I’m going to be purchasing five acres of land in upstate new york that has a lake front view. All there is so far is water lines.

So I need to find a place for my family and I to stay in. I really like the log cabin kit idea. I don’t wanna spend more then 50,000 grand on the kit. If you have any ideas or links please do tell. Keep in mind this is for camping,we don’t need anything luxurious it’s just my two kids and I.

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I own about 5 acres of land in iowa, im looking to buy a modular/pre-fab home, but i live in iowa so im technically in tornado alley… where am i supposed to go if there is a tornado? im looking into a small log cabin style pre-fab so they dont build them with basements would it be smart to go in the wooded area near me?

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We are considering buying a modular home (not a trailer/manufactured home) and putting it on a foundation. We want something that doesn’t have that rectangle, shoe box look to it, around 1,800 sq ft, 3 bedrooms 2 baths. We want wood laminate floor throughout and to be able to upgrade things like light fixtures, hardware and cabinets. Possibly do a log exterior, metal roof and big porch. Can anyone provide links to pre-fab dealers in Oregon/Washington/Idaho? They’d need to be able to deliver to the Portland OR area. I’ve been pretty discouraged because a lot of the dealers don’t list prices, show actual photos of models or they expect you to come tour their lot which typically is nowhere near where I live.

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My family of three people, two adults and a teenager, are looking for a awesome looking modular log home that is not to expensive and is in Montana.

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And if so, how often and how much does the treatment usually cost for a small to medium sized modular log home?

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I am searching for the answer to this but keep getting nowhere! Many sites do not post prices of home packages, ect. I know that land, clearing, poles, well septic and foundation go into this…but what is the cheapest way to go for the most space? NOT INCLUDING TRAILERS!… whats the cheapest way to go? We need at least a 4 bedroom- im thinking cape/saltbox style? Simple…with a garage! But what is the least expensive way to build new? Log home prices surprise me! Modular? Stick built? HELP! Trying to get a lot of home for a very little!
ALL OF THESE ARE THE WORST ANSWERS I HAVE EVER SEEN!

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Hello! I am wondering about log homes. We may be moving soon, and I thought it would be cool if we got a log home. The place where we may get it makes modular log homes, and transports them to the area where you want it, and basically installs it there. I am wondering though if it has the same advantages and disadvantages to owning a regular log home, though. So what I need the answer to is: Does owning modular log homes have the same pros and cons of owning a regular log home? Please help me ASAP!

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My husband and myself have bad credit. We recently bought 20 acres on owner contract and would like to eventually put a house on it. We thought we could save the cash and build a log home but after helping my dad build his log house we are deciding we would probably rather just buy a triple wide modular or such. What kind of options do we have. Any advisors out there have any advice for a starting point. Thanks.

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We’d like to put a little recreational home on some Mountain acreage and are tossing around either a log cabin kit or possible a modular.. Has anyone had any good/bad experiences with any of the builders? Thank you!
I saw what looked like a good one that sells them Nationally on an info commercial last night, curious to see if anyone else used same…
You have a good point re; making sure the sales dept. is a good one. Thanks!

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I know most of them come in regular siding or occasionally the log siding. I really want stone though, is this going to be possible? If so, do you know which dealers might offer them. These are the ones in my area… Oakwood, Nationwide, Clayton, and Freedom Homes.

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something with character. I am in love with log homes, but they are not too energy efficent. I am looking to build modular, but I can’t find any good sites with enough pictures and designs of what I want. Plus does anyone know where I can find the green roofs which are metal? Thanks.

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I would like to build a house on land near the Smoky Mountains. The land is wooded and not on a busy road. I live a day’s drive away but want to build this house as a vacation house and eventually a place to retire.

So, the house needs to be:
-attractive – a log home would be pretty or a traditional looking home
-large enough to handle a family – at least three bedrooms
-built well enough that it will last at least 50 years (NOT a trailer)
-able to handle being closed up for whole seasons – sometimes 6-9 months at a time.
-able to resist things like flooding, insects/termites/mice
-It would be nice if it had some level of green-ness but that can come later

I could find someone who could check in on it every few months to make sure there isn’t flooding or whatever.

So what do you think? Modular? Log Cabin? Traditionally built home? Basement? Slab? Stilts?

I appreciate any information and advice you have!! I’ve just started thinking about this so I have a blank slate
Thanks for the info and tips on log homes. I’ve been interested in them since I started seeing so many companies spring up ten or fifteen years ago – I figured that meant there had been some advancements and new designs in that type of structure. I’ll look into it more!!!

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Yes me and my husband are wanting to build a house but everyone has been telling us it is going to cost a pretty penny that we should think about modular homes. They are built up to codes and standards as a house. And some of them look like reagular stick built homes. But I wanted a log cabin home. Any advice out thier any suggestion on to what I can do. Thanks

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My husband and myself have bad credit. We recently bought 20 acres on owner contract and would like to eventually put a house on it. We thought we could save the cash and build a log home but after helping my dad build his log house we are deciding we would probably rather just buy a triple wide modular or such. We also have not been so successful yet at saving (we built a huge shop with an apartment). Now we think we would like to somehow finance a triple or such. What kind of options do we have. Any advisors out there have any advice for a starting point. Thanks.

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We have our house up for sale…we have only lived there a year but we want to move back to our home town. We really want to build a home but we just don’t have enough money saved up yet. Should we rent something for a few years or try to buy something cheap and fix it up? We have found a modular that is on 1.6 acres with a pole barn, 2 car garage, fenced yard for 80,000 in our hometown. Im not sure if the modular would be a bad investment if it is hard for people to get financing through the bank to buy it. Any suggestions?? We don’t really know what to do at this point.
It is a modular…that is what is listed on the realtors website. But my agent said something about requiring 20% down payment.

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Almost 2 years ago my inlaws had to go thru bankruptcy and lost their home. My husband and I took our entire savings and purchased the property adjacent to our home and then had a modular moved onto the property which is financed in our name. The problem is since then, my father in law lost his job and refuses to get another one unless "it pays what he needs". So needless to say they are alwyas late with the payment and we have had to make it several times ourselves. They are now making us out to be the bad guys because we have suggested that it may have to be put up for sale. We cannot continue to make 2 house payments. We have 3 kids and bills of our own. My mother in law speaks ill of us and when we try and talk to them about it she claims we are making her sugar go up or because of us adding stress to her life are going to cause he to get cancer. UUGGHH, I am lost as what to do???? Anyone have any answers?
I need to add that both my husband and I work. And my husband is less understanding of this situation than I am.

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My boyfriend and I are in the process of buying a home. We found a double wide trailer close to work in the city. (Not in a park. It is on its own acre of private land in city limits.) It sits on a permanent foundation with a crawlspace. The property is Very well maintained and landscaped. It also has a large front porch and patio. Honestly, you can not even tell its a trailer. It looks like one of those modular type homes. It has been recently built (within the last 3 years) and has top of line everything inside. Its over 1800 sq feet and beautiful inside and out. The current owner pays property tax and is hooked up to city water and sewer. It is in a very nice residential area. (New homes.) However, our real estate agent claims there is no way to get financing on a trailer because it will lose value. Right now it is valued over 100,000! Pretty good for a 3 year old trailer, I thought. My question is, Is there anybody in NC who has a similar property and got regular financing for it??
I also add that we have good credit and do qualify for a regular "stick built" home. Its just that our real estate agent said we can not get financing on mobile/modular homes. She claims it is because they have a higher foreclosure rate than a "stick built" and lose value quickly. It sounds strange to us since the mobile home is not movable or in a park. Also, since its selling/valued at 3 or 4 times the cost of an old single wide trailer. The price is that of a regular home. I'm just a bit confused because we are young first time home buyers. Thanks for any help you can offer!
M2, Thanks! It is on a permanent brick foundation. The "crawspace" is just under the back patio area. The seller is selling the land and trailer together but no lender we have talked to (5!) want to do a loan for a trailer. They all tell us to stick with a "stick built" home. They don't want to "risk" a trailer. Our real estate agent has already found us the "perfect house" to suit our needs so she doesn't want to check into finding trailer financing. Well, she claims she has and there are no options. It is just hard to believe that a home permanently attached to the land with a high resale value (for a trailor anyway, 9,758) can't be financed! We checked and it has never been a "moveable" trailer aside from when it was brought from the factory to the land site and attached to the foundation. We will look into realty.com and a mortgage broker before giving up…Thanks for the advice!
loslunas87031, Are credit scores are very good and it is considered real estate. I think you are very right. That seems to be exactly what they do. The houses they seem to keep steering us towards are quite a few thousand more than we want to pay. Our agent always claims that since we are "quailifed" for a certain amount that we should be looking for 5,000 – 10,000 higher because we can offer a bit lower. Everytime we find something for less we are faced with head shakes and a hundred reasons why that property isn't "good". Home buying has been more of headache than I would have dreamed! It is so frustrating to find something perfect and affordable and told, "I really don't think that is a good investment." Maybe we should just start demanding detailed explaination as to why they won't finance a trailer and try to "barter" them into it…. I don't know. Thanks for your help!

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and put another home(possibly modular home due to limited income) in it's place. But should I build a two car garage with an apartment on top of it first to have somewhere to stay while the house is being demolished and rebuilt? How long does it take to demolish a house and put a modular home in it's place? And do you have any idea how much all of this will cost? I'll probably have to finance everything, and could probably only afford an 80,000 mortgage. Thanks in advance!

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I am purchasing a peice of property and a modular home that is not new, it is maybe 10 years old. I am doing the whole owner finance/contract for deed deal so I am having to pay 120,000 for the place. I think it is worth less. But hey, that is what bad credit gets you. Anyway he said I would have to buy homeowners insurance and I asked how much and he said 120,000. This home itself without the land especially is not where near worth 120,000!!!! Why would I need that much? And if something happened to home would it be right for insurance company to pay 120,000 for a 10 year old modular home. May be even a little older for all I know but it is not 120,000!!!! What is the minumum that I should get? I don’t have much money and never had homeowner’s insurance.
It is not being loaned on by a bank. The owner is financing it to us.
Waiting to repair our credit really is not an option because we live in a 2 bedroom mobile home with a 4, 3, and 1 year old. We live in the ghetto of a small town in a trailer park. I have to get out of here NOW!!!! It is not safe.

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we have 3 children. just moved to the area a planned on being long term tenants. I got a notice in February that our landlord didnt really want us to rent anymore cause they wanted to sell the house because they could buy another unless this is sold one.

then all of the sudden they said okay we can stay for 300 more a month. we already pay 1000 so we decided to buy a house instead. not knowing that wed find the one as fast as we did we bid on the home and the offer was accepted.

Also in not knowing finances are going to be tight because of the closing costs and 3.5% down. paying for inspections ect homeowners up front so on so forth. I asked the landlord if shed make some arrangment with us on the last two months of rent since this happened.

She is in a uproar because we dont want to buy this house. so she types me back this smorning say her LAYWER advised them that they can not make an arrangment we have to pay in full. She was always so nice untill we didnt want to buy this house. come to find out it is a modular home and we couldnt get finaced for one of these homes and it is too small! well the reality is is that we can not afford to do both at the same time.

what would you do?

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