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lauryka1969 · Sep 3, 2009, 03:41 AM

No sure if I am asking in the right location but here is my situation that I need help with.

I live in a mobile home village. My MH has been on the same lot for 41 years. My father added on to it through out those 41 years. He basically converted a singgle wide into a double wide. Now the problem is the park owner is now adding RV's to the park and wants all the loys on or near the lake for the RV's. He is trying to get all the trailers to move to a different lot. My trailer can no longer be moved without destroying it. I also have recently has a new roofing system put on that has a lifetime gauruantee. Which if he makes me move it the guarantee is null and void. I have also recently had siding put on and new windows. Moving mt home will destroy can he force me to do move it? Can he purposely tear up someone's home for his own financial gain?

twinkiedooter · Sep 3, 2009, 08:28 AM

Do you have a signed lease on the lot or are you a month to month tenant on the lot. If you are a month to month with no signed lease he can evict you but he would have to go to court and do it legally. He probably won't win if you have always paid your lot rent and had no material violations or other violations cited to you or your home for a certain period. You would need an attorney to fight this as it would be hard for you to do this on your own and win.

Yes, moving your single wide with all the add ons would be a disaster and could not be accomplished even with professional house movers.

Has he offered you any money to buy you out?

What state are you in as you didn't say?

ScottGem · Sep 3, 2009, 09:22 AM

As a renter of the lot, you can be forced to move once the lease expires. The fact that you have been there this long and have made improvements has no bearing. You need to read your last signed lease to see what rights you have, if any.

When you make improvements to rental property or property located on rented land, you take a big risk.

lauryka1969 · Sep 4, 2009, 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by twinkiedooter

Do you have a signed lease on the lot or are you a month to month tenant on the lot. If you are a month to month with no signed lease he can evict you but he would have to go to court and do it legally. He probably won't win if you have always paid your lot rent and had no material violations or other violations cited to you or your home for a certain period of time. You would need an attorney to fight this as it would be hard for you to do this on your own and win.

Yes, moving your single wide with all the add ons would be a disaster and could not be accomplished even with professional house movers.

Has he offered you any money to buy you out?

What state are you in as you didn't say?

I live in Ohio. I am not being evicted... he is forcing us all to move our homes to different lots just so he can rent the ones we are all on to campers because we are closest to the lake. Campers will only be here for a few weeks or months at a time,where as we are all permanent residents. And no he has not offered to buy me out. Which I am not willing to do.

ScottGem · Sep 4, 2009, 04:46 AM

What I suggest is that you band with the other permanent residents and form a tenants association. Pool your resources and hire an attorney (probably one that specializes in real estate) to help you.

AK lawyer · Sep 4, 2009, 08:13 AM

One problem is that "mobile home village", or "trailer court" as they used to call them when I was growing up, is an anachronism. They were created some 50 years ago before modern land use planning was in place. As far as I can see, there are few statutes regulating them. In the absence of such statutory protection, you would have to look to the terms of your lease.

You coud also talk to you local planning department to see what, if any, zoning laws might impede your landlord's ability to do what he proposes.