Florida Life with a TC?

[RamTC]

After so many years with my TC's out of sight on my driveway, I'm now relocating to Florida and it seems life with a 3500 DRW and TC is not going to be easy in these deed restricted communities. I'm looking at storage facilities ($fee) for the TC and looking for homes with oversize garages for my DRW. Is this what others in my situation do?

[Aquanut]

All of the above comments are spot on. I live outside of Naples where it isn't too restrictive. The major reason I moved out here is because of the restrictions on pickups. Trucks over 1/2 ton are to be garaged and not parked in driveways because they are considered commercial. Motorcycles are also restricted here.

[joe_b_]

It really depends on where you live in Florida. In this area, most/all of the gated communities have some very restrictive covenants. Some of the non gated areas as well, so a buyer or renter needs to ask first. Where we live in Stuart, about the only prohibition is not parking RVs on the street. On private property, parking is not a problem, but using them for full time living quarters can be an issue if the area is zoned as single family.

We had our concrete parking area expanded, when we purchased our home about 12 years back, to have room to park, next to the garage. However now we are keeping two RVs and a boat plus 3 vehicles so we are getting a bit crowded.
From time to time, with most of our neighbors being elderly, their kids from out of state will park in their driveways and camp for weeks or a month or so. No one has ever complained that I am aware of since everyone knows the situation is temporary.

But there are areas here where the fancy people live, that don't allow pickups to be parked in your own driveway. Pickups have to be parked inside a garage, out of sight or stored off property, same with trailer boats. So get a good Realtor familiar with the area and the restrictions of each area. The one we used steered us away from some attractive areas, but ones with too restrictive covenants for us. One just down the street a few blocks won't allow motorcycles to be parked in open view either. Us scooter trash are as bad as us trailer trash/RV trash type people for offending the retinas of the high class folks. LOL

[mooring_product]

What part of Florida? I live in Pompano Beach, its beside Ft Lauderdale. We can park boats and RV's in front of our places as long as they are on a concrete pad or driveway.
Most people don't use the garage to park cars or trucks. They are used for storage or man caves.

[Dog_Folks]

ryoung wrote:
Some mobile home communities aren't too restrictive. In fact some may have storage areas for rvs and allow truck parking on your lot.

ryoung

Many deed restricted communities in Florida offer storage on the grounds also.

[ryoung]

Some mobile home communities aren't too restrictive. In fact some may have storage areas for rvs and allow truck parking on your lot.

ryoung

[kohldad]

Florida isn't all cities and neighborhoods. Lots of open spaces where you don't have to worry about what your neighbor thinks.

If I had to move down there, it definitely would be out in the sticks.

Note: Above becomes mute if you don't have much choice on having to live in one of the big cities and work down town.

[ed6713]

Avoid deed restricted developments, condos, and such and you won't have a problem.
Some city's can be touchy about such things but most are not as long as the camper part is stored being a fence.

If in doubt, check with the code enforcement people before you buy a place.

Have fun. We lived in FL most of our life. Those summers can be miserable, but sitting out back in February wearing shorts makes up for July and August.