Full question:
I own my mobile home but rent a space in a park. I have lived here for 5 yrs. When I moved in with my 2 children I was naive to the buying process and was told by my realtor that there was no inspections for mobile homes. It has been a nightmare!!! It was totally infested with termites, the first rain I started getting bubbles in the walls, when you turn a light switch on sometimes it goes on and sometimes you have to turn it off and on again before it works. My rent started 5 yrs ago at 775.00 a mo, as of August it will be 956.00. I am a single mom and we are now living in mold, the termites are back, my roof is about to cave in and I have severe plumbing issues under my home and a plumber said my mobile home will start sinking unless I come up with 7,000.00 dollars to replace all my pipes. My 5 year lease is up in August and they want me to sign another one. I can not continue to live here with my 2 children. Sorry to go on, but my question is; What will happen if I walk away from the mobile home?
- Category: Misc
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- State: California
Answer:
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First of all, as I understand it from your statement above, you OWN your mobile home - you are not making payments on it. That's good at least. If you just walk away from it (abandon it) when your lease expires, then the landowner will either take possession of it and dispose of it or sell it or remodel it and rent it out. The landowner may try to find you and ask you to pay the cost of removal and disposal of the mobile home. You may be responsible for this, depending on the lease. I assume you think there's no way to sell the mobile home for anything at this point. If there is, even to a junk yard, you should do that. At least if someone bought it for next to nothing, they would pay the cost to haul it away.
Based on what you said above, it sounds like you should not renew your lease. Surely you can rent a small apartment for 950 a month, and be much better off.
We wish you the best of luck in resolving your situation.
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