My neighbours did this; took about 5 years start to finish (from the time they bought the trailer to the time they sold it). It apparently took some convincing of the county because they were restricted to one house on the piece of land...so having the mobile home AND the new house was against zoning bylaws. Thankfully the county agreed if the mobile home was gone when the moved into the new house. There was about a month in which they camped out in the yard because the mobile home was sold and gone but the house hadn't passed final inspection. All that being said, it worked, they have a gorgeous house and no debts. That being said, they had TONS of family to help them with the build, and she was a stay at home mom (they have 5 kids!), and dad was a trucker who would be home for stretches at a time. Personally, I built my place in a year working only evenings and weekends plus my holiday time, without an entire crew of workers. $50k wouldn't have gotten it to lock-in stage, but it would have covered my excavation, foundation and at least 1/2 of framing (except I dug my own basement and poured my own foundation....so we're talking material costs). Where there's a will, there's a way right??

If you decide to PLEASE use approved chimney pipe. In our mobile home we installed a wonderful little Dutchwest stove (mobile home approved) and the proper flue/chimney pipe. There are several potential problems with not installing an approved stove, of course the first one is a fire that can consume your whole home in about four (yes, that's right!) four minutes. Be sure you don't go to bed or leave home with fire in your unapproved stove. Somethings are just too scary to think about.

Is it possible that the bank has placed no lien on the mobile home or isn't using it as part of the down-payment and that you are free to sell it at anytime? You will have to bite the bullet and ask the lender if the mobile home is considered part of the total package. It is possible that they considered the moble home to have no value and simply added the amount owed to the mortgage of the new home, their appraisal of the new house and land being high enough to absorb the amount. When I was in a similar situation, it wasn't a bank but the town that said the mobile home would have to be gone before the inspector could issue the C. of O. Wayne

After careful and thorough preparation, SW A-100 Exterior Acrylic Latex will work just fine.