Typical trip for us has been about four months. About to leave on a ten month FT test. So this will be a first time four season absence. If all goes well we will sell S&B. Looking for the more unique things you do preparing S&B. Renting out of the question, no relatives want or need free living and security is not a problem (I own a security co.) yard work and frequent inside house checks handled. What do or would you do?

Check with your homeowners Insurance. Many have a clause that says after 30 days of being empty it is considered to be abandoned and your insurance is affected or cancelled. Here is just one of the articles that pops up when you search "insuring vacant homes"insuring vacant home

Sell the house and stuff then it won't be a worry while you are on the road. Jeff

Turn off water for sure, you may not be in a freeze zone but we had a neighbor that had the washing machine hose break, thousands of dollars in lossCheck the batteries in your thermostat also - can get mighty hot if the a/c goes out in your house

Typical trip for us has been about four months. About to leave on a ten month FT test So this will be a first time four season absence. If all goes well we will sell S&B. Looking for the more unique things you do preparing S&B. Renting out of the question, no relatives want or need free living and security is not a problem (I own a security co.) yard work and frequent inside house checks handled. What do or would you do? NOT do a 10 month test.A few months down south for the winter will tell you if you like the life style. You mention you have already done four months at a time trips. What more do you need to know if full timing is for you?Traveling for the four seasons to experience it really means nothing. You will follow the sun anyway just like you did as a snowbird.As a real estate agent I'm hear to tell you if you rent your home out you will have trashed your investment. Leaving it empty in these days is an invitation to have it vandalized and again there goes your investment.Probably not what you want to hear but it's the cold hard truth. If you like RV'ing and have planned for retirement living in an RV?Sell the house first. All problems solved and you hit the road without a care in the world except which way to head on down the road! :C

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ctpres

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Dec 17, 2014

S&B preperations

Typical trip for us has been about four months. About to leave on a ten month FT test. So this will be a first time four season absence. If all goes well we will sell S&B. Looking for the more unique things you do preparing S&B. Renting out of the question, no relatives want or need free living and security is not a problem (I own a security co.) yard work and frequent inside house checks handled. What do or would you do?

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Mile-High-Endur
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Dec 17, 2014
Sell the house and stuff then it won't be a worry while you are on the road.

Jeff
soos
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Dec 17, 2014
Check with your homeowners Insurance. Many have a clause that says after 30 days of being empty it is considered to be abandoned and your insurance is affected or cancelled. Here is just one of the articles that pops up when you search "insuring vacant homes"
insuring vacant home

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