Mobile Home Complete Remodel in Lakeland, Days 1 and 2. Issac walks the start of a full renovation of a 1981 mobile home in a Lakeland park: both bathrooms, floors, paint, a brand new kitchen, new subfloor, and more.
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Isaac here was true builders got a phone call from a customer that said they bought a 1981 mobile home in a park here in Lakeland Florida they were moving down from Michigan and they want to do a fully renovated brand-new living space I'm talking about taking out each bathroom master bathroom guest bathroom doing the floors complete painting evident ramp brand new kitchen riding on a aluminum full cage type of porch for them on the back or paint on the outside and we're even relocating the air conditioning unit and putting in new ducts and fans new subfloor it's gonna be a project to remember these people are gonna have a brand new house the reason you should use true builders that's because not only are we one of the biggest companies here in Polk County we specialize in remodeling we have a fantastic show room where you can come make your selections where you feel comfortable and picking everything out and our team our team is amazing from our project managers all the way down to the installers with quality and care that you can trust in depend on day two here already started doing some of the demolition tore out the walls tore the bathtub out and the shower surround as we were tearing things out we noticed that this is still particle board subfloor and a lot of it was water damaged and it's no good we're gonna change it back to plywood like the rest of the home is I want you to see the finished product of this so follow us every day we're going to do updates subscribe to the link below come check out our page
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Issac walks the start of a full renovation of a 1981 mobile home in a Lakeland park: both bathrooms, floors, paint, a brand new kitchen, new subfloor, and more.
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Isaac here was true builders got a phone call from a customer that said they bought a 1981 mobile home in a park here in Lakeland Florida they were moving down from Michigan and they want to do a fully renovated brand-new living space I'm talking about taking out each bathroom master bathroom guest bathroom doing the floors complete painting evident ramp brand new kitchen riding on a aluminum full cage type of porch for them on the back or paint on the outside and we're even relocating the air conditioning unit and putting in new ducts and fans new subfloor it's gonna be a project to remember these people are gonna have a brand new house the reason you should use true builders that's because not only are we one of the biggest companies here in Polk County we specialize in remodeling we have a fantastic show room where you can come make your selections where you feel comfortable and picking everything out and our team our team is amazing from our project managers all the way down to the installers with quality and care that you can trust in depend on day two here already started doing some of the demolition tore out the walls tore the bathtub out and the shower surround as we were tearing things out we noticed that this is still particle board subfloor and a lot of it was water damaged and it's no good we're gonna change it back to plywood like the rest of the home is I want you to see the finished product of this so follow us every day we're going to do updates subscribe to the link below come check out our page
Remodeling a 1981 Mobile Home in Lakeland, From Day One
Issac opens this series from a park in Lakeland: the customers bought a 1981 mobile home while moving down from Michigan, and they want a fully renovated, brand new living space. The scope he lays out is the whole home: both bathrooms, all the floors, complete painting inside and out, a brand new kitchen, a screened aluminum porch on the back, relocating the air conditioning unit, and new ducts and fans.
By day two, demolition had already told the truth the way demolition does: the subfloor was particle board, much of it water damaged and no good, so the plan changed to replace it with plywood like the rest of the home. As Issac puts it, these people are going to have a brand new house.
What makes mobile home renovation its own trade
- Original particle board subfloors, like this one, fail from decades of humidity; plywood replacement is the durable fix
- Walls, cabinets, and fixtures are often manufactured-spec sizes, so replacements need adaptation, not just swapping
- Plumbing and electrical runs sit in tighter chases; moving them takes planning, not brute force
- Ventilation and vapor barriers matter double in Florida; moisture is what ages these homes fastest
Demo surprises: why good contractors expect them
The water-damaged subfloor on day two is the normal rhythm of renovation, not a failure of planning. No one can see through flooring, and honest contractors say so up front: the quote covers what is visible, and a contingency (commonly around 10 to 15 percent on older homes) covers what demolition reveals. What you should expect when a surprise appears is exactly what this video models: show the problem on camera or in person, explain the fix, price it as a change order, and keep moving. Distrust both extremes, the bid with zero contingency and the surprise with zero documentation.
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