Not every are of the country is experiencing the same conditions so some of this may apply to some markets and not others.Construction costs are all about supply and demand like most things in the economy.

Richmond is changing rapidly because we have a significant demand for housing without much increase in supply.

It is a completely separate system than the domestic water supply, which is not used for irrigation.

Also, mobile homes do require specific materials which may need to be bought at your local mobile home supply store.

They are old and though they still work, the city says they leak and will affect the water supply. 

These are all built on an expanding money supply, money to lend & money to borrow, money to invest and the belief that a stable dollar (slowly deflating based on a prescribed inflation rate) so that future returns can be guessed at and calculated.

The homeowners were always shocked to find out that installing a fancy shower head like that, or even a smaller one, would probably mean changing out all of the piping supplying the shower as well.It's not always the case, but for us in this area we have lots of galvanized.

We disagree the market is still solid, supply is low, builders are not out producing demand, rates are low, defaults are low.

Copper supply and plastic drains are ideal.Make sure the heating works and is in good condition.

Go to Home Depot at 7am & any old guys who are there buying their own supplies would qualify.