Going to build a new house

If I ever went full time that is what I would build at my home base. Living area in a huge metal shop where I could pull my MH into and use MH and shop as living area.

It's nice to have it close by... spare bedroom, standby generator, easy to load up and go.

I was hoping for: "Must be a small MH." before showing the rest of the story.:W

If I were to build one, it would have a garage door on the rear and one on the front for pulling through. That way no backing in, trying to get it perfectly straight.

I, too, would probably build a pole barn and insulate it. It would have a living room with a TV and plenty of room for 12-15 people, large well-equipped kitchen with a big table and good size bathroom with w/d in it. It is tall enough that there would be enough room for a second story and I would put a bunk room with 4-6 bunks in it for guests and another bathroom upstairs.

That would be it. Everything else is just fluff and I don't really need it. I do like to cook and cook for a crowd. I even do that in the RV when we are traveling. If I have a crowd, we have to have somewhere to let them sit and then, if they need to stay, they can "bunk it".

I love my bed in my RV, so I am perfectly happy sleeping there.


Also, hello from the other end of Virginia.

My advice is to build in the most insulation, the best windows, and the most efficient house you can. Some will say it's a waste of money but, prices of heating and cooling are only going to go up. You will be happy someday when you have the smaller bills and still have money left over to go RVing.

I think I would build a SIP house myself. (Structurally Insulated Panels) Then I would add a 2 car garage and also a SIP shop in the back yard big enough to put the RV in.

My brother has pipes in the floor of his shop with hot water running through them from his outdoor corn burner for heat. Boy, is that nice!! Might be overkill where you live though.

I wouldn't get anything less than something like this Elevator lift.:B

Seriously, if the Polish Princess didn't need a Throne Room full of artifacts and art work, we'd live in a big garage. The dining room is a joke, just a place for temporary storage and the living room gets used seldom. We also have unused bedrooms now that the kids are grown. Hmmmm, maybe bust out some walls and reinforce the floors, lol.

Caveman Charlie wrote:
My advice is to build in the most insulation, the best windows, and the most efficient house you can. Some will say it's a waste of money but, prices of heating and cooling are only going to go up. You will be happy someday when you have the smaller bills and still have money left over to go RVing.

I think I would build a SIP house myself. (Structurally Insulated Panels) Then I would add a 2 car garage and also a SIP shop in the back yard big enough to put the RV in.

My brother has pipes in the floor of his shop with hot water running through them from his outdoor corn burner for heat. Boy, is that nice!! Might be overkill where you live though.

Good advice on the insulation. Yeah, the in-floor heating is the bomb up in the upper midwest. Keeps everything toasty from the floor up.

If I was building a new house in the upper Midwest, it would be following the Scandinavian and European designs. A double 4" wall separated by a 4" interior air space where the heat transfer between inside air and outside is mixed, heated, and filtered. The exterior would have a stucco like plastic wall board that needs no maintenance and is impenetrable to the elements. Any exterior building trim would be stainless steel.

Good luck to the OP on his building choices. Just remember, a guy can't have too much garage or storage.

check out Lake Whitney Estates, TX (I think it is called) they had several different houses of various sq ft when I was considering building/buying one.

I never could figure out why houses weren't built with the closets on outside walls as much as possible which would be much better than merely studding up two walls 4 inches apart.

bumpy

Here are some of your normal Florida RV Ports at TGO.






If Florida building codes will let do this... every where else will not be a problem.