The key to staying out of finacial trouble is pretty simple: live within your income! Sue and I were more interested in having space around us than of having a large home to take care of. Of course it is easier for us because we are both introverted personalities, hence we don't feel a need to entertain much nor do we feel a need to be constantly connected to someone, anyone, by means of radio, TV or phone. Having a modest sized manufactured home kept us within our budget. Being so far away from a city does make it necessary for us to plan our trips into "town" so we make the cost of travel work. So we plan to run mulitple errands when we drive into town.
(We had about a 1/2 acre brushed-out on our 10 acre parcel. The photo above left shows the pouring of the foundation pad for our pump house. The right hand photo is the pad for our home.)
When trying to choose a manufactured home, Sue relied on her sister who told us about a company whose homes are so well built that they offer a 10 year warranty - probably the best warranty in the manufactured home arena. We checked out a variety of floor plans and Sue settled on one she particularly liked. The square footage came to about 1400 sq. feet. The house was ordered in the Fall of 2005, once our loan was approved. While the house was being built the site had to be prepared. The home dealership we bought the house through gave us the business cards for several local excavating businesses. The one we chose turned out to be a family run business and we really enjoyed working with them. Whenever I went out to our home site I took along my trusty digital camera to document the process.
I met Gary, the contractor, out at the site in late October, 2005 so we could discuss how to approach clearing a building site. I tagged some evergreen trees which I hoped he could bypass while clearing the area. The site included an area for the house, the garage/shop, and a septic system drain field plus room for a small orchard and garden. On November 23, 2005 the concrete pad for the house was poured. Two or three days later it snowed. In very early December the garage/shop was started. On December 9th, I think it was, the two halves of our house were delivered. It was December 12th that the crew came to put them onto the pad and join them together. I was present and took lots of pictures. It was a very impressive process to watch.
When trying to choose a manufactured home, Sue relied on her sister who told us about a company whose homes are so well built that they offer a 10 year warranty - probably the best warranty in the manufactured home arena. We checked out a variety of floor plans and Sue settled on one she particularly liked. The square footage came to about 1400 sq. feet. The house was ordered in the Fall of 2005, once our loan was approved. While the house was being built the site had to be prepared. The home dealership we bought the house through gave us the business cards for several local excavating businesses. The one we chose turned out to be a family run business and we really enjoyed working with them. Whenever I went out to our home site I took along my trusty digital camera to document the process.
I met Gary, the contractor, out at the site in late October, 2005 so we could discuss how to approach clearing a building site. I tagged some evergreen trees which I hoped he could bypass while clearing the area. The site included an area for the house, the garage/shop, and a septic system drain field plus room for a small orchard and garden. On November 23, 2005 the concrete pad for the house was poured. Two or three days later it snowed. In very early December the garage/shop was started. On December 9th, I think it was, the two halves of our house were delivered. It was December 12th that the crew came to put them onto the pad and join them together. I was present and took lots of pictures. It was a very impressive process to watch.
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