Do you know what lives under your mobile home? If you are lucky and your entire mobile home rests on a concrete slab, this is not a concern. But what if your mobile home sits on the ground or is half on and half off cement? keep reading
What lives under your mobile home? Did you know that there is an entire animal kingdom living under your house?
Wild animals love to dig and tunnel their way underground and stop under your mobile home to rest. They also like to dig from outside their house, jump in, get trapped and die.
DOES THIS HAPPEN OFTEN?
The answer is yes. The second year I lived in my RV I woke up one morning with the worst possible smell overwhelming my senses. Although I had lived in my house for a year, I had never encountered this stench before.
I called a friend and he investigated and found a dead animal lying on the ground under the baseboard of my mobile home. He thought it was a possum. He luckily he was close to the side and he just had to reach out and retrieve it.
A few months later, I once again woke up to this wonderful scent of another dead animal under my mobile home.
I called the local pest control place and they sent a representative to remove the dead skunk. The man told me that he had recovered the dead skunk and the charge was $100.00 which I gladly paid to live in my house and breathe.
CHEATED:
That is not the end of this story. A week later, on Mother’s Day, I woke up to this horrible smell again, this time 10 times worse. Of course, it was the weekend and a holiday, so I couldn’t call the same company that had been out seven days ago.
I made several phone calls until I found a man who was willing to come to my house on a holiday and remove my skunk.
He was a wonderful man who immediately bent down and entered the world of animal life and whatever habitat was below my mobile home. He pulled out the dead skunk and called me over to see it. He had already explained about the other visit from the other company.
THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME:
This is the same skunk that was supposed to have been eliminated seven days earlier. The man was either too lazy or he thought he would commit some kind of scam by being called and he was paid twice to kill the same animal. All he did was throw some kind of chemical under my house to mask the smell.
He showed me the animal and I watched as he placed it inside his truck. He charged me $150.00 and left.
MIRACLES HAPPEN:
I received a phone call from this man about an hour later. He told me that he was ripping up my check because he felt like I had been scammed and was scamming me a second time. taking payment.
I argued with him to please cash the check. I thanked him for taking his time and coming to my house to help me.
In the end he tore up the check. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
PEST CONTROL COMPANY:
On Monday morning I called the Pest Control Company. I spoke with the lady in charge. She said the paperwork said the animal had been dropped off and not removed.
Now I ask you, why would I lie about something like this? Anyway, the bottom line is that I should have gone one step further to make sure the animal was actually eliminated. Also, I had never received any paperwork from this representative of the company that supposedly disposed of the dead skunk.
This all happened a couple of years ago when the area I lived in was riddled with fires. Animals were running for their lives and ended up dead under numerous mobile homes.
The city will send animal control to dead animals removed from city streets or highways, but not brought into private homes.
The reason I have written this story is so that you, the mobile home owner, are aware of what is hiding under your mobile home.
IMPORTANT BULLETIN:
Now that I have your attention, I would like to discuss something as mobile home ownership is now crucial for all mobile home owners who live in parks.
Our state legislatures are now reviewing the facts and fictions about mobile home parks.
We want our state legislatures who represent us voters to know what the facts are.
(1) Increase rent increases. Rent increases any amount or time. We are truly at the mercy of the owners of the Park.
(2) We want a rent seal or freeze.
(3) Many mobile home owners are now leaving their homes and losing their money and their home.
(4) If you move out of your mobile home, you still have to pay rent for the space.
(5) We would like to have the option of being able to buy the park for ourselves. Who better to direct and manage our Mobile Home Park than the people who live in it.
Those are the problems and many more. Write, call, fax or email your representatives.
If you don’t know who they are, ask the representatives of your Community of Owners.
Please do your part. I am a mobile home owner and live in a mobile home park.
Please feel free to check out any of my articles. I would love to hear from you.
Due to the note left on this article, I have now removed the information about using mothballs to keep animals away. Please never use mothballs except for your clothes. I’m sorry I wrote this and I hope there was no illness because of it.
NEVER USE MOTH BALLS UNDER YOUR MOBILE HOME OR ANYWHERE.
Copyright 2006 Linda Meckler
