Which is more important?
Hello full timers! My husband is a premed student, about half way done, and we decided that while he his going to school, we would live in an RV. This just about guarantees us a place to live no mat...
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@toedtoes About everything you said we have thought about and have a plan for. Something I didn't realize that you said, though, is that either way, there will be noise. Very true.
Can we handle it? Do we know what we are getting into? We lived in a 30 foot rear kitchen single slide for a month when the oldest was two and we were doing a reno on the house. We liked it and didn't get stir crazy. We are currently sharing a bedroom at my parents for the summer which looks to be extending and we have been just fine. We have had a taste of RV and small living.
Noise for work and sleep? Hubby does all school work and study at the university library. With his ADHD, he has to. Quiet for sleep isn't that big a deal either. He's worked EMS for five years and can sleep when needed regardless of conditions, he just needs it dark which is easy to maintain.
Speaking of maintenance, Hubby's dad grew up on a farm, was military and lived in an 5th wheel with my mom-in-law up until he died, he taught my husband all that kind of stuff and he does well with those things. Hubby will most likely do the regular kind of maintenance and for larger problems we will be able to get to a repair place easily since we will be in large cities for most of the time.
Weather? We live in South Texas and will only be going to med school in Texas, Arizona or Louisiana. Those are the places he will apply to and we have family near all of the places med schools are. Getting away a little and getting more space, being out on rainy days or even having a place to stay during times the RV might be in the shop, won't be such a problem because of that mostly. We have at least a little help and family any place we go. Family is a very important factor for us and we have family spread all over so it's easy to find family for us.
Now, neighbors...I don't mind neighbors unless they are peeing off the roof (true story) but even then, that's why we call the police. I'm a social person but Hubby isn't very social but since he's at school all day and into the night, not a problem. Our kids, yes, even the 1 yr old, makes friends easily and doesn't cause problems that way. We had lived in an apartment for almost two years and most of the tenant were university students. We understand noise.
To clarify something about the RVs we are considering; both will have a bunk room but the rear living has a much smaller bunk room and also a loft to make up for it. The RV with the rear bunk room has a living area that seems to be such an after thought with no place really for games or family movie nights. The rear bunk room does have an extra half bath which is almost just enough to not even consider the RV with larger living.
We have thought about RV living for about 8 months and this is what we want to do. If it doesn't work for us anymore in the future, when Hubby starts his residencies or when the kids are older, then we will just sell and live in a rental, apartment or house. We won't force it if our kids are miserable. Right now, the oldest loves having family live in close quarters.
One reason I want to do this is so that we can start living a simpler life. Less clutter, less chaos. Things like that.
Can we handle it? Do we know what we are getting into? We lived in a 30 foot rear kitchen single slide for a month when the oldest was two and we were doing a reno on the house. We liked it and didn't get stir crazy. We are currently sharing a bedroom at my parents for the summer which looks to be extending and we have been just fine. We have had a taste of RV and small living.
Noise for work and sleep? Hubby does all school work and study at the university library. With his ADHD, he has to. Quiet for sleep isn't that big a deal either. He's worked EMS for five years and can sleep when needed regardless of conditions, he just needs it dark which is easy to maintain.
Speaking of maintenance, Hubby's dad grew up on a farm, was military and lived in an 5th wheel with my mom-in-law up until he died, he taught my husband all that kind of stuff and he does well with those things. Hubby will most likely do the regular kind of maintenance and for larger problems we will be able to get to a repair place easily since we will be in large cities for most of the time.
Weather? We live in South Texas and will only be going to med school in Texas, Arizona or Louisiana. Those are the places he will apply to and we have family near all of the places med schools are. Getting away a little and getting more space, being out on rainy days or even having a place to stay during times the RV might be in the shop, won't be such a problem because of that mostly. We have at least a little help and family any place we go. Family is a very important factor for us and we have family spread all over so it's easy to find family for us.
Now, neighbors...I don't mind neighbors unless they are peeing off the roof (true story) but even then, that's why we call the police. I'm a social person but Hubby isn't very social but since he's at school all day and into the night, not a problem. Our kids, yes, even the 1 yr old, makes friends easily and doesn't cause problems that way. We had lived in an apartment for almost two years and most of the tenant were university students. We understand noise.
To clarify something about the RVs we are considering; both will have a bunk room but the rear living has a much smaller bunk room and also a loft to make up for it. The RV with the rear bunk room has a living area that seems to be such an after thought with no place really for games or family movie nights. The rear bunk room does have an extra half bath which is almost just enough to not even consider the RV with larger living.
We have thought about RV living for about 8 months and this is what we want to do. If it doesn't work for us anymore in the future, when Hubby starts his residencies or when the kids are older, then we will just sell and live in a rental, apartment or house. We won't force it if our kids are miserable. Right now, the oldest loves having family live in close quarters.
One reason I want to do this is so that we can start living a simpler life. Less clutter, less chaos. Things like that.
