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Mobile homes

  • 10-03-2008 3:29pm
    #1
    MsMolly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭


    moving into country family cottage in need of serious renov, thinking of setting up mobile on site but have a few questions


    do you need planning p. for mobile home?

    what are the things to look for when going to view one.

    looking at buy and sell and there are ones ranging from 2 grand right up to ten.......... whats the standard of living and how does the higher priced ones vary so much.


    are they difficult to plumb, hook up elec and sewer.

    are they warm?

    is it basically like living in the shed?

    do they actually have rooms or is it just like a big caravan?

    going to look at some for a nosey in a few weeks, can you get a good one at the lower end of the price scale or are they generally dumpy if you don't spend big buck?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    MsMolly wrote: »
    moving into country family cottage in need of serious renov, thinking of setting up mobile on site but have a few questions


    do you need planning p. for mobile home?
    Yes, but you can mark it up as a "site hut" & state that is only on site during the renovations.
    MsMolly wrote: »
    what are the things to look for when going to view one.

    Leaks, soggy floor in toilet/shower area, check that is can actually be moved! (sometimes the chassis is so rusty that it breaks up in transit)
    MsMolly wrote: »
    looking at buy and sell and there are ones ranging from 2 grand right up to ten.......... whats the standard of living and how does the higher priced ones vary so much.
    A bit like second hand cars, prices depend on quality & age, private ones are usually cheaper because the owners want rid!
    MsMolly wrote: »
    are they difficult to plumb, hook up elec and sewer.
    Depends, I planned the site to include the mobile and so was easy.
    MsMolly wrote: »
    are they warm?
    Temperatures can vary wildty depending on the weather.
    MsMolly wrote: »
    is it basically like living in the shed?
    no!
    MsMolly wrote: »
    do they actually have rooms or is it just like a big caravan?
    Like a small flat!
    MsMolly wrote: »
    going to look at some for a nosey in a few weeks, can you get a good one at the lower end of the price scale or are they generally dumpy if you don't spend big buck?

    I would taking a short breay at a "holiday camp" that has caravan accommodation just to get the feel of it.


  • #3
    sandyg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭sandyg


    We required planning for our mobile home when puting it on out site. We purchased ours two years ago (2002 model - 37 x 12). We put a heating system into ours (back boiler with seven double radiators for the winter). We also installed an electric water heater, got sky put in and eircom put in our phone line. We even put decking all around it.

    The mobile is just a miniture house, definitely not a shed. We purchased shed and put the washing machine/dryer into it. Our new house is now nearly finished now and were hoping to move in around July.

    The main bedroom in the mobile is a grand size - weve a standard size double bed with built in wardrobes and presses all around the room. Ours has a separate bathroom/sink and in the other bedroom we placed another double bed in it. The front of it has roof to floor bay windows in it at the front. I would advise you go and pay for good decent one if your planning on being in it a long time as when your finished with it you can sell it on afterwards. They can be very cold in the winter (when the heating is not on).

    Plumbing for water/electricity and sewer were not a problem for us as there is an old house on the site which we use the power etc from. I would highly recommend living in one while building. :D


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