Why bother putting in finished kitchens and bathrooms when the buyers and their decorators were just going to tear them up anyway?
Manufactured houses have improved over the years and in some cases they even lose the look and feel of being a mobile home, offering spacious rooms, finished kitchens, and even outside decks.
Throgs Neck........... $424,875 269 Graff Avenue, Bronx r 3 f 1 h 1 o 26 weeks 45-year-old 2-story brick town house; renovated eat-in kitchen, finished basement w/summer kitchen, h/w floors, driveway, 18-by-100-ft.
Flushing.............. $850,000 140-22 33rd Avenue, Queens r 4 f 2 h 0 o 8 weeks 79-year-old colonial; vinyl siding, dining room, eat-in kitchen, finished basement, 2nd kitchen, h/w floors, 30-by-100-ft.
By the time I've finished the kitchen looks like an abattoir.
By the time the men came in at eight, Shelley and Pam had finished the kitchen and Shelley had just got going on the toilets.
In three months, between late September and Christmas, he built all the bookcases, the medicine cabinets, the mantle; installed the sidelights by the front door; hung drywall and finished the kitchen.
"When they finished the kitchen and I started cooking they were like, 'No!' and I was like, 'That's why they're thick, because they're going to get worn down!' " Mr. Oliver lashed his arm through the air, catching a fly in his hand.
