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Cost to cure: removing junk mobile home

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As noted by others, with the current price of metal, some likely willing to haul for free & possibly pay for the privilege. Or sell it to the MH reseller & they can put it on one of their lots & rent it out. Did see one a few years ago where all that was left was the frame. Nothing else & no sign of fire. Maybe a MH chop shop?
 
The same guys that buy/haul off junk cars will take it. The only part worth anything is the steel undercarriage. If the exterior or roof is metal...it has some value. The rest is crap and take a lot of time to dismantle and haul to a dump. That reduces the value of the good stuff.
 
Concur there is always a submarket of scrappers and margins to cover hauling/scapping..

Breaking it up onsite and putting in dumpsters headed to the landfill is not the "Highest and best use... : )

Bob in CO
(Ive srapped a little)
 
Just Google: Mobile Home Removal. By the time you type the last word, Google should add the State. Then click a link and call them for estimates.

In my area, the typical cost ranges from $1,000 to $2,000 based on weight, width, and length. I've even seen some look up the Serial Plate and get any information off of the Manufactured Housing website to get all the specifics about it beforehand for salvage.

I've indicated in the Forum here before that I've been asked to do appraisals on poor condition Manufactured Homes in a certain development and in conversation I tell the Owner the estimated cost to remove it (about $2,000) and what typical lots are selling for in the development ($2,000); thus negating any true value for the entire property. Not many Clients want an appraisal when they figure out the value will be $0. For that reason, there are abundant vacant trailers in the development which end up being foreclosed on for the non payment of development dues as the owners walk away from them when they need too many repairs. The development seldom even breaks even on the foreclosure, so they sit rotting for long periods.
 
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Yep. You're going to have to make some calls. Or, you can tell the client that you aren't expert in such matters and they should contact an appropriate professional.
 
Got a quote of $2000-2500 per section for double wide. They get a dumpster, front-end loader and crush it into the dumpster. Big cost is dumping fees being charged. The carriage is crushed and hauled to a steel recycler.
 
I think the underwriter needs to "get a life"! It's now a storage shed and should be left alone. If the underwriter insists...$1,500. LOL.
 
Got quotes of $3-4k here for a single.

Had a 1970 something singlewide on a timber property I bought. Frame was cracked in the middle, roof was caved in, windows broken, etc. Put it on craigslist under "free stuff" with pictures and had to have 30 emails on it. Guy a couple parcels over dragged it over to his land, threw a roof on it and uses it as a deer camp. It's still bent in the middle.
 
I got one quote of $1000 to move, + $500 for landfill fee.
 
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