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Originally Posted by looneycat
the main 'but' here is that most of the manufactured homes here are 30-40 years old. We had looked first on the 'historic' side and found problems (structural) with every home we looked at, I couldn't see moving into a home that would immediately need repairs. In the end we found that most good homes on that side wound up being 100k or more....so for a little more we bought a courtyard villa resale.
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My home is 28 years old. I doubt that most of the homes on this side are 30-40 years old. Harold Schwartz and his partner, Al Tarrson had only sold about 400 homes by the mid 80s. There are thousands of homes on this side so really only a very few are over 30 years old and many of the older homes have been replaced with newer manufactured homes or site built homes. My house is in excellent shape. The previous owners maintained it very well and did several renovations. I looked at several houses in this area that were under $100,000 and needed no work. Mine was the best of them.
I hope that you are happy in your courtyard villa, but many people might not like homes that are so close to one another and where you have to go through your neighbors driveway to get to your backyard. What I've also wondered about the courtyard villas is, where do your guests park?
I'm not putting down courtyard villas. Many people love them. I'm just saying that they wouldn't be my first choice. If I were to move, I'd prefer a patio villa which has a bit more room around it.
But to my point, these are all choices that people have to make. Everyone has to do what is right for them. A manufactured home is the right choice for some people.