Have you ever wonder about how we rank everything on a continuum?
We love to compare things and then judge the worth of each thing and place it on a scale of what fair good and best.
This often starts with individuals opinions and then as more people agree the rankings become a general consensus.
We do this with everything from what brand of beer we prefer to which hotel we are going to stay in. We also do this with housing choices.
When most people start out, they cannot afford to own their place. They usually begin with renting an apartment. For people in rural areas, often rentals will include a trailer home, or mobile home.
When people have enough money to purchase land but not enough to build a home, some alternatives that are looked at are double wide trailers.
The improvements that have been made on them are great.
Double wide trailers provide a great alternative for the person that does not have the money or the time to create a home from the ground up.
The construction process of the double wide trailers has greatly improved.
In the past double wide trailers used to look like the regular trailer houses only wider. Today it is not easy to be able to tell them apart from stick built homes. There are many models that you can choose from.
Some of these look like ramblers, others are two stories with dormers. If you have the time in the world, you can have one custom built regarding the lay out of the rooms. In most models that are new you get to pick out the flooring, wall colors, cabinets, bathroom fixtures, and trim just as you would in any other home built.
Many of the fifty-five and older communities in popular retirement areas are featuring the double wide trailer as the potential home for the future.
They can be placed on a basement foundation or on a slab; they can have decks attached, as well as garages built on to them.
Because of their sound construction they tend to be quite economical to the heat and cool. Many resorts and golf courses are using them as their rental properties currently.
The price is lower because several of the homes can be worked on at one time by a crew that stays in one location. This cuts down on the labor cost.
Due to better construction materials and labor they do provide sound alternative for housing.