Cost to raise a mobile home for a fishing camp

Driving pilings isn't the only way. It can be set on cinder blocks that sit on a spread footing. Not sure about cost...I was on the project management end of elevating things.

Single or Double wide?

Whereabouts is the camp? How high does it need to go? 3-4' can be done with a proper footing, cinder blocks, and house jacks. 10-20' needs pylons driven, and I'm sure there's an OB contractor here who could estimate the cost to drive 6-8 pylons to give you a starting point. Can't really help about lifting it other than maybe renting some industrial equipment.

Curious to hear your costs' though, I battle with raising mine more than 3-4' but it's inside the levees near Boothville.

I don't have a camp yet. The wife wants one which is not something I thought I'd ever be saying so just trying to get some options on paper before this desire of hers fades!!!

do not use cinder blocks - I did surveys after hurricanes and only thing left was round supports -not one square piling(cinder blocks)

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do not use cinder blocks - I did surveys after hurricanes and only thing left was round supports -not one square piling(cinder blocks)

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I agree. I personally wouldn't use them either. Best option is to drive pilings.

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do not use cinder blocks - I did surveys after hurricanes and only thing left was round supports -not one square piling(cinder blocks)

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That's fair but we're talking about a mobile home camp. If you don't have to go very high to be safe from tropical storm/ minor hurricane surges, then you need to weigh the cost of an expensive/ high foundation against the probability that a mobile home would be pretty much destroyed before the foundation could ever become an issue.

OP is in a unique spot, wife wants camp. Camps are awesome. OP should get camp now so wife doesn't change her mind. Camps also serve multiple purposes, wives don't want to go every weekend. She gets to go on trips to the camp and will often stay at the camp while OP fishes. Wife also never has to wonder why he always wants to go the camp, she can go if she wants to. The absolute biggest reason though is that money spent on the camp is now a joint venture. If OP is even luckier, his wife will also want to continually get bigger and "more comfortable boats."

OP, ACT NOW! YOU ARE LUCKY MAN!

If I were going to do something like this, I would use shipping containers.

Cheaper to deliver,and can be set on the pilings with an excavator,and are built strong as anything.

My thoughts exactly.

I rebuilt post Katrina in Grand Isle. These are approximate numbers from memory.

Custom design mobile home (single wide) - $45K
Raise it 12 feet, 10 x 80 deck on side, stairs, plumbing, electrical - $40K
Cement under whole thing - $8K
New metal roof on camp and covered decking - $15K
Bunk room add-on to back of deck - $8K

A couple of mistakes I made and things to think about:
1. Wish I had raised it more so my boat would have fit more easily underneath. Also, during storms, I end up with an inch of water under the camp sitting on cement. Should have graded that better and built the cement up higher.
2. Wish I had made deck wider. Parking space under that deck side is tight with the pilings, but still usable. Wife and kids are constantly dinging their car doors.
3. Wish I had used square pilings (more expensive). The sway with these seems much less than the round pilings.
4. Wish I had spray foam or sealed bottom of camp...cats decided to make it their home and insulation was destroyed. Cats have since been "relocated".
5. I did enrust the metal under the camp, and have repeated the process every 5 years. Do it early so pieces of rust are not dropping on your trucks, cement, boat.