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- Some older communities have RV storage onsite. Can't beat that combination. Before we bought here, we paid $80 a month and drove 100 miles round trip to the storage yard. A hassle, and tough to keep up on the maintenance as well.
We were lucky enough to find a home we like AND an RV storage lot onsite for our last move, and are very happy we found it. We're in central Florida. We are in a HOA, but very RV friendly as many residents have RV's. AJBert wrote:
Not to come down on these folks but I've never understood paying $$$ for a house and then paying $$$ for an RV yet not having the space to store said RV on your own property?
Not everyone is fortunate to live in a rural area where this is a non-issue. And it's not just a "Cali" thing.
Here in Colorado, most of the cities along the Front Range Metropolis have some sort of ordinances about RV parking at a residential address OR there's an HOA prohibition. Here in Loveland, one cannot leave an RV on the street longer than 72hours. The HOA, however, for my neighborhood, restricts that to 24 hours, AND prohibits storage on the residential property unless it's behind a fence that obscures the view of said RV. Some HOAs, here and elsewhere, have even more stringent rules.
In a lot of cases, my own included, I bought the house before I bought my current trailer, so I was fully aware that I'd have to come up with a storage solution. Buying in a rural area outside city limits with no HOA was not an option when I bought my house, as that probably holds true for others as well. And frankly, not everyone wants to live in a rural area with limited or no restrictions, for a variety of reasons.- Think about this. California is a state that is struggling with not having enough water. Yet! The powers that be are going to allow several thousand new homes and associated stores and services to be built at the site of the El Toro M.A.S. Has the developer addressed the water usage for a development that size? Or are they just doing their usual runamuck bureaucratic a$$ kissing of the developers?
In the current drought How can this kind of growth be sustained? - I live in one of the small-lot homes in LA with no RV storage. My brother lives elsewhere and parks his RV in the back yard. If he wants to see a good doctor, he drives 100 miles. If he wants to fly anywhere, he drives over 100 miles to the nearest regional airport, gets one additional stop and pays double. He looks out the back window and sees a dirty flat-tired RV and is asked all the time by neighbors when he is selling it. Forget a backyard party. He also asks me how I get rid of mice. I tell him they are at the storage lot. I can also play catch in the back yard without fear of breaking an RV window. That said, RV's are 80% pain, 5% work and 2% fun.
- Yes..if you like the house otherwise, RV storage alone isn't worth forcing a move. Real estate commission and moving expenses will pay many years of RV storage. If I was buying a house today RV storage would a feature I'd want-all else equal. When I bought 30 years ago it wasn't on the radar.
- It is not just a Ca. thing, it happens all over the country. Not everyone is fortunate to have a house lot big enough to store an RV on or be in a jurisdiction that allows it. I bet more than half of the RV's in Florida are stored offsite.
Not hard at all to understand, love RV'ing, can't park at home, store it somewhere else. AJBert wrote:
Not to come down on these folks but I've never understood paying $$$ for a house and then paying $$$ for an RV yet not having the space to store said RV on your own property?
LOL. It's a California thing I guess. We have small lots, HOAs, city parking restrictions, community parking restrictions, insane neighbors, etc etc.
Many home lots surrounding this storage facility are 6k-8k SQFT some as small as 4k SQFT. When you put a 2-3k SQFT house on that lot it doesn't leave a lot of room for RV parking if the restrictions above don't apply. "Well, just buy a house on a bigger lot". On average a house on a quarter acre (if you can find one) within 20 miles of that facility will cost over $1,000,000. Then there are those people that rent or live in condominiums because it costs a half million dollars + to get into a single family home in that area. They can't very well add RV parking to a rental or condo. Even if you own a lot large enough you have the problems above.
That's why we do silly things like pay for RV Storage.- Not to come down on these folks but I've never understood paying $$$ for a house and then paying $$$ for an RV yet not having the space to store said RV on your own property?
Dustytuu wrote:
I would be moving from the west coast! Anywhere but California.....!!!!
Please offer your advice to your friends, acquaintances, and kin!
If you were on the West Coast (CA) - your move would be appreciated!..:C
Be nice *not* to be the most populous state.
Too many non-natives.......and they keep on a-comin!..:(
~- I would be moving from the west coast! Anywhere but California.....!!!!
