want to take the spores home with you.
Even without the water... Any previous mold that has dried is still mold.
Second, mobile homes depreciate. So they are not worth fixing and that one will require a lot of expensive fixes that aren't super great for return on investment.
Sorry to be a downer... But we have learned from sad experience.
I’d LOVE this place and location! He should buy a used snowmobile and he’ll be good for winter
Most people run screaming from even the thought of using a mobile home especially if you have lived in one. A used one. Ah no.
By the looks of all the mold in the basement , you should probably dig around the outside of it and do some waterproofing first . After that you should probably start in the inside of the basement to disinfect and kill the Rodents and Bugs . Next tear down any bad looking walls .
Then step back and look at how much it's going to cost for the rest of the repairs . Whoops , maybe we made a mistake ! ! ! Happy Trails from 🇨🇦 to the 🇺🇸 . ✌ out
"Someone was burning documents..." Sweetie, this is going to be a mind blowing idea- if you own a woodstove, you don't need to buy a paper shredder.
"The light is broken!" How many millennials does it take to change a lightbulb? A whole generation that doesn't know lightbulbs burn out.
Kids, you invite the comedy. A 50+ year old mobile home is worth scrap metal. That foundation/basement might be salvageable, but your sponsor's AC unit is worth more than the mobile home. You are doing the equivalent of fixing body work and putting a radio into a car with a broken frame if you're not fixing the leaks, making sure the wiring isn't aluminum, fixing the floors...
But it does create content.
A big problem with these old manufactured homes is the walls are made with 2x3 lumber so insulating them well is a problem. One thing that can be done is removing the metal siding then screwing 2x2's to the outside of every stud to make space for more insulation.
Sorry I would rather watch you continue to improve the off-grid Idaho up-in-the-mountains property than rehab some dumpy mobile home.
4RBT is really committed to their cricket events. these new features are awesome.
Cortney is lookin WOW😁 even more so considering she some what recently had a kid
Chill Dan you creep
I got hooked on this channel because it was a "This is not a how to channel but a this is a what we do channel" NOT a renovation channel.
Some really great content.
I'll pass on these vids and come back when you're working on your off grid property.
It was abandoned for a reason. Tear it down and build something new. I'm guessing you will have more surprises than imaginable.
Looks in pretty good shape for its age. Reroof is a good sign.
FYI, brake cleaner will drop wasps and yellow jackets quick and costs less than that spray.
I find it funny that you said you loved your brother. You are opening up an rodent infested mold ridden dump (not a healthy living space). I was hoping you'd open up the ceiling to see what fell out or lift the carpet to see what lies there (Yuck)? For health concerns I'd hold off on your brother living there. Tear it down!!!
Riley I find the best wasp killer is WD-40 with the fish oils it is environmentally friendly and the oils keep them from coming back there nest won't stick ... most importantly they die almost instantly and with the spray wand on the can you can spray 6ft away from the nest!
Bulldozer bait! 😄
The basement might make things a bit tricky… 😉
@@AmbitionStrikes
Marvin Heemeyer knows all about that.
@@AmbitionStrikespush it in the hole, cover with dirt and gravel then pour a slab for a garage, build something next door.
Please burn the trailer..... Do a complete rebuild.... keep the basement, dig the basement out and put in drain piping along the outside perimeter. Fill in with gravel. By a total rebuild, you will get better insulation value. Increase the height of the basement to 9 or 10 feet. Then build either 1 or 2 stories above the basement. With previous water damage, the insulation in walls might not be good. Also there probally is no vapour barrier for the outside walls. Also the walls are only 2x4 construction when today 2x 6 is the standard.
Most of your builds are about piece-meal constructions (afterthoughts), with really no big plan in mind. I love the idea of the covered porch. What about an extra 1000 ft of new construction. Think off grid too if you do want to design a complete new house. The other thing to look at is water, is it from a well and how good is that well. Wells today usually have a holding tank
Cause there is water in the basement you don't know if its ground water (very bad) or from rains. the only way to know is to check out that drain in the basement. Also due to the trees so close to basement, you should take them out due to roots.
You need to be aware if built in the 70s there could be asbestos in the walls and tiles...The best practice is to remove the asbestos. Don't cover it up. (hence my thought to burn it to the ground)...
Keep the trailer beams for future use. Keep that wood stove if you can.