August 16, 2025 • 26 mins
In this episode of Home with Dean, Dean kicks things off by introducing the gang and chatting about a recent whale-watching adventure. Then it's back to the house as Dean dives into painting over century-old wallpaper—yes, it can be done!—with oil-based primer and quality paint. He also breaks down modern roofing materials, from lightweight tile to composition asphalt, and explains why synthetic roofing paper is the smart choice. Plus, learn the key differences between manufactured homes and mobile homes in this packed, practical episode.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
You're listening to Dean Sharp, The House Whisper on demand
on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning and welcome home. I
am Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, custom home Builder, custom
home Designer, and your guide to better understanding that place
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where you live today on the show. As always Saturday Mornings,
it's your calls. Let me give you the number right now,
because Richie is standing by ready to take your call.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
I'm standing by.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well sitting by, ready to take your call, and the
phone lines are open. Anything you want to talk about
regarding your home today, you get to set the agenda.
I love Saturday Mornings. Just get up, get in here,
sit down and wait for you to tell me what
the show is about. The number to reach me eight
three three two. Ask Dean eight three the numeral two.
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Ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean. Whatever's got
you scratching your head about your home? Design, construction, architecture, diy, inside, outside, hardescape, landscape,
from property line to property line, and from the ground
to the sky. I got you everything you need about
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your home. We'll put our heads together and we will
get it figured out. Phone lines are open now. Give
me a call. Soon as the calls start rolling in,
we'll do it. And I know, I know, you know.
Traffic's a little light on Saturday mornings as it always is.
But you and I we're up. We're getting it done.
So let's talk about your home. Let's say good morning
to Sam. Good morning Sam, how you doing, Bud?
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Good morning Dean. How's it going? Uh, it's going good,
going good. I got a loud audience in there today.
My goodness, they're lost. Is just motivated, excited. I've got
more energy than I've got right now.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I brought him here with me from karaoke last night
was fun crowd. Oh it's that crowd. Oh yeah, No,
it's those people. Rowdy crowd, but very very supportive. A
lot of a lot of a lot of a lot
of wannabes in that crowd. All of us are in
one way, shape or form. Oh yeah, one day I
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dream of being a you know, a good radio host
one day. So that's that's this is Mike. This is
my version of karaoke. I just get on here. And
you know, I was three years into this before somebody
actually told me we were on the air live.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I'm like, what, wait, there's a microphone in front of me.
Were I was just reading the things in front of me.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Anyway, Oh, you know what, I'm gonna say hello to
Heather Brooker this morning.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Heather, Hi friend, how are you? I'm good?
Speaker 5 (02:51):
How you doing?
Speaker 6 (02:52):
I'm good.
Speaker 7 (02:52):
I'm so happy to be here today. I feel like
I haven't talked to you in forever.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
I know.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
And it's nice that you're just live and there you are,
and and I don't.
Speaker 6 (03:04):
Live on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Again, it is good. It's a good thing.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Well, you know what, this is a bright about the
time that I normally introduce Tina, but he was feeling
a little underweather last night, so I I left her
in bed and sleeping and catching up on her energy.
So I'm glad you're here. You can be my radio
wife this morning.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
Hey, there we go. We're gonna get talkbacks about that.
No one will replace Tina.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Oh that's all right.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
I hope she feels better. That's such a bummer.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, I mean, she's not like six sick. I could
just tell she was just she was needing some additional rests.
So there you go. We we very likely we'll see
her later. Yeah, anyway, all right, let's see here what
else we got. Uh, we're a little well, Oh, we
got a call on the board. It's starting to happen.
Let me give the number out one more time. Eight
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three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the numeral two.
Ask Dean the mug of the morning. Tina suggested that
I start doing this because I always have interesting coffee
to the.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Mug of the morning.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
With the coffee, this is my Channel Islands National Park mug,
which I picked up last week actually, when we went
whale watching Olivia. My granddaughter just turned nine last week,
and we took her whale watching because she's a big
nature buff like her granddad. And there you go. It
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was awesome. Everybody who lives in southern California, by the way,
should at least every few years go whale watching.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Did you see any whales?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Oh heck, yeah, we saw let's see six humpbacks, two
minky whales, a few sea lions, several thousand dolphins. By
the way, if you're a somebody asked me, do you
ever see dolphins out there? You know this is what
they said. They said, do you ever see a dolphin
out there? I'm like, uh, no, you never see a dolphin.
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You see thousands of dolphins. We come across entire pods,
huge pods of dolphins. So everybody should go whale watching
once in a while if you live in southern California,
just to remember that you are a guest in the
real world. Because it's amazing. We had a breach. We
had a full breach next to the boat too, one
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of the humpbacks. Unbelievable. Of course I was looking the
other way and I caught the breach. But no, no, no,
I saw the breach. I just I just didn't get
it on my phone, otherwise I would have posted it.
Speaker 7 (05:38):
But oh, that's so cool. I've never seen that. I've
never been. This is a good reminder, yes to go,
I've never been. Well watching.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Here cost you know, forty five dollars for six hours
out in the water looking for whales, and they're not
hard to find. So anyway, anyway, mug of the morning
Channel like you know, here's props to Channel Islands National Park,
which I live very close to. Anyway, and it's all good,
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all right, y'all. Here we go. We've got calls on
the board. Good on you, and we'll take a quick
break and when we come back, we will go to
the phones your home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper.
Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to help you take
your home to the next level. It's Saturday morning. Good
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morning to you. I hope wherever you are, the weather's
treating you well. It's going to be a sunny one
here in southern California. It's gonna be a little warmish too,
but it should be a beautiful weekend. And I hope
wherever you are it's just as nice. It is Saturday morning,
which means we're taking your calls. It's an all calls
Saturday morning, as every Saturday morning is. And it's time
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to go to the phones. I want to talk too.
Is it Kara or Kara Kara, Kara Kara Ca.
Speaker 8 (07:02):
Yeah, it's Caras But.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Oh h, I care welcome home?
Speaker 6 (07:06):
What anythink?
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Fine? Yeah, thank you? I had called you before. But
about up my house. I bought this house on a
shoe string. It's in northern Michigan, and we've dated it
to about one hundred years old, and I would like
to restore it as much as I can, but I
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just don't have a lot of money. And upstairs they
have wallpapered the entire upstairs, including the ceilings, and I
believe this wallpaper came with the house. In one of
the rooms, I pulled back the wallpaper and I just
kind of got the dry wall backing.
Speaker 6 (07:44):
So I'm it's so stuck.
Speaker 8 (07:48):
I mean, with the ceilings and everything else. It's pretty
thick wallpaper, and I just don't think I can get
it off. And I'm wondering if I could paint it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Oh maybe? All right, So clearly general practices, I would
never recommend painting over wallpaper if you can avoid it, Okay,
But I understand. I understand your situation, and and you
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know there's just too much of it and you're trying
to make progress on the home.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
So here's the thing. Well, let me ask you. Is
any of the wallpaper so so one hundred year old home?
Do you know if it's one hundred year old wallpaper?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Yes?
Speaker 8 (08:36):
I believe it is, Okay, Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Is any of it embossed?
Speaker 8 (08:42):
Excuse me?
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Is it embossed? Are there patterns on it? Embossed patterns
like texture? Or is it just smooth?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
It's smooth?
Speaker 1 (08:52):
It's and how well is it holding on.
Speaker 8 (08:57):
Well, that's yeah. I mean that's why thinking maybe I
could paint it because it's just stuck on there. It
almost looks like they had, you know, with the ceiling
everything else there any gaps or anything.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Okay, all right, well here's the thing. I get it.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I'm with you, And like I said, I've already given
out my disclaimer that you know, it's not best practices
to paint over wallpaper. However, has it been done yes?
Has it been done successfully?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Will it be successful in your case? Flip of the coin,
you know, But here's here's how. Here's how you know
I can help you. Number one, treat the wallpaper well.
First of all, pick a room, small room, pick a
small surface, and give it a test. In other words,
don't commit, don't go crazy everywhere. Here's my The biggest fear,
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okay with painting over wallpaper is reactivating the glue, even
one hundred year old glue. So here's my best piece
of advice.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
The glue.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
You know, you know how wallpaper goes up, there's a
there's a glue that if it's one hundred year old wallpaper,
it was just paper that was that had wallpaper glue
applied to.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
It and then it was rolled, you know, rolled onto
the wall.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
The glue is water based, Okay, so we want to
try and avoid reactivating it. Now, if the wallpaper is
really thick, you know, one hundred years old, it doesn't
have any acrylic coatings in it, so it's just paper.
But it could be very thick paper. But so, so
I'm going to get to my point. My point is this,
I want you to use a just do a test area,
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but also want you to use an oil based primer. Okay,
just like just like any room, you want to prime
the room first and then paint. You don't want to
put paint directly on the wallpaper for two reasons. Number One,
paint is you know, that got a lot of moisture
in it. We don't want to bubble the wallpaper with moisture.
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Number Two, the reason I want you to use an
oil based primer is that same reason I want an
oil based primer will not reactivate the adhesives as readily
as a water based primer. We start slapping water on
the wall and there's a good chance we will get
the wallpaper to start bubbling, okay and freaking out on
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you and then that ruins your you know. So the
point is this, if the wallpaper's in good condition, if
it's smooth, if it's really really stuck on there, I've
seen it work before I have. So just test a
small area. Start with an oil based primer on the wall.
Test a small area, and if you have any scuffs
or nicks or tears or anything like that, you can
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just use spackle. Just pretend like the wallpaper isn't there.
Use spackle on the wall, smooth it out stand it smooth,
and go for it. And we'll all just keep our
fingers crossed and hopefully for your sake, so you don't
have to put in all that crazy elbow grease and
the expense of trying to pull the other stuff down.
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You know, maybe it'll work out for you. But the
best thing you can do oil based primer. And then
and then you know, a good quality paint on top
of that, and then wait, just wait to see what happens.
Speaker 8 (12:27):
Should I use an oil based paint on top of it.
Speaker 6 (12:29):
Or does it matter?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Would it would not hurt? I wouldn't hesit. In other words,
I want to keep see oil floats on the surface.
It doesn't absorb the same way that water does, and
so the water based paint, and so I'm just I'm
just trying to keep the water off of this wallpaper
as much as possible, in other words, to keep the
existing wallpaper as stable as possible when you coat it
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with a new color. And that's the key. Kara, Thank
you for your call, and thanks for calling back. Thanks
for listening to the show from northern Michigan. Absolutely love it.
Good luck with that. Let me know, will you please
let me know, Please let me know Pat how it
turns out.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
I'm curious.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
It's it's flip of the coin people, all right, when
we come back. More of your calls. Your Home with
Dean Sharp, the House Whisper.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI am six forty.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Good morning, Dean Sharp, The house Whisper here to help
you transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. Yes
it can be done, yes, of course, but we do
here every weekend. Also, by the way, if your home
is in need of some personal house Whisper attention, if
you say to yourself, you know, we just got to
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get them over here. Staring at the problem. Dean and Tina,
well you can book an in home design consult that
can happen. Just go to house whisperer dot design for
more information. All right, it is an all calls Saturday morning,
as every Saturday morning. Is The number to reach me
is eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three
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the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three two, Ask Dean.
I want to go back to the phones. I want
to talk to Let's see Steve. Let's talk to Steve. Hey, Steve,
welcome home.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Hidine. I'm am replacing an asphalt roof with lightweight Spanish tile.
And that's one question I have. Then the other one
is our batons a good idea? I'm up against the
sambur Dealer Mountains where we have high winds about three
weeks out of the year. And I have other homes
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up here that I saw Bill and they didn't use batons. So,
and that's also underlayment. I'm wondering about the synthetic because
when sometimes they get roopers come in and they just
want to go with the celt and I keep reading
how great the synthetic is, the feeling the stick?
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Yeah, okay, so all right, first question was just is
it a good idea?
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Was that? Was that the question?
Speaker 2 (15:10):
You're replacing asphalt composition with the lightweight tile.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
Yeah, if you've heard that lightweight, is it a decent
tile to go with? Is it going to break easy?
What do you feel? How do you feel about it?
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Well?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Okay, so you got to understand clearly, there are there
are lots of different brands, lots of different products out there.
I have no if it's not a roof that you're
planning on walking on. Okay, that's the thing. One of
the conveniences of asphalt comp is that you know, it's
it's an easy roof to jump up on, take care
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of business, whatever the case may be. When we start
going with concrete or stone tiles or anything like that,
we are we really should do our best to stay
off that roof if if at all possible, So, you know,
even the thickest, strongest of tiles, I don't like walking
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on those roofs because there's always a chance that, you know,
I'm a bigger guy.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
What was that.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
I'm sorry, I want to I have a neighbor's who've
got tile up here, and he and I tid, how's
your tile going? Because he's got a brand of houses
up here, and he said that when he's in the
second floor he hears the tile rattle a little bit.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
So yeah, uh, a well applied tile and if there's
any concern with serious win you can always use a
small mastic front edge of the tile, like a little
uh a silicone installed to keep the front edge of
the tiles from popping up and down. That that is
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always a thing that can be a situation in a
high wind can do so yeah, I mean it's something
to consider. It's something to have an honest conversation with
your roof for about. My main concern, my friend of
switching off from a asphalt comp to a lightweight tile
is always just making sure first and foremost that the
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roof constructurally handle it. Lightweight tile is usually not a problem,
but you want to verify that first because there is
a significant load difference. Even with a lightweight tile, there's
a significant load difference between that and composition asphalt. And
so it was something to talk to or your roof
for about. Ask them if they you know. And I
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don't want to just take a roofer's word for it,
like oh yeah, and there should be no problem if
you have any concerns whatsoever. You should ask the roofer, hey,
do you have an engineer that can come out and
just give me a little spot consult, you know, for
a couple hundred bucks here, so we can figure out,
you know, what the situation is. So, yes, it's a
good idea. It's all great to upgrade the product, but
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there are certain caveats that come with it. Could they rattle?
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Battens when it comes to batons, by the way, for everybody,
are just small strips of wood that get put on
the roof with quite often with Spanish tile or concrete tiles.
It's a question of the product. Okay, again, should I
use batons?
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Should I not?
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I always want to go with what the manufacturer spects
for what happens because I want that roof warranty to apply.
And so if they want batons for breathe ability of fine,
If not, okay, then we're not gonna do it.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It all has to do with the application of the
specific tile. The one thing I can tell you for sure,
and then I got a run here is yeah, building
paper these days, roofing paper.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
I lay it aside. I always go, always.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Go with the with the elastomeric synthetic membranes, because they
are they are the thing. They are just so much better,
so much better. And not only are they as thick
and self ceiling around nail holes and other problems, but
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they stretch. They stretch and they give, and that's what
makes them last. Over time, they seal onto themselves. They
become a single membrane underneath that roofing material. So it
has been forever in today. I can't remember the last
time we did a roof with standard building paper. As
far as I'm concerned, it's just a yesterday material. I
know the guys out there still do it, but not
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for me. They don't, and so that's that's the best
I can give you, Steve. I would check the weight
rating of the tile, and as far as battens are not,
check with the manufacturer that you've picked and their recommended
manner of install because you want that warranty working for
you long term, not just the roofer's labor warranty, but
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the labor for the act, I mean the warranty for
the actual material. All right, my friend, good luck with
your roof. More of your calls when we return. You're
listening to Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper, Dean
Sharp the house Whisper Here to remind you that when
it comes to transforming your home, design matters most. In fact,
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we're going to be talking about that tomorrow on the
Big Show. If you're a podcast listener, the next episode
following this one, I will be giving you ten reasons
why design matters most. I'm gonna do my best to
convince you yet again, how important design is to the
equation of transforming your house into something truly extraordinary. It
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is the equation as far as I'm concerned. So we'll
be talking about that on our next episode tomorrow, The
Big Show from nine to noon here in southern California,
so don't miss it. Okay, it's Saturday morning. Good morning
to you. We are taking calls and I want to
go back to the phones. Let's talk to Robert. Robert,
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welcome home.
Speaker 9 (21:02):
Good morning Dean to you, and good morning sir. How
are you?
Speaker 1 (21:09):
I am well, how can I help you?
Speaker 4 (21:12):
Well?
Speaker 9 (21:12):
You know, I listened to you all the time, and uh,
you know, I'm a former homeowner. Unfortunately life has changed,
and uh I have a question about re manufactured homes.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Homes.
Speaker 9 (21:25):
Uh, you know, after divorcing. You know, I've owned homes,
and you know, Dean, I went from my first home,
my second home, my third home, divorce, and now I'm
an older man and I'm I'm on my own and
I'm today I'm going to go look at a mobile home, okay,
because I don't want to throw my money away in rent,
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you know, an apartment. Uh, you know, live in southern California.
We know it's tough. I'm I'm on my own now,
and uh, I don't know anything about mobile homes, re
manufactured homes. I don't know anything. I just want My
questions are just like what do I look for?
Speaker 4 (22:03):
You know?
Speaker 9 (22:04):
I mean I I did all the things when I
had my home, you know before. I mean, and my
John here writing lawn war man, but in my windows
of my own.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
Business all here.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Su Yeah.
Speaker 9 (22:17):
But you know what, now it's a new world for me,
and I think that what you can help me with
with what to look for. I mean, there's a lot
of people in my position. You know, I'm struggling. I
saved up some money. I'm in a position now that
I can go buy something, and I'm going to go
do that today. I'm going to go look at something today,
but I'm afraid. I'm scared. You know, I don't know
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what to look for. I don't know what I'm looking at,
you know.
Speaker 4 (22:43):
I get the world.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Yeah, it's a it's a different world for you, all right.
So let me give you a quick rundown on mobile homes.
By the way, I grew up in a double wide
mobile home myself, so I am familiar with them, not
only from a professional standpoint, but from a very very
personal stand A double y that's a twelve by that's
twenty four by sixty mobile home that I grew up
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in back in the day. So anyway, a mobile home
as opposed to a modular home, they're both manufactured. Ever
since the mid seventies, they stop being referred to in
the industry as mobile homes and they start being referred
to as manufactured homes. They're the same thing, mobile home,
manufactured home. It's the same type of dwelling. It's built
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in a factory and the main difference construction wise between
a mobile home and a traditional stick framed home or
a modular home, which is also factory built but a
different animal altogether. But the main difference is that it
is built on a permanent chassis, which means that allows
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it to be transported to a home site. That chassis
never goes away. Okay, And as far as its value
is concerned, if it is permanently attached to a foundation
on a piece of land, then it will a lot
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of people think, oh well, mobile homes always depreciate in value.
They don't always depreciate in value. If you attach it
to property, a firm foundation on a piece of land
that isn't just being leased, then like any home, it
appreciates in value, not quite as fast as regular homes,
but they still does. If it is sitting, just like
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in a regular mobile home, you know the residents and
it's just part of the lease and it's and sitting there,
then that's a different set of rules and it doesn't
depreciate the same way. But they're well built, they're just
not built to the same local standards as the other
homes in your area.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
That doesn't mean that they're falling apart or anything. Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Mobile homes or manufactured homes are built not They don't
have to be built to your local building standards because
they can be put anywhere. They are built to HUD
Code Housing an urgent urban development code which ensures that
they're durable and safe and all of that kind of stuff.
And so when it comes to the house itself, you
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just want to be looking for something that you like
and something that's been kept in good condition. Just like
any home. There's really not a mystery when it comes
to evaluating them. It's you evaluate them just like you
walk into any apartment, any home anywhere, and they can
be fixed, and they can be repaired, and they can
be upgraded as well. It's just a slightly different process
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usually with them. And that's the key, my friend, is
that don't be overwhelmed with it. Yes, the different kind
of animal, but it's an animal nonetheless. Okay, So the
biggest question that most people usually have is do they
depreciate or do they appreciate, And it depends on whether
they're attached to a foundation to the land permanently. If
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they are, they appreciate. If they're not, then they tend
to depreciate. But that doesn't they don't depreciate in their
value as a home for you. It's just that And yeah,
it's a far more economical way to go if you
don't want to be paying rent. Just throwing money away
in rent all the time. So you want to look
for layouts, you want to look for quality materials, you
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want to look for quality construction, and you take it
from there. Robert, thank you for your call, my friend.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Good luck.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
I appreciate the situation that you're in and I wish
you all the best. All right, y'all, when we return
more of your calls your Home with Dean Sharp, the
house Whisper.
Speaker 5 (26:44):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty
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You're listening to Dean Sharp, The House Whisper on demand
on the iHeartRadio app. Good morning and welcome home. I
am Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, custom home Builder, custom
home Designer, and your guide to better understanding that place
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where you live today on the show. As always Saturday Mornings,
it's your calls. Let me give you the number right now,
because Richie is standing by ready to take your call.
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I'm standing by.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well sitting by, ready to take your call, and the
phone lines are open. Anything you want to talk about
regarding your home today, you get to set the agenda.
I love Saturday Mornings. Just get up, get in here,
sit down and wait for you to tell me what
the show is about. The number to reach me eight
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(01:03):
Ask Dean eight three three to ask Dean. Whatever's got
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(01:24):
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get it figured out. Phone lines are open now. Give
me a call. Soon as the calls start rolling in,
we'll do it. And I know, I know, you know.
Traffic's a little light on Saturday mornings as it always is.
But you and I we're up. We're getting it done.
So let's talk about your home. Let's say good morning
to Sam. Good morning Sam, how you doing, Bud?
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Good morning Dean. How's it going? Uh, it's going good,
going good. I got a loud audience in there today.
My goodness, they're lost. Is just motivated, excited. I've got
more energy than I've got right now.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
I brought him here with me from karaoke last night
was fun crowd. Oh it's that crowd. Oh yeah, No,
it's those people. Rowdy crowd, but very very supportive. A
lot of a lot of a lot of a lot
of wannabes in that crowd. All of us are in
one way, shape or form. Oh yeah, one day I
(02:23):
dream of being a you know, a good radio host
one day. So that's that's this is Mike. This is
my version of karaoke. I just get on here. And
you know, I was three years into this before somebody
actually told me we were on the air live.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I'm like, what, wait, there's a microphone in front of me.
Were I was just reading the things in front of me.
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Anyway, Oh, you know what, I'm gonna say hello to
Heather Brooker this morning.
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Heather, Hi friend, how are you? I'm good?
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How you doing?
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I'm good.
Speaker 7 (02:52):
I'm so happy to be here today. I feel like
I haven't talked to you in forever.
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I know.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
And it's nice that you're just live and there you are,
and and I don't.
Speaker 6 (03:04):
Live on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Again, it is good. It's a good thing.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Well, you know what, this is a bright about the
time that I normally introduce Tina, but he was feeling
a little underweather last night, so I I left her
in bed and sleeping and catching up on her energy.
So I'm glad you're here. You can be my radio
wife this morning.
Speaker 6 (03:27):
Hey, there we go. We're gonna get talkbacks about that.
No one will replace Tina.
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Oh that's all right.
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I hope she feels better. That's such a bummer.
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just tell she was just she was needing some additional rests.
So there you go. We we very likely we'll see
her later. Yeah, anyway, all right, let's see here what
else we got. Uh, we're a little well, Oh, we
got a call on the board. It's starting to happen.
Let me give the number out one more time. Eight
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Ask Dean the mug of the morning. Tina suggested that
I start doing this because I always have interesting coffee
to the.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Mug of the morning.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
With the coffee, this is my Channel Islands National Park mug,
which I picked up last week actually, when we went
whale watching Olivia. My granddaughter just turned nine last week,
and we took her whale watching because she's a big
nature buff like her granddad. And there you go. It
(04:34):
was awesome. Everybody who lives in southern California, by the way,
should at least every few years go whale watching.
Speaker 6 (04:42):
Did you see any whales?
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Oh heck, yeah, we saw let's see six humpbacks, two
minky whales, a few sea lions, several thousand dolphins. By
the way, if you're a somebody asked me, do you
ever see dolphins out there? You know this is what
they said. They said, do you ever see a dolphin
out there? I'm like, uh, no, you never see a dolphin.
(05:06):
You see thousands of dolphins. We come across entire pods,
huge pods of dolphins. So everybody should go whale watching
once in a while if you live in southern California,
just to remember that you are a guest in the
real world. Because it's amazing. We had a breach. We
had a full breach next to the boat too, one
(05:27):
of the humpbacks. Unbelievable. Of course I was looking the
other way and I caught the breach. But no, no, no,
I saw the breach. I just I just didn't get
it on my phone, otherwise I would have posted it.
Speaker 7 (05:38):
But oh, that's so cool. I've never seen that. I've
never been. This is a good reminder, yes to go,
I've never been. Well watching.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Here cost you know, forty five dollars for six hours
out in the water looking for whales, and they're not
hard to find. So anyway, anyway, mug of the morning
Channel like you know, here's props to Channel Islands National Park,
which I live very close to. Anyway, and it's all good,
(06:06):
all right, y'all. Here we go. We've got calls on
the board. Good on you, and we'll take a quick
break and when we come back, we will go to
the phones your home with Dean Sharp, the house Whisper.
Dean Sharp, the house whisper here to help you take
your home to the next level. It's Saturday morning. Good
(06:30):
morning to you. I hope wherever you are, the weather's
treating you well. It's going to be a sunny one
here in southern California. It's gonna be a little warmish too,
but it should be a beautiful weekend. And I hope
wherever you are it's just as nice. It is Saturday morning,
which means we're taking your calls. It's an all calls
Saturday morning, as every Saturday morning is. And it's time
(06:53):
to go to the phones. I want to talk too.
Is it Kara or Kara Kara, Kara Kara Ca.
Speaker 8 (07:02):
Yeah, it's Caras But.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Oh h, I care welcome home?
Speaker 6 (07:06):
What anythink?
Speaker 8 (07:06):
Fine? Yeah, thank you? I had called you before. But
about up my house. I bought this house on a
shoe string. It's in northern Michigan, and we've dated it
to about one hundred years old, and I would like
to restore it as much as I can, but I
(07:27):
just don't have a lot of money. And upstairs they
have wallpapered the entire upstairs, including the ceilings, and I
believe this wallpaper came with the house. In one of
the rooms, I pulled back the wallpaper and I just
kind of got the dry wall backing.
Speaker 6 (07:44):
So I'm it's so stuck.
Speaker 8 (07:48):
I mean, with the ceilings and everything else. It's pretty
thick wallpaper, and I just don't think I can get
it off. And I'm wondering if I could paint it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Oh maybe? All right, So clearly general practices, I would
never recommend painting over wallpaper if you can avoid it, Okay,
But I understand. I understand your situation, and and you
(08:18):
know there's just too much of it and you're trying
to make progress on the home.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
I get it.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
So here's the thing. Well, let me ask you. Is
any of the wallpaper so so one hundred year old home?
Do you know if it's one hundred year old wallpaper?
Speaker 1 (08:35):
Yes?
Speaker 8 (08:36):
I believe it is, Okay, Yes.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
Is any of it embossed?
Speaker 8 (08:42):
Excuse me?
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Is it embossed? Are there patterns on it? Embossed patterns
like texture? Or is it just smooth?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
It's smooth?
Speaker 1 (08:52):
It's and how well is it holding on.
Speaker 8 (08:57):
Well, that's yeah. I mean that's why thinking maybe I
could paint it because it's just stuck on there. It
almost looks like they had, you know, with the ceiling
everything else there any gaps or anything.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Okay, all right, well here's the thing. I get it.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
I'm with you, And like I said, I've already given
out my disclaimer that you know, it's not best practices
to paint over wallpaper. However, has it been done yes?
Has it been done successfully?
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Will it be successful in your case? Flip of the coin,
you know, But here's here's how. Here's how you know
I can help you. Number one, treat the wallpaper well.
First of all, pick a room, small room, pick a
small surface, and give it a test. In other words,
don't commit, don't go crazy everywhere. Here's my The biggest fear,
(09:51):
okay with painting over wallpaper is reactivating the glue, even
one hundred year old glue. So here's my best piece
of advice.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
The glue.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
You know, you know how wallpaper goes up, there's a
there's a glue that if it's one hundred year old wallpaper,
it was just paper that was that had wallpaper glue
applied to.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
It and then it was rolled, you know, rolled onto
the wall.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
The glue is water based, Okay, so we want to
try and avoid reactivating it. Now, if the wallpaper is
really thick, you know, one hundred years old, it doesn't
have any acrylic coatings in it, so it's just paper.
But it could be very thick paper. But so, so
I'm going to get to my point. My point is this,
I want you to use a just do a test area,
(10:44):
but also want you to use an oil based primer. Okay,
just like just like any room, you want to prime
the room first and then paint. You don't want to
put paint directly on the wallpaper for two reasons. Number One,
paint is you know, that got a lot of moisture
in it. We don't want to bubble the wallpaper with moisture.
(11:06):
Number Two, the reason I want you to use an
oil based primer is that same reason I want an
oil based primer will not reactivate the adhesives as readily
as a water based primer. We start slapping water on
the wall and there's a good chance we will get
the wallpaper to start bubbling, okay and freaking out on
(11:29):
you and then that ruins your you know. So the
point is this, if the wallpaper's in good condition, if
it's smooth, if it's really really stuck on there, I've
seen it work before I have. So just test a
small area. Start with an oil based primer on the wall.
Test a small area, and if you have any scuffs
or nicks or tears or anything like that, you can
(11:51):
just use spackle. Just pretend like the wallpaper isn't there.
Use spackle on the wall, smooth it out stand it smooth,
and go for it. And we'll all just keep our
fingers crossed and hopefully for your sake, so you don't
have to put in all that crazy elbow grease and
the expense of trying to pull the other stuff down.
(12:12):
You know, maybe it'll work out for you. But the
best thing you can do oil based primer. And then
and then you know, a good quality paint on top
of that, and then wait, just wait to see what happens.
Speaker 8 (12:27):
Should I use an oil based paint on top of it.
Speaker 6 (12:29):
Or does it matter?
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Would it would not hurt? I wouldn't hesit. In other words,
I want to keep see oil floats on the surface.
It doesn't absorb the same way that water does, and
so the water based paint, and so I'm just I'm
just trying to keep the water off of this wallpaper
as much as possible, in other words, to keep the
existing wallpaper as stable as possible when you coat it
(12:51):
with a new color. And that's the key. Kara, Thank
you for your call, and thanks for calling back. Thanks
for listening to the show from northern Michigan. Absolutely love it.
Good luck with that. Let me know, will you please
let me know, Please let me know Pat how it
turns out.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
I'm curious.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
It's it's flip of the coin people, all right, when
we come back. More of your calls. Your Home with
Dean Sharp, the House Whisper.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI am six forty.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Good morning, Dean Sharp, The house Whisper here to help
you transform your ordinary house into an extraordinary home. Yes
it can be done, yes, of course, but we do
here every weekend. Also, by the way, if your home
is in need of some personal house Whisper attention, if
you say to yourself, you know, we just got to
(13:43):
get them over here. Staring at the problem. Dean and Tina,
well you can book an in home design consult that
can happen. Just go to house whisperer dot design for
more information. All right, it is an all calls Saturday morning,
as every Saturday morning. Is The number to reach me
is eight three three two. Ask Dean eight three three
(14:05):
the numeral two. Ask Dean eight three three two, Ask Dean.
I want to go back to the phones. I want
to talk to Let's see Steve. Let's talk to Steve. Hey, Steve,
welcome home.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
Hidine. I'm am replacing an asphalt roof with lightweight Spanish tile.
And that's one question I have. Then the other one
is our batons a good idea? I'm up against the
sambur Dealer Mountains where we have high winds about three
weeks out of the year. And I have other homes
(14:41):
up here that I saw Bill and they didn't use batons. So,
and that's also underlayment. I'm wondering about the synthetic because
when sometimes they get roopers come in and they just
want to go with the celt and I keep reading
how great the synthetic is, the feeling the stick?
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Yeah, okay, so all right, first question was just is
it a good idea?
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Was that? Was that the question?
Speaker 2 (15:10):
You're replacing asphalt composition with the lightweight tile.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
Yeah, if you've heard that lightweight, is it a decent
tile to go with? Is it going to break easy?
What do you feel? How do you feel about it?
Speaker 1 (15:24):
Well?
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Okay, so you got to understand clearly, there are there
are lots of different brands, lots of different products out there.
I have no if it's not a roof that you're
planning on walking on. Okay, that's the thing. One of
the conveniences of asphalt comp is that you know, it's
it's an easy roof to jump up on, take care
(15:47):
of business, whatever the case may be. When we start
going with concrete or stone tiles or anything like that,
we are we really should do our best to stay
off that roof if if at all possible, So, you know,
even the thickest, strongest of tiles, I don't like walking
(16:08):
on those roofs because there's always a chance that, you know,
I'm a bigger guy.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
What was that.
Speaker 4 (16:16):
I'm sorry, I want to I have a neighbor's who've
got tile up here, and he and I tid, how's
your tile going? Because he's got a brand of houses
up here, and he said that when he's in the
second floor he hears the tile rattle a little bit.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
So yeah, uh, a well applied tile and if there's
any concern with serious win you can always use a
small mastic front edge of the tile, like a little
uh a silicone installed to keep the front edge of
the tiles from popping up and down. That that is
(16:54):
always a thing that can be a situation in a
high wind can do so yeah, I mean it's something
to consider. It's something to have an honest conversation with
your roof for about. My main concern, my friend of
switching off from a asphalt comp to a lightweight tile
is always just making sure first and foremost that the
(17:18):
roof constructurally handle it. Lightweight tile is usually not a problem,
but you want to verify that first because there is
a significant load difference. Even with a lightweight tile, there's
a significant load difference between that and composition asphalt. And
so it was something to talk to or your roof
for about. Ask them if they you know. And I
(17:40):
don't want to just take a roofer's word for it,
like oh yeah, and there should be no problem if
you have any concerns whatsoever. You should ask the roofer, hey,
do you have an engineer that can come out and
just give me a little spot consult, you know, for
a couple hundred bucks here, so we can figure out,
you know, what the situation is. So, yes, it's a
good idea. It's all great to upgrade the product, but
(18:02):
there are certain caveats that come with it. Could they rattle?
Speaker 1 (18:05):
Sure?
Speaker 2 (18:07):
Battens when it comes to batons, by the way, for everybody,
are just small strips of wood that get put on
the roof with quite often with Spanish tile or concrete tiles.
It's a question of the product. Okay, again, should I
use batons?
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Should I not?
Speaker 2 (18:22):
I always want to go with what the manufacturer spects
for what happens because I want that roof warranty to apply.
And so if they want batons for breathe ability of fine,
If not, okay, then we're not gonna do it.
Speaker 1 (18:34):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:35):
It all has to do with the application of the
specific tile. The one thing I can tell you for sure,
and then I got a run here is yeah, building
paper these days, roofing paper.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
I lay it aside. I always go, always.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Go with the with the elastomeric synthetic membranes, because they
are they are the thing. They are just so much better,
so much better. And not only are they as thick
and self ceiling around nail holes and other problems, but
(19:10):
they stretch. They stretch and they give, and that's what
makes them last. Over time, they seal onto themselves. They
become a single membrane underneath that roofing material. So it
has been forever in today. I can't remember the last
time we did a roof with standard building paper. As
far as I'm concerned, it's just a yesterday material. I
know the guys out there still do it, but not
(19:32):
for me. They don't, and so that's that's the best
I can give you, Steve. I would check the weight
rating of the tile, and as far as battens are not,
check with the manufacturer that you've picked and their recommended
manner of install because you want that warranty working for
you long term, not just the roofer's labor warranty, but
(19:53):
the labor for the act, I mean the warranty for
the actual material. All right, my friend, good luck with
your roof. More of your calls when we return. You're
listening to Home with Dean Sharp the House Whisper, Dean
Sharp the house Whisper Here to remind you that when
it comes to transforming your home, design matters most. In fact,
(20:14):
we're going to be talking about that tomorrow on the
Big Show. If you're a podcast listener, the next episode
following this one, I will be giving you ten reasons
why design matters most. I'm gonna do my best to
convince you yet again, how important design is to the
equation of transforming your house into something truly extraordinary. It
(20:38):
is the equation as far as I'm concerned. So we'll
be talking about that on our next episode tomorrow, The
Big Show from nine to noon here in southern California,
so don't miss it. Okay, it's Saturday morning. Good morning
to you. We are taking calls and I want to
go back to the phones. Let's talk to Robert. Robert,
(20:59):
welcome home.
Speaker 9 (21:02):
Good morning Dean to you, and good morning sir. How
are you?
Speaker 1 (21:09):
I am well, how can I help you?
Speaker 4 (21:12):
Well?
Speaker 9 (21:12):
You know, I listened to you all the time, and uh,
you know, I'm a former homeowner. Unfortunately life has changed,
and uh I have a question about re manufactured homes.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Homes.
Speaker 9 (21:25):
Uh, you know, after divorcing. You know, I've owned homes,
and you know, Dean, I went from my first home,
my second home, my third home, divorce, and now I'm
an older man and I'm I'm on my own and
I'm today I'm going to go look at a mobile home, okay,
because I don't want to throw my money away in rent,
(21:46):
you know, an apartment. Uh, you know, live in southern California.
We know it's tough. I'm I'm on my own now,
and uh, I don't know anything about mobile homes, re
manufactured homes. I don't know anything. I just want My
questions are just like what do I look for?
Speaker 4 (22:03):
You know?
Speaker 9 (22:04):
I mean I I did all the things when I
had my home, you know before. I mean, and my
John here writing lawn war man, but in my windows
of my own.
Speaker 4 (22:15):
Business all here.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Su Yeah.
Speaker 9 (22:17):
But you know what, now it's a new world for me,
and I think that what you can help me with
with what to look for. I mean, there's a lot
of people in my position. You know, I'm struggling. I
saved up some money. I'm in a position now that
I can go buy something, and I'm going to go
do that today. I'm going to go look at something today,
but I'm afraid. I'm scared. You know, I don't know
(22:40):
what to look for. I don't know what I'm looking at,
you know.
Speaker 4 (22:43):
I get the world.
Speaker 2 (22:45):
Yeah, it's a it's a different world for you, all right.
So let me give you a quick rundown on mobile homes.
By the way, I grew up in a double wide
mobile home myself, so I am familiar with them, not
only from a professional standpoint, but from a very very
personal stand A double y that's a twelve by that's
twenty four by sixty mobile home that I grew up
(23:05):
in back in the day. So anyway, a mobile home
as opposed to a modular home, they're both manufactured. Ever
since the mid seventies, they stop being referred to in
the industry as mobile homes and they start being referred
to as manufactured homes. They're the same thing, mobile home,
manufactured home. It's the same type of dwelling. It's built
(23:30):
in a factory and the main difference construction wise between
a mobile home and a traditional stick framed home or
a modular home, which is also factory built but a
different animal altogether. But the main difference is that it
is built on a permanent chassis, which means that allows
(23:51):
it to be transported to a home site. That chassis
never goes away. Okay, And as far as its value
is concerned, if it is permanently attached to a foundation
on a piece of land, then it will a lot
(24:13):
of people think, oh well, mobile homes always depreciate in value.
They don't always depreciate in value. If you attach it
to property, a firm foundation on a piece of land
that isn't just being leased, then like any home, it
appreciates in value, not quite as fast as regular homes,
but they still does. If it is sitting, just like
(24:34):
in a regular mobile home, you know the residents and
it's just part of the lease and it's and sitting there,
then that's a different set of rules and it doesn't
depreciate the same way. But they're well built, they're just
not built to the same local standards as the other
homes in your area.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
That doesn't mean that they're falling apart or anything. Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Mobile homes or manufactured homes are built not They don't
have to be built to your local building standards because
they can be put anywhere. They are built to HUD
Code Housing an urgent urban development code which ensures that
they're durable and safe and all of that kind of stuff.
And so when it comes to the house itself, you
(25:19):
just want to be looking for something that you like
and something that's been kept in good condition. Just like
any home. There's really not a mystery when it comes
to evaluating them. It's you evaluate them just like you
walk into any apartment, any home anywhere, and they can
be fixed, and they can be repaired, and they can
be upgraded as well. It's just a slightly different process
(25:41):
usually with them. And that's the key, my friend, is
that don't be overwhelmed with it. Yes, the different kind
of animal, but it's an animal nonetheless. Okay, So the
biggest question that most people usually have is do they
depreciate or do they appreciate, And it depends on whether
they're attached to a foundation to the land permanently. If
(26:04):
they are, they appreciate. If they're not, then they tend
to depreciate. But that doesn't they don't depreciate in their
value as a home for you. It's just that And yeah,
it's a far more economical way to go if you
don't want to be paying rent. Just throwing money away
in rent all the time. So you want to look
for layouts, you want to look for quality materials, you
(26:26):
want to look for quality construction, and you take it
from there. Robert, thank you for your call, my friend.
Speaker 1 (26:32):
Good luck.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
I appreciate the situation that you're in and I wish
you all the best. All right, y'all, when we return
more of your calls your Home with Dean Sharp, the
house Whisper.
Speaker 5 (26:44):
You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from
KFI AM six forty
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I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!