The short answer
Kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, windows, doors, interior panels and full park model renovations — on mobile and manufactured homes specifically. The reason to hire someone who only does these homes is that the walls, floors and structure are not what a stick-built remodeler expects. Call us and tell us what you want to change.
First, the question we will ask you
Before anything else: is this home worth the money you are about to put into it? We would rather have that conversation at the start than take a deposit and let you find out later.
The test is the bones. If the frame is sound, the floor system is solid and the roof is right, remodeling a manufactured home is some of the best value in housing — you get a new kitchen for the price of a kitchen, in a home whose expensive parts you already own. If the chassis is compromised, the floors are rotted end to end and the roof is finished, then a new kitchen is lipstick, and you would be better off putting that money into the structure or into a different home.
Plenty of these homes are worth every dollar you put into them. But that is a question to settle by looking, not by assuming — so we look before we quote, and if yours falls in the second category we will say so.
Why mobile home remodeling is its own trade
A good stick-built remodeler can walk into your home and make expensive assumptions. The differences that matter:
- The walls are not what they think. Thinner, often on wider stud centers, frequently panelled rather than drywalled. Hanging cabinets is a different problem.
- The floor is particleboard over joists, with a belly wrap and often ductwork underneath. Cut into it without knowing that and you have opened a system you did not know existed.
- Nothing is standard-sized. Doors, windows, tubs and appliance openings in manufactured homes are often not the sizes the big box store stocks. That is fine if you know it going in and an expensive surprise if you do not.
- The plumbing and wiring have their own conventions. Including, in older homes, materials that need to be handled knowingly.
- Weight and structure matter more. That gorgeous stone countertop has to be carried by a home designed to be light.
What we do
- Kitchens. Cabinets, counters, sinks, backsplash, appliance fit, flooring. The most transformative room in a small home.
- Bathrooms. Tub and shower replacement, vanities, fixtures, flooring. Also the room where we most often find a soft floor once the old unit is out — and the best possible time to deal with it.
- Flooring. Luxury vinyl plank is the workhorse here: it handles the heat, it handles a spill, and it lays well over a properly repaired floor.
- Windows and doors. Dual-pane replacements on the sides that take the afternoon sun, and exterior doors that actually seal.
- Interior panels, drywall and ceilings. Including repair after a roof leak — once the roof is fixed.
- Park model renovations. Whole-home refreshes on the small places out in the Foothills resorts.
The soft floor conversation
It happens on a good share of bathroom and kitchen jobs: the old vanity comes out and the floor underneath is soft. This is not us finding extra work. It is a slow leak that has been running under a cabinet for years, and the cabinet was hiding it.
The good news is that this is the cheapest moment in the life of your home to fix it. The room is already torn apart, the flooring is already up, and the access is already paid for. Fixing it now costs a fraction of coming back to do it as its own job later. We will stop, show you what is under there, and re-quote — but our strong advice will be to do it while it is open. See subfloor repair.
Timing, if you are a winter resident
The Foothills fill up in November and every good contractor in this county is booked through the season. If you want work done to your place, the two smart windows are: before you leave in the spring, or during the summer while you are gone — assuming you are comfortable with us working on an empty home, which many of our customers are. By December, we are scheduling into the spring.
In Arizona, the people who level, anchor, set and structurally repair manufactured homes are licensed by the Arizona Department of Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing — not by the contractor board that covers stick-built homes. Ask any company you call for their license, and ask whether the work needs an installation permit. A real outfit will answer both without flinching.