Where to park fifth wheel while remodeling?
Hello all, I've had this radical idea to sell my 2500sf home and renovate a fifth wheel and live in an RV park for a year while I stack the cash... Still in idea stage I've not purchased anything. So...
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Since you are looking for opinions on this I will throw mine in.
First you are looking to cut costs significantly but you're spending $ to make a travel trailer "cute" inside. That's counter intuitive.
2 weeks to do something like shown in that link ain't happening. That would take me more than 2 weeks at home with my shop and all the tools to build a house at my disposal. Fwiw I'm a civil engineer who has built homes, bridges, resort condos, pipelines, water treatment plants etc. From swinging a hammer to managing a $100M project.
Second, RV structure and furnishings are designed and installed to be light weight ( for the most part) and secure for travel. Do you know how to do that and make sure you're not adding a bunch of weight to the trailer? Doubt it.
3rd, $25k will buy you a very nice turn key camper. If you are set on being a single ft mom with kids and convinced you can save $ doing this, I think it's possible, but ditch the idea of remodeling a perfectly good camper to make it look like a tiny home.
4th, have you ever spent an entire S TX summer in a tin can with air conditioning (an RV)? There's a reason snowbirds camp in the south in winter and go north in summer.
RV AC units aren't going to have a long term residential like lifespan being run 24-7 for months and years on end. Just a concern but it would be a deal breaker for me.
Hope you can balance your wants, needs and wishes for a good outcome. Right now your wants and wishes are beyond your needs and abilities imo.
First you are looking to cut costs significantly but you're spending $ to make a travel trailer "cute" inside. That's counter intuitive.
2 weeks to do something like shown in that link ain't happening. That would take me more than 2 weeks at home with my shop and all the tools to build a house at my disposal. Fwiw I'm a civil engineer who has built homes, bridges, resort condos, pipelines, water treatment plants etc. From swinging a hammer to managing a $100M project.
Second, RV structure and furnishings are designed and installed to be light weight ( for the most part) and secure for travel. Do you know how to do that and make sure you're not adding a bunch of weight to the trailer? Doubt it.
3rd, $25k will buy you a very nice turn key camper. If you are set on being a single ft mom with kids and convinced you can save $ doing this, I think it's possible, but ditch the idea of remodeling a perfectly good camper to make it look like a tiny home.
4th, have you ever spent an entire S TX summer in a tin can with air conditioning (an RV)? There's a reason snowbirds camp in the south in winter and go north in summer.
RV AC units aren't going to have a long term residential like lifespan being run 24-7 for months and years on end. Just a concern but it would be a deal breaker for me.
Hope you can balance your wants, needs and wishes for a good outcome. Right now your wants and wishes are beyond your needs and abilities imo.
