Re: [GBlist] Green Modular Home -Portland

["Ted Shelton" <ted655@hotmail.com>]

                The original post said they wanted to find a green modular 
home builder. The reason (and implication being), was that by spending less 
on a shelter, they would have more money with which to buy a bigger piece of 
land. This gave me the impression there was a limit on funds. A trade off of 
shelter/land from a finite bag of gold. That being the case, then there is 
little point in looking into high-end modular homes. There goes the money 
for the extra land right? You  pay above the average price of the bargain 
modulars, when you start looking at the kind of homes you have listed. That 
extra money would come from their land money. This defeats the plan.
                You are quite correct about there being some fine (high-end 
) modulars out there. I'm sorry if my brush painted any of them. I still 
stand on my comments about the lack of equity, and kinds of materials. STAR 
only looks at energy consumption, right? That leaves health and resale 
value, not to mention insurance rates and issues of quality and longevity. I 
also was NOT mocking anybody's question. All I have posted is the sad facts 
of  manufactured housing.
         I live in one, and just bought another one. Why? because I'm poor. 
I deal with the issues every day. Trying to sell this otherwise beautiful 
40acs., it is worth 1/2 of what it should be, simply because my 
"manufactured" home is more than 5yrs old. I kiss mine every day...still no 
prince to the rescue.

ted655@hotmail.com


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