buying older TT...as tiny home

mattbatson wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:

mattbatson wrote:
So my plan is to buy a TT (5th wheel or bumper pull) that I will basically park full time on my mothers property and live in as my residence.
I will T off her well water, run electric from her service panel, and dig my own little homemade septic system. And will essentially live for free.
We are both in the house flipping business together and her and her husband are in 70's and not getting any younger.
I have a 8x20 shed to store much of my stuff in...along with her basement if needed.

thanks for reading and any feedback will be appreciated

Seems obvious to me your first concern should be whether this plan to park a trailer on your mother's property and live in it full time as you would a house is even legal. Should we presume you've already done this considering you're in the house flipping business? Not much point in proceeding any further with the idea if you're in contravention of any local regulations or bylaws. ;)

To answer the questions about code ...

There is very little code here in the backwoods of western NC...loose zoning laws and so on.
I come from Florida and am constantly amazed at what I see here.

We have looked at homes to flip and found no record of septic systems and asked neighbors and been informed most of the homes along that stretch just dump into the river !

and sure enough would go look down the bank of the river and see the pipe sticking out.
Absolutely crazy stuff.

my mom is a real estate broker and we are fully aware of what is allowed and what is not...and careful to no get her or her license into trouble.

I am not sure what county you are in, but I am in western NC and you are wrong.
They are very strict on codes.
It is just people violating them and not getting caught.

Last month they had the electric company shut off the electric meter on a young couple down the road from us, because they were living in a brand new shed that they had inspected as a "storage shed"

My advice to you, is don't put things in print here that might come back to haunt you.

If you don't believe me go check with your county building inspector and your county health inspector.

Jack L