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Wednesday, August 18, 1976
University Daily Kansan
Some students choose to live on wheels
By PAUL JEFFERSON
If the idea of living in a different place every year doesn't appeal to you, apartment-living somehow has failed to live up to all its advance billing, and the hassle of moving your semi-precious goods across town is about as much tin as the cost of buying new clothes for your problems as an increasing number of students do by living in a mobile home.
Mobile home living has advantages over apartment dwellings, according to Bill Webster, owner of Webster's Mobile Homes, 6th and Kasold.
"Students enjoy the privacy that mobile home gives them, where they don't have to
'Students enjoy the privacy that a mobile home gives them.'
worry about people above or around them when they want to have a party," he said. "Their places are separate from all others, just like home."
HE SAID that for the monthly cost of a one-bedroom apartment, a person could lease a mobile home. Including the cost of a renters' unit, the average cost per month is $120. he said.
Most mobile homes carry an option to buy after a period of time, he said. A good used home could cost as little as $3,000. He would like his lot intended to buy their homes, he said.
"During the four years of college you pay at least $4,000 for housing, or off a campus. With that much money you could have a mobile home when you're ready to leave. You can't out need a nice place to stay, especially if they plan to get married," he said.
"And if they want, they can use the equity they have built up in their mobile homes to use as collateral against purchase of a more conventional home."
WEBSTER SAID that with the improving economic outlook, there was a good market for the company's products.
Mobile homes are as well-equipped as any apartment or house, he said. In addition, mobile home parks have a clubhouse and storm shelters.
Tom Tushel,Joa lini and a resident of Gaslight Village Mobile Homes at 3020 Iowa, said that mobile home living was a good investment and cheaper than renting.
"After spending all that time and money in college, he graduated as a security deposit," he said.
One definite advantage is that the home is, well, mobile, he said.
HE SAID that he had lived for about a year in a mobile home owned by his parents.
"My parents move to it our lot at the last after I graduate. I'd like it out in the latte."
All of the trailer parks in and around Lawrence are regulated by the Douglas County Planning Office. Dick McClanathan, county zoning officer, said that park management is crucial to capacity and to determine the impact on the surrounding schools, traffic and utilities.
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He said he thought that previously mobile home dwellers had been "looked down"
upon by more conventional homeowners as transients. They are a fully accepted community.
McClanlan said that a new state law requires that all mobile homes be anchored.
requires that all mobile homes be anchored. Webster said, "All of my trailers are anchored to withstand winds up to about 100 miles per hour, and they are sturdy with sheetrock walls and ceilings. I can't say they'd withstand a tornado, but they're as strong as any other house."
SHELTAR SAID that during thunderstorms the trailer was noisy, but otherwise he never thought about possible storm damage to the mobile home.
"It's just a very well organized place, with the clubhouse, a storage shed, a pool, a carport and tennis courts. It gives you a lot of room to operate."
Another Gaslight resident, Susan Lynn,
lola junior, said that the noise during
'... But I'd hate to spend the rest of my life in one.'
storms was the main drawback, but that it's a very minor one.
"I don't know how good it would be for a family to stay in one, but for students it's great. You have all the room and the privacy you'll ever want," she said.
OVER 90 PER CENT of the mobile homes at Galtland Light are owned on-lease by the students who live in them, according to Jerry Baze, sales manager of the mobile homes.
"Our construction features are very similar to those used in conventional housing, and they are as functional as apartments. In fact, some of our modular homes can be set into foundations and you can also install them on the them and regular housing styles," he said.
Baze said that students were doing themselves a favor by buying the homes they want.
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He said that mobile homes had been fireprone in the past, but that now, by using stronger and less荧煽able materials and alarm lights, mobile homes are much safer.
Linda Brooks, 3020 Iowa, said that she has owned a mobile home for six years, and her main problem with it is transporting it from place to place.
"EVERY TIME I move I have to tear up the living room; take down the paneling, the carpet, and the furniture, plus removing all the supports on it."
She explained that her mobile home has an expanded living room area, and that the kitchen is also large.
"After everything is said and done, it is a very expensive, and time-consuming job."
Brooks also said that the insulation in mobile homes was not too good, and that if it wasn't, they would be much worse.
"TIM YOUNG, and for my situation right now a mobile home suits my needs just fine; but I'd hate to spend the rest of my life in one," she said.
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