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We were very active In our Good Sam chapter before we retired. We even full-timed for 3 years after we retired. We learned a lot from our meetings about caring for an RV, but since 2006 when we for rid of our motor home, I’ve forgotten a lot. My question is what do you use to clean your toilet? I remember learning not to use anything with pine oil, but I don’t remember exactly what we did use. I also remember that we need to be careful and not mess with the working of the black water tank so we can’t use just any and everything.2.3KViews0likes15CommentsRe: Full tiime site cost
I really appreciate all your comments. As for the expense of utilities, etc. we are on a main road with water and electricity readily available. The biggest expense will be the septic system and what we have after selling the house should take care of that. At our age we may need our heads examined since my husband plans on doing the clearing himself. But, I said if we both die doing all this at least it will be doing what we really care about.675Views0likes0CommentsRe: Full tiime site cost
Thanks for all the replies. For budgeting purposes, I figured on $500 a month and seems like I was about eight. My figures show that it would be cheaper for us to own land rather than rent from a park. We do not plan on doing much traveling. Just back to Arkansas to visit my family and to Georgia to visit his family. We plan on leaving the land natural so we will seem like we are in the woods. Thanks again, for all the replies and help.676Views0likes0CommentsRe: Full tiime site cost
PawPaw_n_Gram wrote: If you are located in the southeast corner of Alabama like your profile states, you will have minimal regulation about setting up a permanent pad on rural property you own. Just remember you need to set-up water, sewer and electric service just like you were building a home. A quick check shows you should be able to find a RV facility with monthly stays in that area for under $500 a month plus the cost of metered electricity. That would be an RV Park that focuses on long term residents. The only ‘amenity’ would be a laundry facility. Coin operated of course. No WiFI. You would probably have to pay for a land phone line if you wanted reliable internet. No lounge / activity building, no community activities, no pool, etc. Closer to the coast but north of I-10 you should find several RV parks which focus on winter snowbirds. A fair park with an activity building and some planned group activities could be found for something near $600 per month plus metered electricity. However some of those parks do not want full-time residents in the summer. A couple of our friends recently moved their permanent base from Arkansas to the Escapees Rainbow Plantation RV Park in Summerdale, on the east side of Mobile Bay - as long time Escapees members their rate will be under $400 plus electric. (Long term permanent sites are limited at that park and there is a waiting list). Get the AllStays app or RVParky app for your smart phone. Or use their websites on your computer. Locate some RV parks in the area you are interested, and start calling them. No matter how far you have to travel, be sure to visit and talk to some at any park before you pay any money/ sign any contract. Thanks. All the rates seem to be I. Line with what I figured. Funny that you should mention friends from Arkansas. We moved here for Arkansas.675Views0likes0CommentsRe: Full tiime site cost
donn0128 wrote: Park rates vary widely. They can run fron as low as 250 to as much as a thousand a month. Plus electricity. It all depends on amenities, location, and demand. If your going to sit permanently firget an RV and getmeither a park model or a mfg home. Either would give you more room, have better insulation, and be far cheaper. Thank you for your opinion, but we have thought about and talked about this and have made our decision. We feel like it fits us better than any other choice. As with everything., not all things work for all people.675Views0likes0CommentsFull tiime site cost
We have our house for sale. We made an offer on some land and hopefully will get to purchase it. We are still trying to decide if we want to do that or live in RV parks. I pretty well have our expenses figured put if we but the land. But i have no idea what monthly rates in an RV park or campground would run. What is the highest rate tou have seen/paid? What do you consider to be an average rate? I realize rates will vary a cording to location. But i just want a general idea. The reason we decided on an RV and not to build is that we are both 77, have family in other states, and thought when one of us passes the other would probably move to where family is. We would have a place to live and only have to deal with selling land. Which, where we live should be fairly easy.5.7KViews0likes22CommentsRe: thinking about full-timing again - medical care
DC&MC wrote: Get rid of the Advantage plans and get regular Medicare with a supplemental. DH has Medicare with a Blue Cross supplemental. It covers ALL medical bills and is good anywhere in the US I think that is gonna be the best choice for us. Just don't know right now if we are actually gonna go back full-timing.369Views0likes0CommentsRe: thinking about full-timing again - medical care
Me Again wrote: We are facing a situation where we have a Washington State base Medicare Advantage plan that requires us not to be out of the state for more than one half of the year. Now we are building a park model in Az and will want to spend more than allowed in AZ. So will be investigating other options. Wish they would just give us a good option for a single plan that works the same anywhere we travel. When the Medicare Advantage plans started, I think Blue Cross had such a plan. As the years passed, those plans disappeared as well as the number of companies offering plans period in our area.369Views0likes0CommentsRe: thinking about full-timing again - medical care
doxiemom11 wrote: Are you going to keep your current location as your domicile state? If you are changing, you would need to look at the plans offered in your state of domicile. That's something else we will have to research. Since we do not plan to keep a house, we will certainly need to look into a mail forwarding service. Lots of decisions to make.369Views0likes0Comments
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