another big factor is your own abilities, if you can do 99% of the work yourself you will save well over 1/2 the cost of renovating, therefor increasing your profit margin on flipping it

Greg, could he do a very thin layer of a rubberized compound, to me id think that would dampen the noise. im guessing his main concern is wind and rain noise on the metal roof

im in the same boat with my place, easiest to just start fresh right from your metal frame up, that way going forward at least you know you have a solid floor under you, mines from years of just about everything leaking lol

we have had 2 of the worst winters yet and have gotten lucky, but i do understand your point about the long term. could i run them just along one of the outside walls inside when i tear them apart? or if i put a bit of a insulated sub floor (max 1") can i run it there? def open to suggestions. ...

baseboard and the furnace wasn't used for 2 years prior to being removed and we never had a frozen pipe in here, only pipes ran outside underneath are the hot/cold for the kitchen sink and there double insulated

due to park regulations bc my lot is the lot with the community well, last summer the p/o had to remove the oil furnace and tank. we've changed it to electric heat since then but when i go to redo the floor should i be able to just remove the old ducting that isn't being used any more and seal up th...

its in a park for now, and theres other MH in the park in the same or worse shape going for between $10,000~$20,000 canadian, most around here arnt in the best of shape but the rental's rack in the money, on avg rent is $600 + utilities for a run down unit. my lot fees are only $126

thanks Greg!, ya, even tho its my first MH and MH reno my father and grandfather have done tons (most of the time a full gut and rebuild like you said) surprisingly when i checked the level is was only 1/10th of a inch off so i got lucky on that that. within the first week of owning it i replaced ev...

realized i have no photos of when we rented or for feb/march (took ownership feb 1st) just took a pic of everyroom before i ahd to go in for work (work a at home call center job) heres the photobucket album, easier the uploading them all here http://s56.photobucket.com/user/mattjslaunwhite/library/1...

Hello everyone! im glad to be a part of this community, ' little about myself, My name is Matt, im 28 years old and bought my first MH!, shes a 1978 (took many days of researching to get this info lol) skyline 3bdr 1 bath 12x60 sw. we were renting it and the owner was too deep into it and wanted out...