'Tis the season and I have been getting calls from people at the couple trailer parks I have in town that their park association is sending out nastygrams telling them they need to clean their roofs and homes.
I hate to say this but I have shied away from doing any work at these places as everywhere I’ve been called to to do an estimate has a mobile home that is an absolute ____ show or the roofs are just so bad that I don’t want anything to do with them (which is saying something because I love showing off my roofs) 
Even thinking about doing one with the 8gpm seems laughable as you’d hit like 14 other homes with that bad boy so I would assume I’d need to go back to the 4gpm. Even downtown where the older homes are stacked on one another, the 8gpm seems to be a bit much for how close everything is.
I’m mostly worried about liability. Homes that have seen better days plus soft washing seems like a not great combo that could bite me quite easily.
Do you guys do them? Any tips? I don’t need to know how much you’re charging specifically, but as a rule of thumb are you charging full price for a house wash or 1/2 to 2/3 your rate?
I am sure there’s a ton of good people in these places that could use cleaningsnjust like everyone else does around here but man, I am more than a little gunshy with this and tend to trust my gut. What are y’all’s thoughts?
I’ve only done one, 5 years ago when I started.
Charge same price you normally do, get them to sign a waiver. If it costs $600 to do a nasty trailer, so be it.
What be done a few with no issues. Just be sure to document any known damage on your walk around before starting.
Do check water supply. Maybe not an issue for guys with buffer tanks, but I plum directly into the spigot with my direct drive pump and sometimes water can be slow. Also, I believe, some of these MHP have a shared community water system so check on that.
And, lastly, ensure there is a water spigot outside the home if you aren’t bringing in your own water. I’ve turned several away due to the only way to access water would be to hook up to a sink in the laundry room.
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Around here most of them are the same materials as a normal house - vinyl siding & aluminum fascia.
Usually no gutters, which for me makes it easier. I don’t know what is different here, but I’ve never come across a gutter that will come clean without running a rag over it. Usually not a lot of tree cover, so they don’t get very dirty.
Problems are clearance and water. Some parks around here don’t allow residents to connect garden hoses, so those are an instant no. Some parks are also too tight to avoid getting overspray on the neighbours.
Upside is that once you get into a park, you’ll usually get enough interest to come back another day and do a handful of washes with no travel time. I’m at about 2/3 of what I’d charge for a 1200 sqft 1 storey.
I mainly do mobile homes because its practically the only vinyl siding we have here in south Florida. I recently upgraded to the 8 as well and found the overspray to be a nuisance. I began to throttle down and that has helped and i dont mind the fuel savings either. As @FundySpray said they are the same as any other home except it has huge steel beams as the “foundation” so it can be transported. On the older units, and youll know the ones. Beware of bad windows! Most just weep in from bad seals at the top but you should be aware so not too much gets in. Its hard to know a window is bad until you actually spray the water on it. As far as price i do mine for what i consider cheap and get volume out of it. Its obviously worth my time youll just have to make it worth yours. I would figure a half hour for the house and the roof could be longer depending on material and condition. Probably figure a little more time until you get used to them because they have their own character
