Would you consider living in RV?

I am not sure. Definitely not parked in someone's driveway. I do not mind small spaces at all but I do not like the idea of the RV camps and I would not feel safe to be on the road all the time. The idea of the old movie "Duel" by Spielberg would haunt me!
 
I wouldn't.

It's expensive in Calif. You can't live in an RV on someone else's personal property, you have to stay at camps and RV parks, and they have fees, and you have to keep relocating unless you rent a space at a mobile living park, where you can stay indefinitely but the lot rent is upwards of $500/mo plus utility use.

Those aren't the reason I wouldn't consider living in one, though. In Calif, it's a lot of work and it keeps costing.
 

RV living has fascinated me for a long time. I used to watch the RV programs on HGTV that showcased the beautiful models for sale. Years ago, I connected with Howard and Linda, a couple who sold their home, became full time RVers and had a website geared at helping others make the same transition. It contained budgets, ways to find camp sites and jobs while on the road. They also posted real time information about where they were. I thought that was so cool and admired them for what they were doing. I'd check their site from time to time and now I see their website is nothing like it used to be. https://wholesalewarranties.com/rv-partners/rv-dreams/

Here's a short video where Howard and Linda explain how they got into full timing and starting their website:


Even though I admire the lifestyle and would have loved for my husband and me to take a cross country trip in an RV, I don't think I could live in one full time.
 
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We had a 27 ft motor home that we traveled in for up to a month. We had 4 dogs and that’s the longest I could stand to be in it. Most of the rv parks in the USA didn’t enforce the rule about age because it was 14 years old when we bought it and we sold it 10 years later. It still looked like new and had low mileage because none of the 3 owners used it a lot.
 
No, there is something about them I just don't like - especially being behind a large one going up a hill!! Anyway - I'd rather be on a SAILBOAT! But, the ultimate retirement castle is our next stop - CCRC - just waiting for a unit to become available.
 
Knight said:
Yes to motor home
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Yeah, that's what we thought back in 2018. Having motor homed just about everywhere with a gas motor home, wife started looking at those behemoths that were starting to show up.
We went ahead and bought a brand new Foretravel 45' coach. Wife loved the interior, I loved the 600hp diesel. (I thought)

That lemon turned into the biggest mistake I've ever made. One big headache after another. All kinds of electrical gremlins, shoddy workmanship, and worst of all... electrical issues with the eng/transmission. Left me stranded a couple of times. Then having all electric appliances meant you either plugged in somewhere or ran the generator all the time. Had it for 6-7 months and took the loss and dumped it. Never again.
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Yeah, she's pretty, but, beauty didn't cut it.
 
oslooskar said:
I did, and got away with it for three years until moving to Thailand.
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When was that?

It wasn't always an ordinance violation. My oldest brother's friend lived in a 5th-wheel on my parents' property for a couple years back in the late 70s. It was no problem then. Today, my parents would have to apply for the same license as an RV park, get inspected by 2 city departments and the fire department, and IF they were up to code, passed the safety inspection, and had so-many fire extinguishers every so-many feet and all that, then they could buy the license and repeat the process and buy it again every year.

Even up in the hills! When me and my kids lived up in the Sierras, that same brother came to spend his vacation with us. Hauled his big, beautiful RV all the way from Colorado and set it up next to my cabin, expecting to stay the whole 6-weeks...except we got a visit from a sheriff's deputy on day 3, who said 3 days was the maximum allowed, and he told Grant he'd have to move to a KOA. The nearest one charged exorbitant fees, so Grant rented a cabin at the edge of town instead and only stayed about a month.

It sucked.
 
There are folks who live year round on roadsides. I wouldn’t be quite so bad, if they all cleaned up after themselves. Still, NIMBY.
 
Murrmurr said:
When was that?
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I lived in my trailer on my cousin's property from 2016 until February 2019. And although I'm sure it was illegal, nobody reported me to the authorities. After all, the town only had a population of 928 people and no one wanted to earn a reputation for being a tattletale.
 
Live full time in an RV... nope. DH and I are too tall for that!
Live in someone's driveway... nope. Why not have a comfy bed and hot shower inside the house instead?
 
We are living in a Grand Design Reflection 5th wheel until our house becomes livable again. It's not so bad except a little crowded with 4 dogs. We get water from a water hauling company that fills 2, 250 gallon plastic holding tanks. I pump water into the RV from freshwater tank from the 2 outside holding tanks. I empty grey and black water rv tanks into our home sewage container. There are 3 slide-outs, 1 queen-size bed and 2 foldout couches. I connect an HDML cable from my laptop to the large screen tv to watch movies. Cold food storage is a problem, the fridge/freezer is small. We can shower and wash dishes with hot water and we have air conditioning/furnace.

Winter is coming and construction on the house won't start until October so the Rv dealer we are renting from will put skirting around the bottom of the Rv and heating units underneath. By that time we hope to electricity in the house to draw water from the well pump. This would eliminate periodically having water hauled in and give us more cold food storage. IMG_0531.jpeg
 
I could live in my van. Not forever…but easily months at a time. The problem becomes where is the rest of your stuff while you are doing this?
 

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