Great info in this video for sure! Another thing I would add is that if you do change any walls or add or subtract openings/doors to different areas make sure that the manufacturer puts the light switches in the correct location for your changes to the new floor plan. We made that mistake with ours, didn’t want 2 arch ways into our office and when the manufacturer built the house they put the light switch in the original location by the no longer existing doorway so now we have to walk through a dark room all the way to the back wall to turn on the light lol! Also, we needed to add an extra tub but they didn’t automatically update their plans to include the appropriate sized water heater which we didn’t realize until it was too late. It’s those little easily overlooked things that can really come back to cause trouble.
It seems to me that even though you didn't point those things out, why wouldn't someone question those decisions. If I were doing your home, I would automatically mention that light switch is in an odd place and call you. It just seems like lazy thinking to me.
I've forever cursed my bathroom.... two huge changes involve the placement of the toilet,and I agree with the father of one of the other commenters about the so-called garden tub. The only time I was ever in this colossal waste of space was when I refreshed the bathroom shortly after purchase, having to crawl in and out of it so many times to install moldings around the two ceiling to tub builder mirrors,and when painting of course. Of course I was a bit younger then! Also, When you open the bathroom door, your first view is of the toilet,installed on the far outside wall next to the window. So little time, so many good ideas!
I've lived here 17 years, and have really great neighbours who help me with the garbage and worry about me. I'll be moving in with my oldest daughter but it's going to be heartbreaking to leave.However
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I lived in a mobile home most of my life. An affordable way to live. I loved mine. I was pretty careful custom ordering mine. It was ordered to have enough storage and room for my two sons. Economical, easy to upkeep. Years later, after a divorce and starting over, I bought the cheapest lot model single wide to get me started. It had 2X6 construction but was a simple model. Loved my kitchen, 3 bd 2ba. It was very cheap in 1989 and lasted me many years with me updating as I could afford it. Have had a stick built home but my double wide and single wide were both a better but and easy to heat and cool
That's a den and growing up in New England we always had a den in everybody's house had a den. That was usually where everybody hung out and the living room was left for company and it was more formal.
I’m from Boston and I’ve got a den right now! That’s where I spend the majority of my time when I’m home! 6 rooms and little old me! My Irish, off the boat grandmother had one too and that’s where the tv always was! I ❤️ my den!!
Dude its just a house change it. Ive had my manufactured home over 20 years. I have redone a bunch. For me it is called upkeep. No one knows my house is manufactures unless I tell them
As someone living in a double wide on a basement for 30 years, this looks amazing inside with the “real” looking walls. I’m not liking the exterior look though. We have done a lot of renovations to our’s and people always compliment us. All new siding, windows and roof. We added an amazing sunroom and just totally remodeled our kitchen. It looks amazing, but still trying to eliminate the “trailer” look
I've been looking at manufactured home videos and it's striking how different the outside and the inside can look. You can have a manufactured home that looks really nice on the inside but cheap on the outside. I'll use this one as an example. The inside has a great layout with huge windows in the living room and master bedroom, but the outside (which you can see at the 36-second mark) looks like a cross between a barn and a Lego playset. th-cam.com/video/MPsoImhjh6o/w-d-xo.html
I am selling my house ... For a double wide , honestly my wife and I wished we did it years ago . No more mortgage ,way more money to go around it makes life lot easier.
Congratulations! We had Cavco build a park model for us. Be very careful if you choose a Cavco. We ordered standard cabinets. Huge mistake. They made them in their factory. Positive they don’t employ true cabinet makers. If that wasn’t bad enough, all staple holes were filled, never sanded, or repainted. We wanted white walls. Texture is white. Yep, that’s what they did, texture with enough of a spray of paint to mess up the floors. I’m almost finished painting the interior. 3 coats to cover effectively. Refrigerator in the contract states, 18 cf. we received a not fingerprint free 16.6 refrigerator. It’s very deep, not tall or wide. Extremely difficult to get anything in or out of. No valances in bedroom. One bedroom window won’t open. Many blinds are way too long. A rep came to the house and really had nothing to say other than it was painted. I washed a wall for him and he watched the texture wash off revealing the Sheetrock. He was speechless, literally. Then continued to insist the walls had been painted. We ordered this park model through the owners of the park we are leasing from. Great family! We closed and moved in over 4 months ago. The list of repairs is a mile long. Our 90 day walkthrough has come and gone. Everything submitted at 90 days as per their instructions. It’s now been 132 days and we haven’t received a response. My suggestion to you is purchase a unit already in place. The units purchased by the park owners come in beautiful. I’m really baffled by what has happened to us. We did have the unit flipped where the bedroom is on the street and living room is in the backyard. Then we had them mirror the unit so the windows weren’t overlooking our carport. The park owners didn’t have a unit with our layout.
This was absolutely great. It is nothing that I would think about. Thanks for sharing. I wish there were more vids like this showing what people would change AFTER they made the purchase. This was probably one of the most helpful vids on manufactured homes that I have seen.
I'm a carpenter's daughter, and making the changes he suggests, means two feet less in the LRoom, it means moving the front entry by two feet into the LRoom, which changes the outside roof line over the existing entry. Not as simple as he makes it sound. These changes can be made before build, however, it still shortens the LRoom by two feet, to gain a foot in each bedroom.
@@sillililli01 Yeah, I thought he was talking about what he would have done prior to placing the order (so he would have ordered with the changes he is talking about now). You are stating that it would still shorten the living room, though. Thanks.
@@latoyaevans688 Your welcome, this model comes in a certain length. If you increase the size of the bedrooms, which is a good idea, you lose on the size of the Living Room. They would have to pay extra for the changes in the position of the entry door, as it affects the peak over the front door on the outside. Which could mean additional cuts to standard length lumber products, so extra costs involved. As long as people understand that, than they're good to go.
20/20 is always perfect. You have a beautiful home. The only thing I think is ridiculous is that anyone wouldn't consider subway style tile the default. That's just pure laziness by the builder.
too big for me . my kid is 18 in july and i am gonna be in a empty nest. i can fit all that i own in 1 bed room. i suppose its time i bought my own couch table and chairs and tv. just never use that stuff ...i am pathetic, i use my bed as a couch and i just eat there or standing next to a counter in the kitchen.
@@SauronEye takes a long time to fill and a person in a wheelchair cant clean the filter, hard enough on me and my stiff back , aching knees. on a limited fixed income so wont be buying a walkin sit down tub again . maybe zero threshold shower ....
Great video thanks for sharing. This shows when we get excited buying a new home we don't take time to think things through. And that can be a big mistake.
When looking into manufactured homes in the past, I was told floor plans could not be changed with the exception of options that the manufacturer offered. Taking extra footage from one room and adding it to another was frowned on and I was asked leave one business after suggesting that same thing. And one sales man told me "You get to pick the colors. What more could you want?"
I had no idea you could customize a manufactured home by moving the walls! I'm always looking at floor plans or home tours and wanting to 'tweak' the design.
Some good points. My wife and I built a custom home and I know others who built as well. No matter how well you plan, there's always things that you wish you would ave done differently. Also, over time your taste and values change.
Kerry, does your kitchen have a pantry?? If not, then that's where you can take the extra space from the master bath and bedroom and use it for a nice sized pantry.
There are inexpensive window films that look like frosted glass/stained glass that would solve you bathroom window privacy issue. The bathroom may seem like over-kill but the resale value of your home is higher with the glam option. Nice kitchens and baths are always pluses when designing living spaces. The back splash , not being brick alternating patterns bugs me too ! I would live with it though. My money would go towards a porch and plants for curb appeal outside my home. Great shared information on building choices , Kudo's to you for your video.
Good info. I love the 'could-a, would-a, should-a' thoughts after purchase. That is a really nice unit. What is the rough cost of something similar. I especially like the drywall vs panels and seams.
"I would recommend living at work" - Most people being work from home now including my wife and myself for the past 2 years. We've done it in a 1200 sqft apt with two dogs but it's also why we've bought a 2400 sqft house on some land.
I told myself if I get a 3 bedroom home like this I would use the smallest bedroom as a little office and put a pool table and small 4 stoll bar in the other living room area. Also I would just want a one piece tub shower or just a shower in the master bedroom. I been looking at a lot of homes and saw that a lot of them have double doors to go into master bathroom or to enter the walk in closet you enter from the bathroom, I don't like it.
With the extra two feet in the second living space there might be enough room for a pool table. That would be a cool addition! I agree, double doors to the bedroom doesn’t appeal to me. Thanks for watching 🙌🏼
A bit too open and large in the living room for me. I like it cozier. But the bedrooms are definitely too small. Two sink vanities are a waste to me. I'd rather have more space to place things on it. I also would never have a tub in my personal bathroom. I prefer a really nice shower with a "dry section" for dressing...
The living room feels unloved, it needs to look more homey. I'd get a nice fireplace and make the back den into a laundry room with lots of room to fold clothes and a drop down ironing board in the wall plus a sewing station for my quilt making. l hate double sinks,, when we built our home I got rid of the extra sinks in the master and main bath. That gave me 6 drawers, I can fit everything I need in the drawers, they're nice and deep, so I have 3 in the master bath and all 6 in the main bath. We have a half bath on the 1st floor and there's 6 drawers in there too. I also have linen closets in the bathrooms. I have storage everywhere. We live in a regular house not a manufactured one.
If you make a change they will not follow through with systems. I have two heat registers within a foot of each other, one for the kitchen and another for the breakfast, right at the edge of the entryway to the breakfast. Other parts of the house they do the same thing, so interior walls get the last register instead of taking them all the way out through the room. And the light switches same problem, we come in through the mudroom, cross a little hall and have to keep on going all the way to the other side of the kitchen, or to the den. The den has an exterior sliding door, without a keyed lock, so we use the mudroom.The lower end finishes look pretty in photos but don’t last, my DH calls the bath sinks fancy acrylic buckets, same with the tub, the master bath could be much better oriented. We’ve had trouble with the doors, door handles. The shingles dont mate properly with the guttering, so we have a nice drip line all down the house. And we spent yesterday afternoon snaking the kitchen drain, which runs a long enough distance under the house that it gets cool and hasn’t got a lot of drop, so grease and food debris piles up after a while. Just little, aggravating things for a house that’s not even 20 years old.
LOVE the family room off the kids' bedrooms. Excellent design but I do agree w/you on all three of your points. Never thought a bathroom should be that big and master's always too large too. Good info.
You know what they say? Hindsight is 20/20. These are small mistakes that can easily be compensated for, especially considering this was ordered as an office and not an actual living space. Not sure why you needed a glamour bath at all for an office, but, hey. You do you!
Haha I ordered the glamour bath because we also use it as a show home 🤷♂️. The home shows really well, it’s a nice layout... it just could be a nicer layout 😆
In the shot of the kitchenette why are all the outlets and switches black? that's worse than the file layout although I agree overlap.subway is prettier
@@KerryTarnow Yes, but weird thing to be bothered by. You can buy white ones at Lowes or Home Depot and switch them out with nothing more complicated than a screwdriver.
You share a first name with my dad may he rest in peace. I will be changing my first name and honor of him as my last family member who was living just passed away so I have no family left at all except myself. I will need to buy fairly soon as I'm selling my family home and I live in a very tiny apartment. There are only four or five in my area for sale so I will need to choose one. One is a 2019 and the first thing that I thought was what's wrong with it. Thanks for the video!
We also have stripping on the walls that is coming off, doors that are hung wrong, outlets with out covers, door to furnace is hung wrong so much that it bulges out on the bottom. Bought brand new last year.
Thank you for the advice .l am from the UK. Our mobile homes are a lot smaller with not much closet space. I love the space you get even in the smaller size mobile homes in the us
Ooh, it's lovely! Question Kerry: the walls that you said will expand evenly if 2 feet are added to both the bedrooms and the extra living room, are those walls load bearing? I imagine they must be because yours is a double wide. I'm just trying to imagine the bone structure of ours as it is a 16 by 72. Being so skinny, would any of our walls width wise be load bearing, I wonder?
Hey Amy! Yeah I think they likely are because on the other side is a 22ft open span for the living room on one side and kitchen dining on the other. I have done the same plan without the wall between the living room/kitchen so that one isn’t necessary.
We built THREE homes and decided to buy land and build AGAIN, but the area we chose to move to did not have a rental big enough for a large family with 22 pet lizards…so we rented a mobile home. Long story short, our house took a long time to get done leaving us in our rental nearly a year and a half. 6 months later with house done, we are still here SLOWLY moving out. Trailer life ruined us! Wish we had known we would love it before we bought land and began building.
I agree that the 2 smaller bedrooms are too small. Since I don’t know your life style and we are see things from our own POV, I am curious as to why you would have 2 living rooms. Seems like overkill to me. It's always nice to see how others choose their layouts. It definitely helps a person to figure out what would suit them.
I understand the changes you suggest for your space in the house because only you can foresee the "use volume" each space will take up in time. Cosmetically though, I'd raise the TV antenna & power socket [5:28 - 5:39] so that it'd be hidden from sight. Yes, it's a very minor detail but it really stands out in such a well done house. Best wishes to you always.
I love my manufactured home. There are only two things I would have had done (and since have taken care of) - fully upgraded cabinetry. Paper wrapped is crap and wood door with wrapped frame is still crap. Upgraded interior doors.
I have only a walk-in shower in my master. Just the way I like it. I got an extra closet with no tub. That being said, I didn’t build it, I bought when it was 10 years old. But I specifically didn’t want a soaker tub because I knew it would never be used and it would collect dust. I never thought buying used that I’d find what I wanted, but low and behold, I did!
This video is good for people who didn't really consider all these little details I like to think about all these little things. The huge and astronomical elephant in the room though with trying to get anything custom in these manufactured homes is how long it takes and if they're going to try and charge you extra which most likely they will and I think that's kind of unfair being you are paying for them to do the work regardless of timing and speaking of timing it takes them twice as long to do a custom home versus having something coming off the conveyor belt as pre-designed. Those are some of the big things to consider when doing or asking for some custom work to be done longer periods of time. I've seen people having to order these things a year in advance just to get some change up in dimensions which is crazy in my opinion.
As a mobile home owner, I agree with the master bath statements. Currently, this one has the same type setup. Never understood why the corner tub was needed? And yes, the double vanity as well. All wasted space, after all, I don't live in my bathroom!
Totally agree. I purchased a home with about the same floor plan for a rental. When the master bath subfloor was destroyed because of a cracked shower pan, I had no trouble deciding to do away with the tub and skinny shower and replaced it with a rather large tub/ shower combo that was so much better. I lot stronger. Plus the older corner tub was hard to find.
I agree about the wasted space in the glamour bathroom. There is way too much floor space. When we looked at news homes, I asked about making these kinds of changes that really make sense and weren't huge alterations, but that would make huge improvements. I was told they wouldn't make any personally requested changes. It really made me upset. In the end, we are buying a preowned home that we won't have to wait nearly a year for. Great video though!
Yeah it's tough for buyers right now. The factories are so busy that some places won't allow changes because it just adds another step to the process and slows things down. Glad to hear you were able to find something pre owned, congrats!
I agree about the bathroom. I really dislike those "garden tubs". They take up entirely too much room. Shower and tub should be the traditional combined type.
@@KerryTarnow I don't like tubs either. I like the showers that have a bench in them. I can't stand for too long and the bench would be perfect for me.
Great video, very helpful for those of us thinking of purchasing a manufactured home to live in. Would you be able to tell us who the manufacturer of your home/office is/
Hi Kerry, do you have any experience with the traditional manufactures that service the lower mainland. SRI or Moduline or the new one Tripple M. Do you prefer one over the other. How is the quality of the builds.
Good ideas, that tile really grates on me and I usually don't even think of stuff like that. The house seems like it could use more insulation and sound-absorbing material (which can be the same thing). But I'm definitely getting a kind of threadbare vibe from the house as it is. I'm sure it's very warm, but I get a chill looking at it, especially in that weather. And it could use more/better lighting. Just my own thoughts on it, looks perfectly habitable, just not my style.
#1. I would have replaced the tub with a BIG walk in shower, and replaced the current shower space with storage. And like you said, no window, or frost it. #2. Agreed. #3. I am not sure if that would be possible, but it sounds good. Move master bedroom wall in 2 feet, move window over 2 feet, move front door over 2 feet, move living room wall and closet over 2 feet, and also move dining area wall over 2 feet; that should work but I'm not a builder, and a builder will likely have a dozen technical sounding reasons why that can't be done, or just to punish you for making them do extra math and paperwork they'll add $15k to the price.
That second living room as you call it is a Family Room and I don't think I've ever seen one in a manufactured home video. Seems like a waste of space, you are better of with a 4 bedroom 3 or 2.5 bath.
Thanks for sharing. I don't know much about manufactured home or modular home. This looks great. I am curious how much a unit of this size (56x27) would cost nowadays? Installation cost ?
Wow. Your home is all offices. As for Master bathroom. I think dbl sinks is great. But the big tub is wonderful to soak in but I would make the soaker n shower combo . I would have tub sunken into floor so level with floor. Thats just me. Having that combo would also give more space elsewhere in home.
I'm a carpenter's daughter, and making the changes he suggests, means two feet less in the LRoom, it means moving the front entry by two feet into the LRoom, which changes the outside roof line over the existing entry. Not as simple as he makes it sound. These changes can be made before build, however, it still shortens the LRoom by two feet, to gain a foot in each bedroom.
aren't all of these models pre made to the generic floor plans? can you tweak the design like that? how much would it cost? also can you order any with bare rooms so like the master bath with sink / tub / shower but no tile... so you can do your own work / motifs?
But honestly I can see that dog taking a bubble bath in the corner tub! In my view people make master bedrooms too large only to fill them with exercise equipment that becomes a clothing rack and a book reading nook that they never use because they are just on their phone all day anyways. Very informative as always!
You do understand that taking two feet from one end of the home and adding it to the other end of the home, changes everything in between, don't you? The front door would have to move into the LR, and that would also change the roof line over the entry door on the outside of the home. It's not as simple as you make it out to be. When you add/subtract space from one room it affects the adjacent room/area, you can't take what you've gained from one end of the home to the other, unless you make the changes before the build, and that would still affect the size of your Living Room by two feet less in length. I'm a carpenter's daughter who has been around job sites, all of my early life, and still reads house plans, and am able to envision changes. If it were only as simple as you make it out to be. lol
OMG pause video and comment. 😂😂Who in the world put a jacuzzi tub in an office bathroom? what kind of an office are you running... are you some kind of executive... this is so funny but I'm glad I'm learning from your mistakes so thank you for the video🤗
the window in the glamor bath should have been obscured frosted.... privacy! The kitchen tiles are excelent. Mine doesn't have that.... also I'd be adding a fireplace in the house!
Hi Renee, thanks for watching! the point was to show the things I would change to hopefully help folks who are buying, I love the house. Have a great weekend
I have a video coming on this topic. It really depends on a bunch of factors so every place will be different. If you already have your land you're in the best position to negotiate because if they don't get your business they're missing out on that sale.
What brand house is that? Also what do you think would be the best brand to buy in FL to withstand our weather and hurricanes??? Every think abut branching out to other states?
It’s a palm harbor. Palm Harbor is the only company I’ve dealt with in the states and they were good to deal with. This one came from their Oregon factory. These changes aside I do like their homes. I’m in Canada so I don’t actually sell into the states.
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Great info in this video for sure! Another thing I would add is that if you do change any walls or add or subtract openings/doors to different areas make sure that the manufacturer puts the light switches in the correct location for your changes to the new floor plan. We made that mistake with ours, didn’t want 2 arch ways into our office and when the manufacturer built the house they put the light switch in the original location by the no longer existing doorway so now we have to walk through a dark room all the way to the back wall to turn on the light lol! Also, we needed to add an extra tub but they didn’t automatically update their plans to include the appropriate sized water heater which we didn’t realize until it was too late. It’s those little easily overlooked things that can really come back to cause trouble.
Those are both great points! Easy to miss those changes, thank you for sharing.
It seems to me that even though you didn't point those things out, why wouldn't someone question those decisions.
If I were doing your home, I would automatically mention that light switch is in an odd place and call you. It just seems like lazy thinking to me.
I've forever cursed my bathroom.... two huge changes involve the placement of the toilet,and I agree with the father of one of the other commenters about the so-called garden tub. The only time I was ever in this colossal waste of space was when I refreshed the bathroom shortly after purchase, having to crawl in and out of it so many times to install moldings around the two ceiling to tub builder mirrors,and when painting of course. Of course I was a bit younger then! Also, When you open the bathroom door, your first view is of the toilet,installed on the far outside wall next to the window. So little time, so many good ideas!
@4Freedom4All Great advice, but I'll be selling soon as I'm no longer able to care for the house, 16000 sq.ft. of property, and rising property taxes.
I've lived here 17 years, and have really great neighbours who help me with the garbage and worry about me. I'll be moving in with my oldest daughter but it's going to be heartbreaking to leave.However
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I lived in a mobile home most of my life. An affordable way to live. I loved mine. I was pretty careful custom ordering mine. It was ordered to have enough storage and room for my two sons. Economical, easy to upkeep. Years later, after a divorce and starting over, I bought the cheapest lot model single wide to get me started. It had 2X6 construction but was a simple model. Loved my kitchen, 3 bd 2ba. It was very cheap in 1989 and lasted me many years with me updating as I could afford it. Have had a stick built home but my double wide and single wide were both a better but and easy to heat and cool
Thank you for sharing Brenda 🙌🏼. Thats good to know
What I want to know is the total cost you spend on the Installation water /and electricity
That's a den and growing up in New England we always had a den in everybody's house had a den. That was usually where everybody hung out and the living room was left for company and it was more formal.
We call it the family room.
Louisiana too. Family room and living room.
I grew up calling in a Den as well
Family room, but others I knew called theirs a den
I’m from Boston and I’ve got a den right now! That’s where I spend the majority of my time when I’m home! 6 rooms and little old me! My Irish, off the boat grandmother had one too and that’s where the tv always was! I ❤️ my den!!
Dude its just a house change it. Ive had my manufactured home over 20 years. I have redone a bunch. For me it is called upkeep. No one knows my house is manufactures unless I tell them
We yeah,.most people with and without building experience knows a manufactured home when they see one.
I would be able to tell bro.
Unless you completely redid the house entirely, as in took the trailer down and completely built a house. We would know
@@KDlGG exactly, I can definitely tell if it’s a MH, now modular homes are way different and you definitely can’t tell lol
@@KDlGG exactly, I can definitely tell if it’s a MH, now modular homes are way different and you definitely can’t tell lol
As someone living in a double wide on a basement for 30 years, this looks amazing inside with the “real” looking walls. I’m not liking the exterior look though. We have done a lot of renovations to our’s and people always compliment us. All new siding, windows and roof. We added an amazing sunroom and just totally remodeled our kitchen. It looks amazing, but still trying to eliminate the “trailer” look
Thank you 🙏🏻. Your place sounds great, keeping up with renovations over the years makes such a difference. Thanks for watching 😊
I've been looking at manufactured home videos and it's striking how different the outside and the inside can look. You can have a manufactured home that looks really nice on the inside but cheap on the outside. I'll use this one as an example. The inside has a great layout with huge windows in the living room and master bedroom, but the outside (which you can see at the 36-second mark) looks like a cross between a barn and a Lego playset. th-cam.com/video/MPsoImhjh6o/w-d-xo.html
I am selling my house ... For a double wide , honestly my wife and I wished we did it years ago .
No more mortgage ,way more money to go around it makes life lot easier.
Congratulations!
We had Cavco build a park model for us. Be very careful if you choose a Cavco.
We ordered standard cabinets. Huge mistake. They made them in their factory. Positive they don’t employ true cabinet makers. If that wasn’t bad enough, all staple holes were filled, never sanded, or repainted.
We wanted white walls. Texture is white. Yep, that’s what they did, texture with enough of a spray of paint to mess up the floors. I’m almost finished painting the interior. 3 coats to cover effectively.
Refrigerator in the contract states, 18 cf. we received a not fingerprint free 16.6 refrigerator. It’s very deep, not tall or wide.
Extremely difficult to get anything in or out of.
No valances in bedroom. One bedroom window won’t open.
Many blinds are way too long.
A rep came to the house and really had nothing to say other than it was painted. I washed a wall for him and he watched the texture wash off revealing the Sheetrock. He was speechless, literally. Then continued to insist the walls had been painted.
We ordered this park model through the owners of the park we are leasing from. Great family!
We closed and moved in over 4 months ago. The list of repairs is a mile long. Our 90 day walkthrough has come and gone. Everything submitted at 90 days as per their instructions. It’s now been 132 days and we haven’t received a response.
My suggestion to you is purchase a unit already in place. The units purchased by the park owners come in beautiful. I’m really baffled by what has happened to us.
We did have the unit flipped where the bedroom is on the street and living room is in the backyard. Then we had them mirror the unit so the windows weren’t overlooking our carport. The park owners didn’t have a unit with our layout.
This was absolutely great. It is nothing that I would think about. Thanks for sharing. I wish there were more vids like this showing what people would change AFTER they made the purchase. This was probably one of the most helpful vids on manufactured homes that I have seen.
Wow thank you so much Latoya! Thank you for the feedback, great to hear whats helpful 😃
I'm a carpenter's daughter, and making the changes he suggests, means two feet less in the LRoom, it means moving the front entry by two feet into the LRoom, which changes the outside roof line over the existing entry. Not as simple as he makes it sound. These changes can be made before build, however, it still shortens the LRoom by two feet, to gain a foot in each bedroom.
@@sillililli01 Yeah, I thought he was talking about what he would have done prior to placing the order (so he would have ordered with the changes he is talking about now). You are stating that it would still shorten the living room, though. Thanks.
@@latoyaevans688 Your welcome, this model comes in a certain length. If you increase the size of the bedrooms, which is a good idea, you lose on the size of the Living Room. They would have to pay extra for the changes in the position of the entry door, as it affects the peak over the front door on the outside. Which could mean additional cuts to standard length lumber products, so extra costs involved. As long as people understand that, than they're good to go.
@@sillililli01 Okay, it makes sense. All good info to know.
20/20 is always perfect. You have a beautiful home. The only thing I think is ridiculous is that anyone wouldn't consider subway style tile the default. That's just pure laziness by the builder.
That bathroom will be the single best selling point when you are ready to move on.
Thanks 🙏🏻
Its a BIG house....by Philippine standard...it is also a beautiful house.
Thank you!
#ITSMOREFUNINTHEPHILIPPINES
too big for me . my kid is 18 in july and i am gonna be in a empty nest.
i can fit all that i own in 1 bed room.
i suppose its time i bought my own couch table and chairs and tv.
just never use that stuff ...i am pathetic, i use my bed as a couch and i just eat there or standing next to a counter in the kitchen.
Or by Mexican, African standard or any poor people of the world standard.
I must have a walk-in shower as I am in a wheelchair most of the time. I can't lift my leg up and over a tub.
Have you thought about the walk-in tubs they show on TV? I would get one of those installed as they look really nice.
We had the same problem. Didn’t need the tub because couldn’t get into it. Had a company come in and cost up 10,000.00 we definitely got ripped off.
@@SauronEye takes a long time to fill and a person in a wheelchair cant clean the filter, hard enough on me and my stiff back , aching knees.
on a limited fixed income so wont be buying a walkin sit down tub again .
maybe zero threshold shower ....
@@SauronEye walk in tubs are ridiculous... an accessible shower is the answer
@@jeepsanddragons exactly
Sounds like you should have gotten more sound proof walls to the outside.
Great video thanks for sharing. This shows when we get excited buying a new home we don't take time to think things through. And that can be a big mistake.
Thats exactly right! Have to slow down sometimes.
Very True and applies to any type of home starting out with space available and then carefully plan allocation of space.
When looking into manufactured homes in the past, I was told floor plans could not be changed with the exception of options that the manufacturer offered. Taking extra footage from one room and adding it to another was frowned on and I was asked leave one business after suggesting that same thing. And one sales man told me "You get to pick the colors. What more could you want?"
I guess everywhere is different but every factory I’ve ever dealt with has allowed it 🤔
Asked to LEAVE for trying to change room dimension?? Wow! A simple "no" could have sufficed.
I had no idea you could customize a manufactured home by moving the walls! I'm always looking at floor plans or home tours and wanting to 'tweak' the design.
Some good points. My wife and I built a custom home and I know others who built as well. No matter how well you plan, there's always things that you wish you would ave done differently. Also, over time your taste and values change.
Kerry, does your kitchen have a pantry?? If not, then that's where you can take the extra space from the master bath and bedroom and use it for a nice sized pantry.
No it doesn’t, thats a great idea
There are inexpensive window films that look like frosted glass/stained glass that would solve you bathroom window privacy issue. The bathroom may seem like over-kill but the resale value of your home is higher with the glam option. Nice kitchens and baths are always pluses when designing living spaces. The back splash , not being brick alternating patterns bugs me too ! I would live with it though. My money would go towards a porch and plants for curb appeal outside my home. Great shared information on building choices , Kudo's to you for your video.
Good info. I love the 'could-a, would-a, should-a' thoughts after purchase.
That is a really nice unit. What is the rough cost of something similar. I especially like the drywall vs panels and seams.
I lived in a mobile single home 40x80 for 15 years on River. I was very happy.
Living on the river sounds amazing!
Where at exactly??
You need to decorate your entire office! It will make all the difference for your company & your customers!
Thats a really good idea. Looks a bit dull doesn’t it
"I would recommend living at work"
- Most people being work from home now including my wife and myself for the past 2 years. We've done it in a 1200 sqft apt with two dogs but it's also why we've bought a 2400 sqft house on some land.
Would love to see the cabinet and other finishes options!!
I told myself if I get a 3 bedroom home like this I would use the smallest bedroom as a little office and put a pool table and small 4 stoll bar in the other living room area. Also I would just want a one piece tub shower or just a shower in the master bedroom. I been looking at a lot of homes and saw that a lot of them have double doors to go into master bathroom or to enter the walk in closet you enter from the bathroom, I don't like it.
With the extra two feet in the second living space there might be enough room for a pool table. That would be a cool addition! I agree, double doors to the bedroom doesn’t appeal to me. Thanks for watching 🙌🏼
Make one with foundations or some type of way to keep animals, Rats, mice from living under your house.
Get a cat. Problem solved.
@@sleepycalico in your world it solves the problem my world it doesn't.
Agree that master bedroom bathrooms are way overdone. Shower/tub combos are nice and meet the needs of most people. The big tubs are rarely used.
A bit too open and large in the living room for me. I like it cozier. But the bedrooms are definitely too small.
Two sink vanities are a waste to me. I'd rather have more space to place things on it.
I also would never have a tub in my personal bathroom. I prefer a really nice shower with a "dry section" for dressing...
Fair enough, thanks for watching 😊
The living room feels unloved, it needs to look more homey. I'd get a nice fireplace and make the back den into a laundry room with lots of room to fold clothes and a drop down ironing board in the wall plus a sewing station for my quilt making. l hate double sinks,, when we built our home I got rid of the extra sinks in the master and main bath. That gave me 6 drawers, I can fit everything I need in the drawers, they're nice and deep, so I have 3 in the master bath and all 6 in the main bath. We have a half bath on the 1st floor and there's 6 drawers in there too. I also have linen closets in the bathrooms. I have storage everywhere. We live in a regular house not a manufactured one.
If you make a change they will not follow through with systems. I have two heat registers within a foot of each other, one for the kitchen and another for the breakfast, right at the edge of the entryway to the breakfast. Other parts of the house they do the same thing, so interior walls get the last register instead of taking them all the way out through the room. And the light switches same problem, we come in through the mudroom, cross a little hall and have to keep on going all the way to the other side of the kitchen, or to the den. The den has an exterior sliding door, without a keyed lock, so we use the mudroom.The lower end finishes look pretty in photos but don’t last, my DH calls the bath sinks fancy acrylic buckets, same with the tub, the master bath could be much better oriented. We’ve had trouble with the doors, door handles. The shingles dont mate properly with the guttering, so we have a nice drip line all down the house. And we spent yesterday afternoon snaking the kitchen drain, which runs a long enough distance under the house that it gets cool and hasn’t got a lot of drop, so grease and food debris piles up after a while. Just little, aggravating things for a house that’s not even 20 years old.
LOVE the family room off the kids' bedrooms. Excellent design but I do agree w/you on all three of your points. Never thought a bathroom should be that big and master's always too large too. Good info.
Thank you!
THANKS SO MUCH KERRY!!!
You know what they say? Hindsight is 20/20. These are small mistakes that can easily be compensated for, especially considering this was ordered as an office and not an actual living space. Not sure why you needed a glamour bath at all for an office, but, hey. You do you!
Haha I ordered the glamour bath because we also use it as a show home 🤷♂️. The home shows really well, it’s a nice layout... it just could be a nicer layout 😆
In the shot of the kitchenette why are all the outlets and switches black? that's worse than the file layout although I agree overlap.subway is prettier
Add it to the list!
@@KerryTarnow Yes, but weird thing to be bothered by. You can buy white ones at Lowes or Home Depot and switch them out with nothing more complicated than a screwdriver.
You share a first name with my dad may he rest in peace. I will be changing my first name and honor of him as my last family member who was living just passed away so I have no family left at all except myself. I will need to buy fairly soon as I'm selling my family home and I live in a very tiny apartment. There are only four or five in my area for sale so I will need to choose one. One is a 2019 and the first thing that I thought was what's wrong with it. Thanks for the video!
You're welcome Elizabeth, thats a very nice gesture to honor your late father. Thanks for watching and all the best
Love that your honest
Thank you! Trying to give people the facts 🙌🏼
We also have stripping on the walls that is coming off, doors that are hung wrong, outlets with out covers, door to furnace is hung wrong so much that it bulges out on the bottom. Bought brand new last year.
Appreciate the honesty!
You bet!
Thank you for the advice .l am from the UK. Our mobile homes are a lot smaller with not much closet space. I love the space you get even in the smaller size mobile homes in the us
Ooh, it's lovely! Question Kerry: the walls that you said will expand evenly if 2 feet are added to both the bedrooms and the extra living room, are those walls load bearing? I imagine they must be because yours is a double wide. I'm just trying to imagine the bone structure of ours as it is a 16 by 72. Being so skinny, would any of our walls width wise be load bearing, I wonder?
Hey Amy! Yeah I think they likely are because on the other side is a 22ft open span for the living room on one side and kitchen dining on the other. I have done the same plan without the wall between the living room/kitchen so that one isn’t necessary.
We are looking into buying land and putting a 5 bed manufactured home on it. This is great thank you
We built THREE homes and decided to buy land and build AGAIN, but the area we chose to move to did not have a rental big enough for a large family with 22 pet lizards…so we rented a mobile home.
Long story short, our house took a long time to get done leaving us in our rental nearly a year and a half. 6 months later with house done, we are still here SLOWLY moving out. Trailer life ruined us! Wish we had known we would love it before we bought land and began building.
I LOOOOOVE the bathroom, esp. the tub.I wish I had that in mine
Thank you!
I agree that the 2 smaller bedrooms are too small. Since I don’t know your life style and we are see things from our own POV, I am curious as to why you would have 2 living rooms. Seems like overkill to me. It's always nice to see how others choose their layouts. It definitely helps a person to figure out what would suit them.
I understand the changes you suggest for your space in the house because only you can foresee the "use volume" each space will take up in time. Cosmetically though, I'd raise the TV antenna & power socket [5:28 - 5:39] so that it'd be hidden from sight. Yes, it's a very minor detail but it really stands out in such a well done house. Best wishes to you always.
Thank you! Appreciate the feedback 😃
Yes, that tile is hideous. I would have yelled bloody murder. NO ONE does tile like that. What photos have u seen of the blacksplash from the company?
I love my manufactured home. There are only two things I would have had done (and since have taken care of) - fully upgraded cabinetry. Paper wrapped is crap and wood door with wrapped frame is still crap. Upgraded interior doors.
Thanks for sharing the changes you would make Alexa 🙌🏼
I have only a walk-in shower in my master. Just the way I like it. I got an extra closet with no tub. That being said, I didn’t build it, I bought when it was 10 years old. But I specifically didn’t want a soaker tub because I knew it would never be used and it would collect dust. I never thought buying used that I’d find what I wanted, but low and behold, I did!
This video is good for people who didn't really consider all these little details I like to think about all these little things. The huge and astronomical elephant in the room though with trying to get anything custom in these manufactured homes is how long it takes and if they're going to try and charge you extra which most likely they will and I think that's kind of unfair being you are paying for them to do the work regardless of timing and speaking of timing it takes them twice as long to do a custom home versus having something coming off the conveyor belt as pre-designed. Those are some of the big things to consider when doing or asking for some custom work to be done longer periods of time. I've seen people having to order these things a year in advance just to get some change up in dimensions which is crazy in my opinion.
Great video, we’ve purchased one but for space purposes we just did 32x80 and that definitely helped with the secondary room sizes.
Wow 32x80 is massive! Sounds awesome
Nice house! I would put a door in the hallway leading to the smaller bedrooms. Then guests would have complete privacy.
This is something I did not know you could do.
You’d be surprised at all the changes you can make!
Ruthhere, l would want a sower curtain, you can throw it in the washer to wash, l agree l would not want the big corner tub
Good idea, thanks for watching Ruth
Can you make brand comparisons between Karsten, Kit, Clayton, Palm Harbor, and Fleetwood? Thanks
As a mobile home owner, I agree with the master bath statements. Currently, this one has the same type setup. Never understood why the corner tub was needed? And yes, the double vanity as well. All wasted space, after all, I don't live in my bathroom!
Exactly! Thank you 🙏🏻
I adore the corner soaking tub! So luxurious.💫🌟🛁
@@cjcj6945 soaker tub is getting a lot of love in the comments. Thanks for watching 😊
Totally agree. I purchased a home with about the same floor plan for a rental. When the master bath subfloor was destroyed because of a cracked shower pan, I had no trouble deciding to do away with the tub and skinny shower and replaced it with a rather large tub/ shower combo that was so much better. I lot stronger. Plus the older corner tub was hard to find.
You can buy window wallpaper that lets light filter through while keeping the space private
I agree about the wasted space in the glamour bathroom. There is way too much floor space. When we looked at news homes, I asked about making these kinds of changes that really make sense and weren't huge alterations, but that would make huge improvements. I was told they wouldn't make any personally requested changes. It really made me upset. In the end, we are buying a preowned home that we won't have to wait nearly a year for. Great video though!
Yeah it's tough for buyers right now. The factories are so busy that some places won't allow changes because it just adds another step to the process and slows things down. Glad to hear you were able to find something pre owned, congrats!
Your dog loves it
True she loved staying there!
Please show us what our choices would be for the interior and exterior.
Agreed!!
Backsplash is pretty, just chance for white the color of the outlets.
I agree about the bathroom. I really dislike those "garden tubs". They take up entirely too much room. Shower and tub should be the traditional combined type.
Thats what I like too but a lot of people really seem to like walk in showers. Thanks for watching!
@@KerryTarnow I don't like tubs either. I like the showers that have a bench in them. I can't stand for too long and the bench would be perfect for me.
Your dog seemed content!
Thats the truth, she liked being at work all day.
She looks very low-maintenance just there. :)
Great video, very helpful for those of us thinking of purchasing a manufactured home to live in. Would you be able to tell us who the manufacturer of your home/office is/
Hi Kerry, do you have any experience with the traditional manufactures that service the lower mainland. SRI or Moduline or the new one Tripple M. Do you prefer one over the other. How is the quality of the builds.
Good ideas, that tile really grates on me and I usually don't even think of stuff like that. The house seems like it could use more insulation and sound-absorbing material (which can be the same thing). But I'm definitely getting a kind of threadbare vibe from the house as it is. I'm sure it's very warm, but I get a chill looking at it, especially in that weather. And it could use more/better lighting. Just my own thoughts on it, looks perfectly habitable, just not my style.
Thank you. Educational Video.
I never thought of any of this, thanks
You’re welcome!
Perfect suggestions!
Thanks!
#1. I would have replaced the tub with a BIG walk in shower, and replaced the current shower space with storage. And like you said, no window, or frost it.
#2. Agreed.
#3. I am not sure if that would be possible, but it sounds good. Move master bedroom wall in 2 feet, move window over 2 feet, move front door over 2 feet, move living room wall and closet over 2 feet, and also move dining area wall over 2 feet; that should work but I'm not a builder, and a builder will likely have a dozen technical sounding reasons why that can't be done, or just to punish you for making them do extra math and paperwork they'll add $15k to the price.
Yes do videos on cabinet and floor types. Also do you have connections in North America. like the Carolinas?
A higher roof pitch would look so much better , and would help keep the shingles from lifting or curling over time.
Great job on these videos. If this market keeps going higher I am going to sell mine. This market is getting ridiculous.
Thank you! Yeah it's crazy
Look into roman blinds (in white), they let in good light and allow privacy, may be cheaper then frosting.
Thanks Jenette!
Your furry friend on the bed is ADORABLE!
Haha thanks. Was fun having her at work
That second living room as you call it is a Family Room and I don't think I've ever seen one in a manufactured home video. Seems like a waste of space, you are better of with a 4 bedroom 3 or 2.5 bath.
XLNT FloorPlan observations but are changes affordable or would that be a whole new model?
It is still super nice!
Thats true! Lots of great things about it
Where can i buy one and what state will allow it ?
How has it held up over the years ? Still happy ? How come you did manufactured vs modular ?
It held up well. Wanted something that could be easily moved since it was an office. It has since been moved/sold 😃
oh that's great were you able to sell more then what you paid for? I'm always curious of mobile appreciation depreciation.@@KerryTarnow
Thanks for sharing. I don't know much about manufactured home or modular home. This looks great. I am curious how much a unit of this size (56x27) would cost nowadays? Installation cost ?
For a desk you could have used two file cabinets and used a flat door ontop of both of them as a desk,too.
Wow. Your home is all offices.
As for Master bathroom. I think dbl sinks is great. But the big tub is wonderful to soak in but I would make the soaker n shower combo . I would have tub sunken into floor so level with floor. Thats just me. Having that combo would also give more space elsewhere in home.
Im getting a lot of feedback that the soaker needs to stay! Thanks for watching 🙌🏼
Painted houses at palm harbor factory. 6 yrs. I saw alot of good and bad things about manufactured houses
How is the build quality of the house? Any issues with that?
Great advice. Thank you.
Great video.. I liked the ideas for where you would put the additional footage thanks for sharing that!
Thank you Denise 🙌🏼. Glad you liked it
I'm a carpenter's daughter, and making the changes he suggests, means two feet less in the LRoom, it means moving the front entry by two feet into the LRoom, which changes the outside roof line over the existing entry. Not as simple as he makes it sound. These changes can be made before build, however, it still shortens the LRoom by two feet, to gain a foot in each bedroom.
What's the model you ordered? Do you still own it ? How much was it ?
That was awesome! Thanks for the tips!
Thank you! Thanks for watching 🙌🏼🙏🏻
@Aimee Curry it's such a wonderful luxury isnt it! I love a nice relaxi tub too!
Hi thank you for sharing this. I was wondering if you had this land to put this home on or did you buy it like this?
The home looks nice.
It is!
aren't all of these models pre made to the generic floor plans? can you tweak the design like that? how much would it cost? also can you order any with bare rooms so like the master bath with sink / tub / shower but no tile... so you can do your own work / motifs?
But honestly I can see that dog taking a bubble bath in the corner tub! In my view people make master bedrooms too large only to fill them with exercise equipment that becomes a clothing rack and a book reading nook that they never use because they are just on their phone all day anyways. Very informative as always!
You do understand that taking two feet from one end of the home and adding it to the other end of the home, changes everything in between, don't you? The front door would have to move into the LR, and that would also change the roof line over the entry door on the outside of the home. It's not as simple as you make it out to be. When you add/subtract space from one room it affects the adjacent room/area, you can't take what you've gained from one end of the home to the other, unless you make the changes before the build, and that would still affect the size of your Living Room by two feet less in length. I'm a carpenter's daughter who has been around job sites, all of my early life, and still reads house plans, and am able to envision changes. If it were only as simple as you make it out to be. lol
Yeah of course. I was talking about if I was to order the home again, if it was a do-over. Not actually making the changes to the current home.
@@KerryTarnow That's the right time to make any changes, and, of course at additional costs. Nice office.
This is great info as I am searching. Also do you think home prices to make one will come down next year. They are so high price now.Thank you.
The price of lumber has gone up causing the cost of manufactureds to rise. In NC, a decent 3 brm is $100k easily now. Are they still worth it?
OMG pause video and comment. 😂😂Who in the world put a jacuzzi tub in an office bathroom? what kind of an office are you running... are you some kind of executive... this is so funny but I'm glad I'm learning from your mistakes so thank you for the video🤗
Lol! It doubles as a show home 😂😂😂
Not a Jacuzzi, it's called a "Garden Tub".
It's a model home. Eventually they will sell it. (Although I think he bought that one)
@@KerryTarnow oh..ok. So you you live elsewhere?
the window in the glamor bath should have been obscured frosted.... privacy! The kitchen tiles are excelent. Mine doesn't have that.... also I'd be adding a fireplace in the house!
This home is big and beautiful, your complaints about the tile in kitchen and extras in the bathroom using to much space sound ridiculous....☹️
Hi Renee, thanks for watching! the point was to show the things I would change to hopefully help folks who are buying, I love the house. Have a great weekend
Hi,
Very grateful for you. May I know please what percentage I can negotiate to lower the price from what the salesperson tells me?
Thank you
I have a video coming on this topic. It really depends on a bunch of factors so every place will be different. If you already have your land you're in the best position to negotiate because if they don't get your business they're missing out on that sale.
What brand house is that? Also what do you think would be the best brand to buy in FL to withstand our weather and hurricanes??? Every think abut branching out to other states?
It’s a palm harbor. Palm Harbor is the only company I’ve dealt with in the states and they were good to deal with. This one came from their Oregon factory. These changes aside I do like their homes. I’m in Canada so I don’t actually sell into the states.