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I mean even if that's a very good candle, which is extremely unlikely, it's going to burn down to the hook and fall into the tub in about two hours. Probably much faster.
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The Bloop posted:I mean even if that's a very good candle, which is extremely unlikely, it's going to burn down to the hook and fall into the tub in about two hours. Probably much faster. It's just a proof-of-concept for when he ties an butane torch to the showerhead.
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Mar 21, 2018 20:47
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:This may be the gooniest thing I've ever seen. The topic was bathing and hygiene, so probably not the gooniest.
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Mar 21, 2018 20:50
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The Bloop posted:I mean even if that's a very good candle, which is extremely unlikely, it's going to burn down to the hook and fall into the tub in about two hours. Probably much faster. Failsafe to force people out of the shower by automatically turning off the hot water! 
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“Brother bought a home that turned out to be a mobile home finished in a way to hide that fact.”quote:My brother bought a home, on a foundation, that was made to appear as a regular home. The previous owner went to great efforts to hide the fact the home was a mobile home on top of a foundation. Even the inspector didn't mention it. Though, after we found out through further inspection of our own, the inspector said he had suspicions, but not enough to warrant mentioning it. quote:You really wouldn't believe the lengths the owner went to in order to make it appear as a raised ranch. Stucco over the entire exterior, a complete kitchen, living room, and dining room remodel. The bedrooms don't look as much were done to them, but I can't tell a mobile home bedroom from a regular home's. Zillow listing with photos
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Mar 22, 2018 11:28
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Platystemon posted:“Brother bought a home that turned out to be a mobile home finished in a way to hide that fact.” For a scam, that looks incredibly well finished.
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Mar 22, 2018 12:27
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That's actually pretty impressive.
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Mar 22, 2018 12:29
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Mobile homes aren't a thing here so can someone please explain why they're inherently lovely? Is it just their association with poverty, or do they come alive at night and eat your children?
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Mar 22, 2018 12:52
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I think that house stretches the definition of "mobile" quite a bit.
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Mar 22, 2018 12:53
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quote:Even the inspector didn't mention it. Though, after we found out through further inspection of our own, the inspector said he had suspicions, but not enough to warrant mentioning it.
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Mar 22, 2018 12:55
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That can't possibly be a mobile home. It has a FINISHED BASEMENT.
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Mar 22, 2018 13:14
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It's probably just the realtor pictures doing their job, but I honestly wouldn't mind living there. Maybe not at 280K but 200, perhaps.
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Mar 22, 2018 13:51
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Yeah I want that basement bar.
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I mean, it's not a "Queen of my Double Wide Trailer" mobile home, but a manufactured home that's been upgraded quite a bit. GotLag posted:Mobile homes aren't a thing here so can someone please explain why they're inherently lovely? Is it just their association with poverty, or do they come alive at night and eat your children? Historically they're not as high quality, and the association with poverty. These days you can get a stud framed house that's built in a warehouse and trucked to the site in pieces that's not too far off quality-wise from a site-built house. You're obviously more limited in floor plan when building that way, but the finished product isn't necessarily that far off from an economy built ranch on a slab. EDIT: And honestly, it's not too hard to tell that home is a manufactured home. The obvious seam running down the middle of the house, the 26 foot width, relatively low ceilings in all the rooms, and the lack of an attic are pretty dead giveaways. EDIT 2: It's also not really so much a "hidden mobile home" as it is a "well finished manufactured home". n0tqu1tesane fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Mar 22, 2018 |
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n0tqu1tesane posted:Historically they're not as high quality, and the association with poverty. These days you can get a stud framed house that's built in a warehouse and trucked to the site in pieces that's not too far off quality-wise from a site-built house. You're obviously more limited in floor plan when building that way, but the finished product isn't necessarily that far off from an economy built ranch on a slab. Yeah, some manufactured homes are pretty nice, but I've also been inside some doozies that meet or exceed the stereotypes associated with them.
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This could almost be some weird piece of urban art. Put an artist's nameplate on it and no one would bat an eye.
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I wish I could afford something as nice as that here in Silicon Valley. $280 and it's $50 over valued, jfc. 😣
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GotLag posted:Mobile homes aren't a thing here so can someone please explain why they're inherently lovely? Is it just their association with poverty, or do they come alive at night and eat your children? My great aunt lived in a mobile home for about 30 years of her life before she broke her hip and went to a nursing home. Her house was immaculate and full of plants and flowers. She was well known for her African Violets. It looked like a grow op on her back room with all the violets under grow lights. She had a very nice flower and vegetable garden. The outside did get ratty but was repainted several times, I re-decked her deck twice, the trailer had to be re-roofed once. The plumbing was atrocious. Still, it was always nice. Some of her neighbors in the park, less so. I think the issue is just that mobile homes are made very light and non-durable. It takes a lot of work to keep them in good repair.
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It definitely looks like a mobile home, but not a particularly lovely one. The inspector/appraiser should have said something but it's not overall a bad looking place. The ceilings, corner whirlpool tub, seams, and walls are a dead giveaway. Why does it seem like every mobile home has one of those giant corner whirlpools? The mobile home I grew up in didn't have one, but I've been in/looked at many manufactured home layouts and it seems like a much higher percentage of them have corner tubs than compared to a regular house. I think that modern high end manufactured homes are vastly different than the decaying 40 year old ones you see in trailer parks, but I understand the negative connotations. Speaking of inspectors, my partner is buying a house and despite my warnings went with the guy the realtor suggested. I really didn't know anyone better, so I didn't have an alternative. I'll be present for the home inspection, but what do I need to be keeping an eye out for?
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Fashionably Great posted:It definitely looks like a mobile home, but not a particularly lovely one. The inspector/appraiser should have said something but it's not overall a bad looking place. The ceilings, corner whirlpool tub, seams, and walls are a dead giveaway. As another person who had a grandparent live in a mobile home for decades, the panel walls with the pieces of trim sticking out to cover the gaps in the panels are another dead giveaway that it's a mobile home.
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Mobile homes and manufactured homes are not the same thing. https://www.cascadeloans.com/difference-between-mobile-and-manufactured-homes/
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:This may be the gooniest thing I've ever seen. I got outgooned. Thank you for that.
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Leperflesh posted:Mobile homes and manufactured homes are not the same thing.
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Leperflesh posted:Mobile homes and manufactured homes are not the same thing. It's a semantic thing. While technically they're not the same thing, in common usage they totally are.
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n0tqu1tesane posted:It's a semantic thing. While technically they're not the same thing, in common usage they totally are. Perhaps, but when we're talking about someone "intentionally hiding" that a home is a manufactured home vs. a mobile home, it makes a difference. Manufactured homes are often intentionally designed to not look like a manufactured home. I think the previous owner probably should have disclosed it, but them putting on stucco and stuff isn't necessarily intentional fraud. Splicer posted:"...and that's why you should feel OK taking out a 200k+ loan on these totally not trailers" - a company that makes money off people taking out 200k+ loans on trailers I googled and took a quick result but you'll get the same info from tons of different sources. There's a persisting stigma from mobile homes becuase they were garbage, and manufactured homes can be garbage too, but they're not necessarily, and can be done well.
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Platystemon posted:“Brother bought a home that turned out to be a mobile home finished in a way to hide that fact.” There are steps you can take to convert a manufactured home to a single family dwelling. But two things happen--#1 the tax assessed value of the structure dramatically increases. And #2 you can't conceal the material fact the dwelling was once a manufactured home. There tend to be three classifications for property: 1) mobile/manufactured/single-wide/double-wide (all words for the same thing) 2) Modular home 3) Site built/stick built/single family dwelling--your standard home.
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HycoCam posted:This is an external issue, right? And not something that happened to a goon sibling? Tax assessed value of lot 14K, of structure 50K--total of tax assessed value: 64K. Sale price $280K. That's pretty standard. Looks like tax assessed value is 25% or 33% or whatever of fair market value in that area.
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I'm visiting my parents in California and American showers are so bad, gently caress this crystal knob and shower curtain 
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peanut posted:I'm visiting my parents in California and American showers are so bad, gently caress this crystal knob and shower curtain You probably have a badly-made low-flow shower from old California droughts, before we figured out how to make high-pressure low-water-use shower heads. We can do a lot better these days, and replacing a shower head is dead easy.
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peanut posted:I'm visiting my parents in California and American showers are so bad, gently caress this crystal knob and shower curtain I miss Japanese showers so much since coming back from my visit. Having a whole room that you can sit down in is awesome, and it makes stuff like leg shaving so much easier. If we had public bath houses like that here I'd go at least twice a week.
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More disguised mobile home photos: https://imgur.com/a/IGdSd 
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That picture is all you need to see to know it's a mobile home. Check vents on sink drains instead of vent pipes, "wallpaper" pre-applied to the wall panels, and cabinets made of the thinnest materials they can get away with.
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HycoCam posted:This is an external issue, right? And not something that happened to a goon sibling? Tax assessed value of lot 14K, of structure 50K--total of tax assessed value: 64K. Sale price $280K. There are so many people that would be in trouble for allowing this to happen. Banks do not like being fooled. Depending how amiable the parties involved are to making the buyer whole the list of people that could lose their licenses/be censured is long: both Realtors (ethics violation for the listing agent and professional violation for the buyer's agent) , the appraiser, the inspector, the closing attorney, and perhaps the the title insurance company. If it happened to me, the first two calls I would make would be to my Realtor/buyer's agent and the bank holding the mortgage. Even if you convert it to real property it is considered a manufactured home on a permanent foundation and will be treated differently than a stick built home by lenders. Many lenders will treat modular as stick built since it is assembled on-site by a local builder to local buding code. If it came on a steel chassis then it will always be a mobile/manufactured home. therobit fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Mar 23, 2018 |
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Platystemon posted:More disguised mobile home photos: https://imgur.com/a/IGdSd lmao is that an internal vent stack?
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therobit posted:Even if you convert or to tell property it is considered a manufactured home on a permanent foundation and will be treated differently than a stick butt home by lenders. I’m sure that was an autocorrect error, but i like it.
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TheMadMilkman posted:I’m sure that was an autocorrect error, but i like it. All homes are stick butt homes if you have a stick in your butt. That'll teach me to walk and shitpost at the same time.
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HEY NONG MAN posted:lmao is that an internal vent stack? It's an "air admittance valve". They're supposed to be used for fixtures that would be difficult or impossible to run an actual vent to.
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Man, I sure wish sunken-tub mold-farm joist-cutter guy was willing to come back and post a trip report, I wanna know what's up with that thing.
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Pretty sure he got a job doing plumbing installs...
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My friend bought a house that started as a "high end" mobile home and was then renovated and expanded to the point where maybe only 30% of it was the original mobile home frame. It was even insured as a house. But after she bought it the insurance company asked a bunch of questions and determined to reclassify it as a mobile home. I'm sure even if you ended up replacing the mobile home portion entirely over the years it would turn into some sort of grandfather's axe situation where it's foreverally a mobile home.
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