RV port home or RV resort space

[viajante]

Been seriously thinking about making a move out of the current stick built house. I am thinking about either a house with an RV port or a purchased RV resort site.

I'm not terribly found of high heat and everything I've found is either in Florida, the hottest part of Texas, Arizona or states with very high humidity. (I know, I know,............. picky, picky, picky)

Anyone have any suggestions for other options ? Thanks a bunch for your help.

[ncrowley]

I would take a look at Sunrise Bluffs in New Mexico. The weather is very nice year round. It is not too hot in the summer and not too cold in the winter. I do not live there but I live close by and have seen the development. They have some homes that have RV ports next to the home and they have RV parking.

[tatest]

If the weather is what is important, why leave California? You will be hard pressed to find anywhere else in the U.S. where the weather is consistently better than what it is on the West Coast, particularly if you don't like hot summers or cold winters.

Only place consistently better is Hawaii, always temperate to warm, depending in altitude and you get to choose between the rainy side and the dry side. Of course, the lifestyle makes your RV irrelevant.

Buy-in RV resort properties are mostly located where snowbirds want to go, or where people have decided it is better to swelter through the summer than to be cold in the winter.

You will find RV resorts also throughout the middle south: Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, the Carolinas, Arkansas. These places, however, can get hotter than Florida in the summer and frigid in the winter, like any other place in N. America that is more than 50 miles from the coast.

A RV port home can be anywhere you want to build it. We have at least 20 scattered through our small city of 30,000. There are many more in the Grand Lake area. If you don't like hot summers, you don't want to come here.

[deandec]

Indio in the winter, Idaho or Oregon Coast in the summer. RV resorts. JMHO

[viajante]

BillMFl wrote:
Move to Hawaii. Its the only state that is never too hot or too cold. 🙂

That sounds great, but it might be a tough drive in the MH.

[Goldencrazy]

Executive wrote:
Try Gulf Shores in Alabama...right on the Gulf...be aware of hurricanes though....Dennis

I don't think there are any right on the Gulf. I noticed one that failed with lovely Irish cottage type buildings next to pads has reopened and is across street from the Gulf. GS is cool in winter compared to Florida. On the other hand more tolerable in summer with Gulf breezes .

[BillMFl]

Move to Hawaii. Its the only state that is never too hot or too cold. 🙂

[peaches_cream]

Here are 2 that we have visited. Both very nice. http://www.deercreekmotorcoachresort.com/

http://www.canecreekresort.com/

[bertnspike]

You really need to research the mountains in the eastern U.S. Aside from all the possible pitfalls mentioned in an earlier post, there are many beautiful places in Georgia, the Carolinas, and both Virginias. A lot of Floridians retreat to those areas in the summer for the breezy days and cool nights. When they go up there to stay we call them "half-backs", :B

There's always Oregon's "banana belt"...

[Klueck]

We just bought a Rv lot in the North Georgia mountains. It was much cooler than Florida and is a beautiful area. There are lots of ownership parks. I wouldn't want to be there in the winter though...too cold for me. Will head back to the Florida Keys before the snow.

[Executive45]

Try Gulf Shores in Alabama...right on the Gulf...be aware of hurricanes though....Dennis

[msmith1199]

There are RV ownership parks in Southern California. Some of them you do need to leave for the summer. I saw it was 119 in Palm Springs today and that's where a bunch of them are. If money is no object I think there are some near San Diego.

[bhivetravels]

Tennessee, Georgia, N. Carolina all have beautiful RV Parks!

[pawatt]

Retama Village in Mission Texas is one of the nicest and reasonably priced. It is not far to take the RV to Colorado for the hottest months, Durango, Pagosa Springs or South Fork.

[westernrvparkow]

The vast majority of ownership parks are in the South because that is where the snowbirds congregate. People can go to all corners of the country in the Summer, but good winter weather exists primarily in Florida, South Texas, Arizona and California.
As for ownership parks, they can be great or they can be an absolute nightmare. Remember, the dues paying owners have to cover all the expenses of the park. If a bunch of people just quit paying dues (and it happens, a lot), suddenly your share of the parks operating costs start to skyrocket.
You are also going to be a subjected to one of the toughest HOAs there are. RV owners tend to have very strong opinions, one way or another. If a voting majority want to build rec centers, pools and provide free liquor, they can vote an assessment increase and you will have to pay it, regardless of whether you were in favor or not. To the other side of the scale, a voting majority of cheapskates can prevent the roads from being repaired, can let the landscaping and grounds go to heck, all because they don't want a $25.00 a year increase in the HOA fees.
As for real estate with RV Ports or garages, they are a bit harder to move because they only appeal to RV owners, which is a very small subset of home buyers. For 99% of homebuyers an RV port is either worthless or an eyesore that will prevent them from buying an otherwise perfect home. With the absolute right buyer, it will be a plus, but absolute right buyers have a habit of not appearing when you really need to sell.
They are both great ideas if you enter into them with your eyes wide open. Jump in the deep end without research and full knowledge of all the pluses and minuses, you could lose big-time.