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Chris Terry
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Chris Terry edits and publishes at Encore Editorial. He has spent years covering business finance and consumer markets, with a focus on making complicated cost decisions easier to think through.
Moving a manufactured home is a different job from moving your furniture. It needs a licensed transporter, permits, and often a crew to disconnect and reset the home. The price reflects that.
A transport-only move over a short distance commonly runs about $1,000 to $5,000. A full-service move, where a company disconnects the home, hauls it, and sets it back up with permits and utility reconnections, more often lands between $5,000 and $15,000, and a large double-wide going a long way can run higher. The spread is wide because the work varies so much.
Transport-only means the company moves the home and little else. You arrange the disconnect, the permits, and the setup at the other end. A full-service move bundles all of it: disconnecting utilities and skirting, hauling, then re-leveling, re-blocking, and reconnecting at the new site. Full service costs more because most of the labor is at the two ends, not the drive.
A single-wide travels as one unit. A double-wide moves as two halves, which means two transports, two escorts in many cases, and reassembly at the destination, so it costs noticeably more than a single-wide of the same age.
Get quotes from licensed manufactured-home transporters, not general movers, and confirm they handle permits and setup or tell you what you must arrange. Check that your destination park or lot will accept the home's age and size, since many have rules. Price a regular household move separately in the moving cost calculator if you are also moving belongings.
The haul is only half the job. At the destination you may pay for a prepared pad or foundation, new piers and anchors, releveling, skirting, and reconnecting water, sewer, electric, and gas. Permits and a final inspection are common. These site costs can rival the transport itself, so ask any quote to spell out exactly what is included at both ends before you compare prices.
A short transport-only move commonly runs $1,000 to $5,000. A full move that includes disconnecting, hauling, and setting up the home with permits usually runs $5,000 to $15,000 or more, with large double-wides at the high end.
Most of the cost is at the two ends, not the drive. Disconnecting, re-leveling, re-blocking, reconnecting utilities, plus oversize-load permits and escort vehicles, all add up. A double-wide doubles much of that work because it moves in two sections.
No. You need a licensed manufactured-home transporter with the right equipment, permits, and insurance. A standard household mover handles your belongings, not the structure itself.
Often the move, but not always. For an older home, the cost of transport plus setup, permits, and any required repairs can approach the home's value. Get a transport quote and weigh it against the home's condition before deciding.
Chris Terry edits and publishes at Encore Editorial. He has spent years covering business finance and consumer markets, with a focus on making complicated cost decisions easier to think through.