Disgruntled Millennials on the Road
I realize that this might seem like an odd post, but how many millennials are into the full time RV lifestyle? My husband is in the process of being medically retired from the Air Force for a varie...
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Well, here in Florida if you live in a Mobile Home (actually Manufactured Housing these days) you are indeed a Mobile Home resident. Doesn't matter if you're on your own piece of land or in a park. You may or may not leave the wheels on, your choice. You are _required_ to secure the Mobile Home to the ground using a specified number (according to length) of steel tie-downs.
A Mobile Home is placed by a licensed installer and then could be moved by a licensed installer. You, the owner, can't just hook up and drive off.
The Mobile Home may be registered as a vehicle or if you own the land or are in a co-op, registered as real property.
Most Florida counties designate lots in MH/RV parks as Mobile Home lots or RV lots, and you cannot put a Mobile Home on an RV lot and vice-versa. Small cabins bridge the gap by being technically an RV by size but they can be put only on an RV lot. Home-built tiny houses are a different matter because they're often not built to building code or RV code. Some counties simply don't allow anything that isn't built to either code.
I don't know how we wandered off in this direction; the point is to check your local, county and state ordinances because what's allowable where you are may be vastly different than where I am and blanket statements can't be made.
A Mobile Home is placed by a licensed installer and then could be moved by a licensed installer. You, the owner, can't just hook up and drive off.
The Mobile Home may be registered as a vehicle or if you own the land or are in a co-op, registered as real property.
Most Florida counties designate lots in MH/RV parks as Mobile Home lots or RV lots, and you cannot put a Mobile Home on an RV lot and vice-versa. Small cabins bridge the gap by being technically an RV by size but they can be put only on an RV lot. Home-built tiny houses are a different matter because they're often not built to building code or RV code. Some counties simply don't allow anything that isn't built to either code.
I don't know how we wandered off in this direction; the point is to check your local, county and state ordinances because what's allowable where you are may be vastly different than where I am and blanket statements can't be made.
