manufactured housing
My husband made for the perfect source for this week’s column. In his early years his dad worked in the oil industry and that required a lot of moving. Their solution to housing was to simply have their home hitched up and moved from town to town. Yeah, my husband and his siblings were the…
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From Staff Reports Manufactured housing production has surged over the past two years and, according to the latest Texas Manufactured Housing Survey (TMHS), manufacturers expect even faster growth during the first half of 2022. Industry optimism has prompted a flood of capital expenditures and operational expansions. “Manufacturers are working hard to make improvements to enhance…
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From Staff Reports Supply-chain disruptions accelerated sharply, according to the latest Texas Manufactured Housing Survey (TMHS), and conditions are expected to worsen through the first quarter 2022. Raw-material prices were largely unchanged in October, but pressure is building upstream and price hikes are expected. “Material costs calmed for manufacturers during the third quarter allowing them…
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Back in junior high, I had a fun summer job painting manufactured homes across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Of course, a young teen can’t be trusted to paint a whole house. In reality, a relative had contracts with Jim Walters Homes to barnstorm the region and paint homes. My menial job was to paint…
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Just when you think you have your life under control, things change. After attending the Les Dames d’Escoffier International Conference in Seattle last week, this Lifestylist® realized that lifestyles and trends are changing faster than I thought. Being in the city where Amazon morphed from a dream to a company that has changed the way…
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