A double-wide mobile home is a type of manufactured home that is twice as wide as a single-wide. A typical one is between 24 and 36 feet wide and 48 to 80 feet long.
This means residents get to enjoy a larger living space (between 1000 and 2500 square feet of space) compared to single-wides which are only about 800 square feet.
For homes twice the size of a single-wide, their cost is economical. This makes a double-wide a better option for families, as well as individuals who need room for their furniture and belongings.
Now, let’s talk about how to remove a double-wide mobile home.
Time to Get Rid of Your Double-Wide Mobile Home?
Getting rid of a double-wide mobile home can be tricky and expensive. To do so while meeting the HUD’s standards is a big and costly project, one that involves a lot of stressful processes like:
- Applying for and getting permits
- Finding a reputable contractor to move the mobile/manufactured home
- Settling the costs
- Taking care of the logistics
- Managing the contractors
Moving a double-wide can cost up to twice what you would pay for a single-wide, which is half the size.
This is because the bigger the home, the more complicated it is to prepare and transport. It involves splitting the home at the connecting seam and prepping the two halves for transportation. This adds to the cost because there are more steps to disassembly and reassembly. Hence, the team has to work longer and be more careful during the entire process to avoid damage and ensure the right fit during reassembly.
If you absolutely need to get a double-mobile home off your land, you can donate it. By donating your home instead of hiring a professional mobile home removal service, you will save a whole lot of money and even earn more in the form of tax deduction equivalent to the cash value of the home.
When you compare this to hiring a removal service, you’ll find that it’s far simpler and less stressful to donate. Plus, you get to make a home available to a family that needs it. At Banyan Mobile Home Removal, an accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we can take care of most of the paperwork on your behalf and do all the heavy lifting for you — literally and figuratively. We’ll do the removal for free.
Double-Wide Mobile Home Removal Cost
When it comes to removing your double-wide manufactured home, you can either go the DIY route or hire professional movers. Each of these options has a different price tag attached, with the DIY option being cheaper but inadvisable unless you’re sure of what you’re doing (and probably not even then).
The price tag on hauling away a manufactured or mobile home also depends on the distance you’re moving it. The rate is usually $5 to $10 per mile.
If you decide to hire professionals to handle it for you or an organization that does mobile home removal, the cost will also depend on what your end purpose for the home is. A $0 cost is possible.
Moving Costs
Moving your double-wide mobile home involves the following by the removal company or organization:
- Disconnection or disassembly
- Transportation
- Reconnection or reassembly
We will go into more detail later, but these are the processes involved in moving your mobile home. You could spend anywhere from $10,000 to $13,000 depending on the size of your double-wide mobile home, the distance you’re moving it, and the cost of materials in your state.
Demolishing Costs
The average rate for demolition services in the U.S. is $3.50 to $5 for every square footage of your home. For a double-wide, this translates to between $3,500 and $7,000. Again, there are other factors involved that can make the process more expensive.
Reddit user u/Owenleejoeking posted five years ago:
‘’A family friend recently was bought out of their farm for O&G. Their house was a very nice modern doublewide trailer built on a finished basement foundation.
They short sold the house for $20,000 to help cover the $15,000 move that was quoted to get it where the buyer wanted it a couple dozen miles away. The trailer brand new and delivered wouldn’t cost much more than that.’’
u/AtariBasic also mentioned:
“If the home is over 20 years old, you will probably never be able to sell it at any price. Even giving it away may be difficult, and you can’t just abandon it. No matter what you do to it, its value will decrease over time. If it’s a double-wide, you (or your MIL) will have a very difficult time finding someone to move it. First, the axles may be missing or unsafe. Also, as the homes age and settle, the act of hauling them over the roads will likely place stress and test the structural elements. If it’s a double-wide, it simply may not go back together exactly the same at the destination. Be very, very, very wary of having “my cousin and his truck” move it; they’re definitely not that simple.”
Dumpster removal
You can also have a double-wide mobile home bulldozed and loaded up on a couple of dumpsters. It can be a messy process and time-consuming, since you may have to make a couple of runs. Average cost of dumpster removal could be between $6000-$8000.
Extra costs
It’s important to note that additional expenses could arise during your double-wide mobile home move. Some of them include the following:
- Need for special equipment like a bulldozer
- Removing attachments like garages
- Clearing a passage for the move (if there is a fence)
- Firming up the home structure
- Cost of transport
If you donate your double-wide mobile home to an accredited nonprofit organization such as Banyan, you can have all these, including the tedious paperwork, done for you for free.
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Why is Donation The Best Option for Your Double-Wide?
Moving a double-wide is quite expensive and difficult, so many owners decide to either give it away or sell at a near-loss value. While this option does get rid of the mobile home, there is another that gets you significant benefits instead. That option is donating the mobile home.
When you choose to donate your mobile home, you can contact an accredited 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization like Banyan Mobile Home Removal, and when all the i’s are dotted and the t’s crossed, you can sit back and watch the mobile home get taken off your land at no cost to you. Some other benefits you stand to enjoy are:
- Maximum tax deduction — because donating a mobile home is the most stress-free way to convert it to financial value
- Reducing property taxes — simply by having one less property to be taxed
- Satisfaction at your mobile home being put to good use instead of gathering dust on your land
All these and more are the benefits you get to enjoy for your donation and the organization you need to enable your donation is Banyan Mobile Home Removal.If you have an unused double-wide mobile home in reasonable condition sitting on your land or want to move on to a different property, you more than qualify for our donation program. Contact us by email or call us if you want to know more or start the process.