New mobile home on my own land. Installation issues.?

I am considering purchasing a 2007 double wide mobile home in the next 30 days.





I already have more than enough money in the bank due to the unfortunate passing away of my father by way of the life insurance settlement.





I am just trying to figure out now wether it would be better for me to buy land for the mobile home or place it inside a mobile home park.





I already have all the information about pricing except for one thing.





If I purchase land for my mobile home, how much would it probably cost to have the utilities connected.





I mean there's water lines, sewer lines, power lines and everything that has to be connected and I don't know how much something like that would run and who to call to get to do it.





The people moving the mobile home from the factory to the site have told me that they pretty much only deliver the home and they do not hook up anything.





Also, dosen't the bottom of the mobile home have to have like a concrete slab or something on it?





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New mobile home on my own land. Installation issues.?
Your own land is better but it will cost for things depending on your area - a septic system would be the most unless there's municipal water close by. The lines would be less than $1000, I'm guessing. There should be others with mobile homes in the area that can give you details on what it would cost for the various items. Check with your town because they might have some restrictions too.





We had a mobile home in a park, but the prices kept escalating faster than we realized. Then they started to charge for the trash collection that used to be free, then they wanted to collect for the water that used to be free, then the lawn service that used to be free and on and on.





No, you don't need a slab. They can set the home on concrete blocks that you can buy at Home Depot or one of the box stores.


Be sure it's concrete, not cinder block.
Reply:How much all of that will cost depends on your lot and how close those things are already.





You need to also check with your zoning department to make sure you will be permitted to do this. I honestly don't know squat about Indiana, but in CA there are few places that would permit a mobile hoome on residential land. The land has to be previously zoned for them. That keeps them in the parks and out of normal neighborhoods.
Reply:If you put your home on land, you may be able to have a basement, which would give you a lot of extra space for storage. In a park you'll pay some kind of site rent, have a small yard, and probably certain services taken care of. On your land you will have property taxes, but a bigger yard that you have to take care of, although you can do what you want with it and won't have association rules to follow.


Call around to your local real estate people and find out who you need to talk to about siting a mobile home on property. It definitely costs more up front, but there are trade offs.

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