So how does one go about finding financing for this endeavor? My husband and I are having difficulties because the few people we have talked about said you are only allowed one move of a manufactured home and they are counting the move from the factory. Our home is currently sitting on a lot in MI so we're paying lot rent, our mortgage and apartment rent in our new state. We relocated for employment reasons and are looking at purchasing land but b/c we already own the home (pay on a mortgage) we are having difficulty cutting through the red tape to get the moving financed in with the home without paying 3 sets of closing costs and getting shut down before we even get started. We've been told that it will cost upwards of 20,000 to move and set up our home on a slab foundation (that's without redoing the drywall). Any advice would be appreciated. This is very frustrating for us.

This is something that should have been pre-arranged at the time of order. When I write up an invoice for a client, I always ask, "do you want delivery"? And if yes, I tell them, "It's $75 for a garage delivery". If you want them taken up some steps or in to a house, that amount will change". One man can easily unload to a garage. But going up steps or having to worry about door casings and delicate wall paper or paint is another story and opens up HUGE liability!!! We usually will charge $150 or more to take cabinets in to a house. Requires an extra guy and a dolly. I once heard a story that will explain this well. A UPS driver was delivering a package to a woman's house. They are given strict rules and not to take things in to a house. The woman was an elderly lady so when she asked if the heavy package could be taken inside, he caved and did it. When he took it in, he scraped against her wall and damaged her wallpaper that ran throughout the first floor. The wallpaper, of course, was discontinued. UPS had to pay for the woman's whole first floor to be re-wall papered because this poor soul did her a favor. I think he lost his job because of it too. Anyway, not sure if it's true....I heard this years ago from my UPS guy. KOMPY

I ordered a cabinet, a minifridge and some small stuff from Lowes on-line service back around the first of the year. It had a scheduled delivery date which was getting close and I had not heard from them so I contacted them to ask when to expect delivery. After they fumbled around looking for it, I was finally told I had to pick it up at the store instead of getting delivered as requested and they did not have the cabinet. I specifically requested delivery because I am 78 years old and am limited in the weight I can pick up due to prior open heart surgery. I told them this was unacceptable and after speaking even to a store manager, told them to cancel the order and went out and bought the items elsewhere. Lo and behold, in July, I get notice that someone in the store, without authorization from us, resubmitted the order and we were getting deliivery that following weekend and that they had already charged it to my account. I immediately called and again worked my way up to the manager and told them they were not authorized to do that reorder and to under no circumstances, deliver this order. Then I get a bill for the merchandize from that second order for the goods never delivered so I filed a dispute with their credit card company. After weeks of wrangling with them about the fact that the first order was never delivered and was cancelled and that the second order was not authorized they finally admitted that their records showed no delivery but they were charging me a restocking fee for the 2nd order that was not authorized . They refunded all but about $33..77 claiming this was a resto cking fee. I told them I would not pay them for an unauthorized order. Next, I received a bill for the same exact amount as this "restocking fee" only now they were claiming it was interest on a deferred interest payment which was still wrong because they should not have been a charge if nothing was delivered and they were not entitled to charge deferred interest if no charge could be made. And today, I received a new bill from them claiming I failed to pay the $33.77 deferred interest fee which was not legal in the first place since this is based upon the 2nd unauthorized re-order and they charged me an additional $30.00 for late fee on top of the $33.77 wrongful fee raising the balance to $63.77 now due so I called them again. As I spoke to that agent it became obvious he was not reading the file as he tried to "school techer“ explain the fee without listening to what I was telling him. When I again tried to explain what was wrong, I told him the fact that I am a retired court clerk who spent 17 years doing contract law and that the charges they were attempting to collect could constitute fraud he finally sat up and listened. They have now filed a new dispute resolution claim which is supposed to wipe out the entire balance. I have since closed my account with Loews and we no longer shop there. My parting statement to him is that I do not do business with companies that cheat their customers and gave him a promise that if I received any further bills on this issue I would escalate it to up the channels and indeed I will. I wlll file a complaint with their corporate offices, the BBB and since Synchronym lists itself as a bank, I will include the bank regulaters. This is a petty amount of money that should have been simply handled the first time but I am retired and have all the time in the world to return petty with petty. This should never have happened in the first place.

I agree with @User. The white with black rendition of the house is AWFUL. Bright white does not belong on MCM. Someone did that in my neighborhood: they probably dropped the value of their house $20k; it was a beautiful, newly painted MCM when they bought it. Your wonderful house doesn't scream "I need a new paint job." Only the garage door is kind of a sore thumb, but that's an easy fix. I would paint the front door, but just for fun. Focus on the interior. Make a plan for adding solar, so you can reduce your utility bills. Drape the front with bougainvillea.