Some years back – in the days at the Kansas City and Tulsa, Oklahoma manufactured home industry trade shows – was the last time when the general public could gain entry into these types of industry events. Because they’re “closed,” there’s a natural curiosity about them. So, when our sister-site – MHProNews – offered to provide Manufactured Home Living News …
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“I think people would be amazed at the amenities in these places.” – – Carol Childs “These places are great. The way they build these houses, I couldn’t build them for the price they are building them.” – – Jim Childs Like millions of others, Jim and Carol Childs have earned their retirement. They owned a conventional house. But they …
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At the end of the day, it’s about making comparisons. You or those you work with, know or love ought to make your next housing decision based on facts, not opinions. You ought to take the same kind of time to truly understand that next housing choice as you would to decide which doctor you want to do surgery on …
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In Part 1 of our Inside MH video profile and tour of manufactured and modular home builder Adventure Homes, we heard Wally Comer and Rich Rice talk about “the concert” style coordination found in factory home-building. In Part Two of this video, you’ll see the culture of craftsmanship developed among team members that results in their ability to produce a …
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Yours truly has been in and around manufactured housing (MH) since the 1980s, which is why I know the questions to ask home owners, or a factory builder, an MH Retailer or MH Community manager. That said, every time we do one of these Inside MH Road Show videos, one learns or re-learns something interesting! I’ve been in a factory …
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We’ve asked the question before. Who knows today’s manufactured housing the best? The answer should be obvious. Those who own, build and inspect contemporary factory-crafted homes. In this video, we bring you the following personalities. Von Washington, who’s work was warmly praised by President Obama, talking about modern manufactured homes. Sam Landy, President and CEO of UMH Properties, one of …
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We pick up where we left off with Evan Atkinson in an interview series we launched couple of months ago. Evan and his brother, Jack, are front-and-center, hands-on owners and mangers of MH retail powerhouse, Williams-Burg Square. I say “power house,” because their award winning family operation hasn’t sold 500 or 1,000 homes. Rather, they’ve sold an amazing 10,000 manufactured …
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At the recent Louisville Manufactured Housing Show, we had the opportunity to sit down with a number of professionals from the manufactured home industry from across the country. We talked to giants in the MHIndustry, like Jim Clayton. We chatted with successful independent builders, like Wally Comer and Rich Rice from Adventure Homes, or Terry Decio from historic Skyline Homes. …
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Designed by ABI in East Yorkshire, England, the Concept Van features moveable walls, a cinema, a ten-seat dining table and beds to sleep ten people, according to what The Daily Mail tells MHLivingNews. The 30 foot by 13 foot manufactured home – called a “Caravan” in the United Kingdom – prototype has beds that fold up into the walls, kitchen work-tops hidden …
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Garrett, Indiana based Adventure Homes builds energy-saving factory-crafted homes destined for permanent installation in about 22 states in the U.S., and they can build homes for locations in Canada as well. MHLivingNews learned that Adventure’s floor plans can often be built to either Modular or Manufactured Home codes. Video and stills are courtesy of ManufacturedHomes.com and MHProNews.com As regular MHLivingNews.com …
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Literally 99.999% of the U.S. has never been to an event like the 2014 Louisville Manufactured Home Show, for good reasons. These are “trade events,” organized solely for the thousands of professionals who come to tour the latest. The models are then bound for retail centers, developments and communities where the public can see them. So when our friends at …
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Odyssey-Lake Michigan-Chicago Skyline-Photo credit: SunTimes News Group The National Communities Council (NCC) division of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) held its first annual Fall Leadership Forum on October 16-18, 2013 in Chicago, IL. While most of the event was held at the W Center on 111 West Adams, the dinner on the 17th was held on the Lake Michigan cruise …
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