Ex-Calif
Well-known member
What's making you look towards this direction?
Need help in making best choice
- Thread starter cdbullandbear
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone with an RV or an interest in RVing!
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
What's making you look towards this direction?
Kirk
Well-known member
If you will be in it through a winter or two that is probably going to be more comfortable than any type of RV. That won't work to travel south an visit your mom but with 4 larger dogs and 2 people in the winter you will have a much better comfort level.
cdbullandbear
Member
Hi there. Well after reading these replies it seems that an rv for my purposes is not a good idea.
Ex-Calif
Well-known member
Hi there. Well after reading these replies it seems that an rv for my purposes is not a good idea.
Yeah - I was thinking going from a small Park model to a MH as a choice vs. a wheeled RV type solution.
I retired homeless and planned to travel extensively in my RV. My wife and I have a condo in Cartagena but due to covid we both got grounded in respective countries.
I ended up putting a brand new MH on my 5 acres here in Fl. I did a brand new one and am happy with the choice. MHs depreciate, kinda like cars, but I figured if I depreciate my MH over 30 years it runs about $300 a month. I'll be dead before then but my kid can either put another brand new MH on the land or build a stick & brick. Point being a brand new MH (1500 sq/ft 3 br 2 1/2 bath is running me $880 a month.
Recently I put a 12 X 28 shed on my land as a bunkhouse. It was a repo and some of the fit out had already been done. I paid about $12k for it. To fit it out I am estimating around $10k.
Attachments
Gary RV_Wizard
Site Team
I presume "MH" here means Mobile Home rather than Motor Home?
With that barn type roof you can put a loft in it too.
Ex-Calif
Well-known member
Yes - Most advisors will steer one away from a mobile home due to depreciation. I had some biases against becoming a Trailer Park Boy but it is reasonably priced and I think will serve me well..
Yes - As I was researching steel sheds the loft and porch became important. The porch because it makes it look more like a bunkhouse than... well... a shed but you give up 4 feet of shed.
On the plus side when I saw the barn roof I realized there is a natural loft over the front porch and the way I am finishing the kitchen in the back there will be a loft there as well.
The plan is to have loft beds at each end. The original buyer sectioned about 12 X 12 where the bathroom and an intended BR was. I am going to put the kitchenette in the back. The front will be living area and I am hoping to come up with some sort of Murphy bunks arrangement with 2 bunks a side, foldable into/against the wall.
That should give sleeping for up to 6 in a pinch.
