What do you think it's worth and how much to move it?

Beeman · #1 11/04/12, 10:39 PM

I bought a piece of land and it has a 24x36 doublewide mobile home on it. It was a rental so basically it's gutted and needs a complete interior and a new floor. The exterior and roof seem sound and it's vinyl sided. I have no use for it and want to sell it and have it moved off the property. What do you think a shell of a house is worth? Anyone have any idea what moving a mobile costs?

rambler · #2 11/04/12, 11:26 PM

'Here' it would cost more to move than it is worth, would be cut down and made into a farm trailer is all it would ever be bought for. Basically be worth the amount of metal in it, so much a lb, scrap price....

Can be different where you are.

--->Paul

airwolftruker · #3 11/04/12, 11:34 PM

Just an idea, but you could offer it to some family in your church or community for free.
Just for the moving. Depending. On where you live double wides cost alot to move.
because the home has to be split and prepped for moving.
Just a thought, good luck

solidwoods · #4 11/05/12, 04:41 AM

I've purchased/rebuilt/lived in allot of mobile homes.
One that needs a total inside is the best for me.
I don't want to walk on someone else's carpet, use a very used toilet, have cabinets that drop pieces of particle board in the kitchen, trim that is pinned to the walls and comes off if you brush up against it.
Mobile homes are easy to work on. You can change a window out with one tool, in less than an hr.

Someone that hires farm work may be interested setting up an apartment for a worker.
jim

Belfrybat · #5 11/05/12, 06:23 AM

3 years ago I purchased the repo mobile home I am in and it cost $6,000.00 to move it 55 miles. That included the blocking and tie down. But it was already on a dealer's lot so didn't have to be prepped to be moved. When I was looking I found a couple that needed a lot of repair that were selling for $2000-8000. depending on whether single or doublewide. If I were you, I'd try listing it for $5000.00 and go from there.

meanwhile · #6 11/05/12, 06:58 AM

Here in Western NC - my sons's were working for a man who wanted an old trailer hauled off. When the boys tried to get estimates from people about hauling it, they were told that "old" trailers by law cannot be moved. We did not look it up but several people told us the law is there to force people to demolish old trailers. They had to hire a man to just tear the trailer down and scrap it.

Might be a good idea to check your area and be sure it can be moved. Good luck.

agmantoo · #7 11/05/12, 08:14 AM

I paid two men to demolish a single wide last week. According to them they got nearly $300 for the frame as scrap metal. They sold the floor joist for $3 each, The two long sides metal sold for scrap for $168. Someone stole the two ends. The windows were sold for $8 each. The insulation was recycled. Copper, aluminum and brass has not been sold yet. I am uncertain what they got for the cabinets and metal roof but they were sold. The range sold for $100. I paid for the dumpster $325 and I paid the two men $400 total and I kept the breaker box and the cinder block. My next lowest quote for removal was $1500. Everyone associated with the removal was satisfied. I know that because I asked them as I have another one to scrap soon.

ronbre · #8 11/05/12, 04:03 PM

most items over 10 years old cannot be moved..but it could be made into a nice shed or workshop

Awnry Abe · #9 11/05/12, 08:11 PM

We had a fairly full length single wide that we essentially swapped for some brush clearing. I wanted it gone becaue it was rotting before my very eyes. I didn't have to get involved in moving it. The young family that took it were living out of a popup camper and it was a major upgrade for them, even though I thought it was a piece of trash. I'll never look at mobile homes nor be unthankful for the beaten down stuff that I have ever again. I grew up in one. No matter how you slice it, someone out there is in desperate need of that beat up trailer.

For the move, they borrowed a tractor from a family friend and hauled it some 20 miles down various county roads to their new homestead. When they pulled onto the property, an entire set of axels failed and they had to drag it the last 50 ft or so. I suppose for a double wide, they would just make the trip twice. The real irony is that it now sits almost literally a stones throw from the double-wide that I grew up in.

Beeman · #10 11/18/12, 12:55 PM

Obviously every state is different.
Spoke to a trailer mover..If it's going to be used as a storage building or workshop anyone can move it, professional estimate $800-$1k within 30mi. If it's going to be a dwelling a permitted mover has to move and set it up so it's safe for electric and plumbing, estimate $2-3k.

Big Dave · #11 11/18/12, 05:04 PM

Just give it away. Stipulate the condition and that nothing can be left behind. Lots of people in need. Then deduct it from your taxes.

oregon woodsmok · #12 11/19/12, 02:13 PM

What it is worth depends upon what year it is. They depreciate just like cars. The newer they are, the more they are worth. It might be worth anywhere from $50,000, to free, to must pay to have it hauled away.

Since it has plumbing, sewer, and electrical, is there any way you could convert it into a workshop? Buildings cost a lot of money and you've got one right there, already to use.

BarbadosSheep · #13 11/20/12, 06:20 AM

If it needs that much work, you'd be lucky to find someone willing to haul it off around here. A friend of ours actually had to give his away to get it moved and help pay to move it! And it was in very nice livable condition. Single wides are much easier to sell but double wides cost a lot to move and set back up so people are not usually willing to pay much for them.

SteveD(TX) · #14 11/20/12, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ronbre

most items over 10 years old cannot be moved..but it could be made into a nice shed or workshop

This is weird, since I've had several mobile homes ranging between 14 and 45 years old moved with little or no problems.

greg_n_ga · #15 11/20/12, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveD(TX)

This is weird, since I've had several mobile homes ranging between 14 and 45 years old moved with little or no problems.

It has to do with local codes. This county, you can't move one from outside the county that is so many yrs old. But, you can move what is already around within the county. Some smaller cities and depending on deeding outside the limits, don't allow them at all !!

edcopp · #16 11/20/12, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Dave

Just give it away. Stipulate the condition and that nothing can be left behind. Lots of people in need. Then deduct it from your taxes.

Give it away, perhaps.

Get somebody to clean up the mess, extremely unlikely; but possible.

Deduct it from taxes, not likely. Unless the person receiving it is a 501-c-3 corporation (a tax exempt charity). Then the gift would become taxable income for the giver, then a deduction (a wash).

This is America, no good deed goes unpunished.

houndlover · #17 11/20/12, 06:42 PM

Why move it? Make an outbuilding out of it. My husband gutted our old mobile home, put new subfloor right over the old floor, left the woodstove in it, and moved all his woodworking tools in there. No bathroom, doesn't need a septic, and electric was fine.