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1999 Manufactured Housing is unmatched in price, selection, eye appealing features and options. Typically half the price compared with custom building and so much space!
1960 A new concept in space, the Doublewide is introduced.
By 1943 the average trailer was 8 ft. x 20-24 ft. 3-4 Bedrooms but no bath or toilet.
1959 introduced the 12 foot wide trailer.
1954 introduced the 10 foot wide trailer.
Early to mid 1970’s saw governmental intervention as to the construction of these factory built homes.
It’s hard to say where the mobile home started. Some will look back as far as the 1500’s to traveling European gypsies.
The closest example we have dates back to the 1870’s to seafaring homesteads that were built on skids in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
1926 introduced the first factory built trailers, the intent towards a modernized camping unit.
1976 brings the HUD building code into the factories.
1948 saw the introduction of 30 ft. models with bathrooms as a standard feature.
By 1953 trailers extended past the 50 foot mark.
1980 saw Congressional Approval to change the term “Mobile Home” to “Manufactured Home”.
Next would come the automobile pulled trailers in the 1920’s. Most were home-made for camping, this trend would spark a housing revolution.
When the surf reclaimed the beach, the home was moved with teams of horses.
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