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Rehab 25 year old Double Wide
Posted on 11/21/25 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 11/21/25 at 1:45 pm
Is it worth it to rehab a 25 year old double wide trailer that is used only during duck season?
Unit sits in a pasture with electric on good foundation. No water/mold damage. Roof replaced recently.
Rehab: rewire, flooring, fixtures, showers, paint, foam insulate underside, AC, siding.
The expectation is to get another 10+ years out of it. Am I putting whipped cream on a turd?
Unit sits in a pasture with electric on good foundation. No water/mold damage. Roof replaced recently.
Rehab: rewire, flooring, fixtures, showers, paint, foam insulate underside, AC, siding.
The expectation is to get another 10+ years out of it. Am I putting whipped cream on a turd?
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Posted on 11/21/25 at 1:50 pm to YbTexas
It's only worth it if it's worth it to you. Also, how much of the work are you planning on doing yourself? If most of it, then it's only the cost of materials and whatever time you feel like investing in it.
Seems like a good bit of money in material and time for a 25 yr. old trailer that is only used a few months out of the year------but what is the alternative????
Seems like a good bit of money in material and time for a 25 yr. old trailer that is only used a few months out of the year------but what is the alternative????
Posted on 11/21/25 at 4:01 pm to YbTexas
best thing you can do for a seldom used trailer out in the weather is to cover it. A simple lean-to with an R panel roof will add many years to its lifespan, plus you can extend it with an eave porch and give you some extra room out of the rain and sun
Posted on 11/21/25 at 5:32 pm to YbTexas
If you plan on doing the work yourself, it could be worth it. My BIL had a single side that was about 25 years old and put it on his parents lot and lived in it for 10 years. He moved it to his new property and built his forever home and sold it for what he paid for it and put into it.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 12:50 am to gumbo2176
The alternative is a 120k move in unit or a 150+++K custom build out
Posted on 11/22/25 at 6:45 am to YbTexas
Do you own the land it sits on?
Are you doing most of the work?
You mentioned no water/mold, so why would you need to rewire? Not THAT much has changed in electrical code in the last 25 years, where you have rag wire or knob and tube that needs to be replaced. Unless its rodents chewing up the wires, you should be good replacing breakers or whatever outlets/switches aren't working.
Unless I'm underestimating what were talking about, you should be able to give it the ol landlord special with some bulk gray paint and some vinyl planks, maybe throw in a couple mini splits/space heaters and call it good for the 60 days plus a couple work weekends.
Are you doing most of the work?
You mentioned no water/mold, so why would you need to rewire? Not THAT much has changed in electrical code in the last 25 years, where you have rag wire or knob and tube that needs to be replaced. Unless its rodents chewing up the wires, you should be good replacing breakers or whatever outlets/switches aren't working.
Unless I'm underestimating what were talking about, you should be able to give it the ol landlord special with some bulk gray paint and some vinyl planks, maybe throw in a couple mini splits/space heaters and call it good for the 60 days plus a couple work weekends.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 8:05 am to YbTexas
Why does it need new wiring? That might be the deal breaker but everything else is fairly cheap if you’re DIY
Posted on 11/22/25 at 10:11 am to YbTexas
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The alternative is a 120k move in unit or a 150+++K custom build out
In that case, unless you have "piss away money" then it's probably better to just fix up what you have------especially if you only use it a few months a year.
Leave a nice place vacant in a secluded area and it becomes a target for the shitheads of the world looking for an easy score.
We had this happen when my father-in-law died and his house lay vacant in an isolated area of Mansura, 160 miles from my house.
After a couple months I got a call from a neighbor down the road from his house telling me it looked like someone had broken into his shop.
Long story short, they did and stole a John Deere riding mower and other tools and even broke into the house and stole stuff out of there.
I went up and spent a weekend boarding up the 3 buildings on his property. I hate a fricking thief.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 12:02 pm to gumbo2176
quote:my first wife is a mansura Lemoine
an isolated area of Mansura
Posted on 11/22/25 at 12:11 pm to cgrand
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my first wife is a mansura Lemoine
The only Lemoine I remember meeting was an older gent named Buddy Lemoine who I worked with a couple times at the Cochon d' Lait festival in the beer booth. That has to be close to 20 years ago now. I'd imagine he's not still alive, but if he is, he's pushing late 90's at the least.
My late father-in-law was a Normand.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 12:54 pm to Jack Daniel
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Why does it need new wiring? That might be the deal breaker but everything else is fairly cheap if you’re DIY
Rodent damage. Not sure to what extent. Two of the bedrooms have no power to wall outlets. Suspect it is rodent damage.
Posted on 11/22/25 at 1:14 pm to gumbo2176
quote:my ex wife’s uncle and yes he has passed. OP on that wiring you can save yourself a ton of time and trouble if rodents are the issue, go get you a big spool of 12/2 MC cable (armored single strand) and just abandon what is surely cheap romex and run all new terminal wiring exposed (assuming that’s OK with your feng shui LOL. Get a new surface mount breaker box to run everything back to on the inside (you should be able to re use the breakers in the old box). Obviously make sure you are completely disconnected (pull the meter if necessary). All it is is stripping wire and wire nuts from there
Buddy Lemoine
If that’s not acceptable, do the same but cut the wall panels to conceal and then cover everything up with new FRP. That will give you fresh walls which will be nice. Slap a new floor down after removing the old and you’re done
This post was edited on 11/22/25 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 11/22/25 at 1:23 pm to YbTexas
Could be a GFCI, one bad outlet connection in the series, or a tripped/bad breaker/connection on the breaker, assuming the rooms are close to each other, no telling how it was wired.
It could be a $0-$20 dollar fix or as much as thousands of dollars. Either way if it is structurally sound, I would fix up the double wide before I spent $150k on a camp, unless you just want a new camp.
It could be a $0-$20 dollar fix or as much as thousands of dollars. Either way if it is structurally sound, I would fix up the double wide before I spent $150k on a camp, unless you just want a new camp.
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