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Old Mar 6th 2015, 6:41 pm
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Originally Posted by N1cky
..... I wouldn't buy a mobile home.
Which really doesn't matter because most cities and towns won't let you install one unless the land is zoned for trailers, and you probably wouldn't want to live where the land is zoned for trailers!
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Originally Posted by N1cky
Our rent is already what we would pay for a mortgage, and we don't get any tax breaks, so are actually worse off. Our daughter is only 12, so we have a good few years of school left yet. After renting for the last 7 years, I don't want to continue to do so. And call me a snob if you like, but I wouldn't buy a mobile home.
But where would you buy? Great that you're thinking about your daughter, but that's another 6 years rent wasted.
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Originally Posted by Moses2013
But where would you buy? Great that you're thinking about your daughter, but that's another 6 years rent wasted.
We'd buy in Mountain View. That's why we're trying to buy, so as not to waste another 6 years in rent.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Which really doesn't matter because most cities and towns won't let you install one unless the land is zoned for trailers, and you probably wouldn't want to live where the land is zoned for trailers!
There are quite a few mobile home parks around here. The homes sell for around $300k

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Originally Posted by N1cky
We'd buy in Mountain View. That's why we're trying to buy, so as not to waste another 6 years in rent.
I thought that area was even pricier.
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Originally Posted by Moses2013
I thought that area was even pricier.
Pricier than what? That's where we already live.
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Originally Posted by N1cky
There are quite a few mobile home parks around here. The homes sell for around $300k

325 Sylvan Avenue #139, Mountain View CA For Sale | Trulia.com
That's not exactly a trailer, it's a modular or "manufactured home" which often does not need special zoning.
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Originally Posted by N1cky
I wouldn't buy a mobile home.
Nor would I

And I wouldn't fancy being in one during an earthquake tornado hurricane or other natural disaster
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
That's not exactly a trailer, it's a modular or "manufactured home" which often does not need special zoning.
I had presumed Moses meant a manufactured home, not a trailer, as there are a few of those parks around here.

A trailer would be even scarier than a manufactured home.
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Originally Posted by MMcD
.... And I wouldn't fancy being in one during an earthquake. .... tornado .....
They seem to attract tornadoes.

Because of their light weight and tenuous connection to the ground they are probably a fairly safe place to be during an earthquake!
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Originally Posted by N1cky
There are quite a few mobile home parks around here. The homes sell for around $300k

325 Sylvan Avenue #139, Mountain View CA For Sale | Trulia.com
And "full disclosure" - the realtor agrees with what I said in my prior post:
'This home won't last long!'
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Originally Posted by MMcD
And "full disclosure" - the realtor agrees with what I said in my prior post:
'This home won't last long!'
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
They seem to attract tornadoes.

Because of their light weight and tenuous connection to the ground they are probably a fairly safe place to be during an earthquake!
If a tenuous connection to the ground is desirable during an earthquake - why are CA homeowners urged to have their homes retrofitted by bolting them to their foundations?
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Originally Posted by MMcD
If a tenuous connection to the ground is desirable during an earthquake - why are CA homeowners urged to have their homes retrofitted by bolting them to their foundations?
I meant safe for people. The earthquake could cause significant damage to the structure of a building if it is free to bounce around.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
I meant safe for people. The earthquake could cause significant damage to the structure of a building if it is free to bounce around.
I mean safe for people as well!
If they "bounce around" in a structure which is not secured to it's foundation during the big shake - I don't much fancy their odds.
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