We have a park in Kentucky that requires approximately 40 homes to be moved within the park. Any ideas on what this would look like for cost? Any recommendations for companies that do this? Thanks!
It really depends if you are choosing singlewides, doublewides, and how far they are being moved - assuming these are all used homes. A singlewide move here in Texas is typically 3-5K within 100 miles. 5-7K for doubelwides.
A list of licensed installers usually also move homes. You can find a list of them in KY here: License Search
If you’re really just moving around 40 homes within a park to reconfigure them then suspect you’d be looking at like 1,500 per home…assuming you have enough space to do everything.
Good luck.
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Thanks! It’s within the same park and we have mostly single wide so the cost is the same as moving from another location? We are restructuring the park and moving all the homes to same area of the park instead of them being spared out. All tenant owned homes as well.
That’s a better figure! Yes, we have more than enough room. Thanks!
Be careful moving TOH - you will be on the hook for damages inside their home, so be thorough about their condition before moving. And check state laws with your attorney too - you may need their consent to do this, and they may not provide it.
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Yes! Good point!!! Will have our attorney check on that!
A few more considerations, as I’ve done this and ran into some unplanned costs:
It can take days for the home to be moved, set, and utilities connected. Are you planning on putting the home owners up in a nearby hotel during the process?
Also, if the home is set on uneven ground or at a different height than it is currently set the existing skirting/stairs may not be reusable.
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Redoing the hook ups, skirts and decks are a big expense in this project, not just the move. Figure the hotel is the last of your worries. Probably over $200k project if not double that.
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It would be a crazy high number north of $5000-$7000 per home. KY has new laws on set up and each new home moved must have a foundation approval and inspected which would be an additional cost more than likely.
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We are moving in new used homes into our park in KY to fill empty lots and have no such requirements or issues like what you are referring to with foundation requirements. Maybe that’s only for new installs?
Not sure about used homes but new legislation went into effect February 4th 2019 requiring any new home placed in Kentucky to have a foundation inspection that meets the requirements as listed in the installation manual for that specific home.
You can check with Betty Whitaker with the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institutehttps://www.kmhi.org/ in Frankfort, KY or the Fire Marshalls office: Shawnna McMichael or phone 502-573-1795.