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Originally Posted by quicksand
Wow I did not know where to post this. But the BIG question is can two small adults live in a class C RV. Me and my better half are retired now and live in oceanside,ca in a 2 bed room apt. Got rid of house a few years back, kids are all grown up and moved on into there own life. I currently do not own a RV. We were seriously considering getting a class C to hit the road and travel but at the same time make it a perminate home. The BIG Question is that crazy? or is it done by others as a home? Is it to small? Is it to much maintinance? How costly is it? Does it get old? Your input please before we buy. Are class C for get aways only? The only one vehicle we have right now is a small jeep wrangler. Look forward to any response. Thanks Bob
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Yes, you can. I do. Here she is:
My neon lime green 1975 22' Dodge Sportsman F40 Class C! It's me, 11 cats, and a bird fulltiming in a 22' Class C, which we upgraded to after fulltiming for 6 years in a Volvo 240 (yes, a 4 door sedan car), which we upgraded to after 3 years fulltiming in a 8x6 tent.
Here, I'll show you a picture of where I live. I fulltime in this:
(that's me in the middle)
You can live fulltime in anything you want. I guess what you choose to fulltime in, depends on how big a house you lived in before you started fulltiming. I grew up in a 16'x9' beach cabin, where I lived for 27 years, with 7 people (parents + siblings), 8 dogs, 9 cats, and 3 birds (yes all inside the house) and no, this is not unusual in Old Orchard Beach, Maine where there reside 12,000 people, most in houses half the size of the one we had. Good God, you could fit at least 3 of that house inside of the MH you are talking about!
Me, personally, I couldn't imagine trying to live in something that big, I think I have to opposite of clastrophobia, whatever that is called, because I freak out whenever I'm in big rooms or big houses. I'm not used to it, but than again, maybe it's my Autism? I have Autism and I don't often understand a lot of things people do and say and I also like small closed in spaces that feel "safe" and "protected". I don't feel safe or protected in large buildings/rooms.
When I was still looking at MHs I looked in several big Class As and they just freaked me out, how giagantically huge they were...one room in one of those things is bigger than the house I grew up in. I guess the only way I can describe it is "culture shock". I could just never imagine seeing myself living in something that big. But that's what I mean when I say it's a matter of perspective, because what is right for me, is not right for anyone but me, and what is right for you is not right for anyone but you, so only you can decide what is too big or too small or just right for you. All we can do is tell you what we think and what we have done and what we like or don't like, but in the end you have to decide for yourself what'll make you happy.
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Originally Posted by quicksand
Is that 1,500 a month with RV payments or with RV paid for? Thanks
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My income is aproxamatly $2,400 PER YEAR or $200 PER MONTH. RV and car are both paid for.
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Originally Posted by JimM68
Can you get into both sides of the bed?
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Bed? What bed? I have no bed. Didn't have a bed in the car (6 years), nor in the tent (3 years), and hey, guess what, never had a bed in the 27 years I lived in a house either. I have always, my entire life, slept on the floor in a sleeping bag. Still do. Who needs a bed? It's nothing but a waste of space.
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Originally Posted by JimM68
Is anyone ever really gonna climb up into the cabover?
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Yes - 11 someones climb up there every day, the cats love it, no, make that 13, I forgot to include myself and the pigeon. I like to read up there.
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Originally Posted by JimM68
Can you spend 60 to 120k on your new "house"?
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???
I paid $2,000 for mine.
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Originally Posted by gray ghost
1. Washer and dryer - going to a laundromat is a pain, and they are often not in good areas of towns.
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If you have a tub and a tree near by, you don't need a washer, dryer, or laundromat. Tie a rope from the rv to the tree, wash your stuff in the tub, while you shower/bath and hang it out to dry.
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Originally Posted by gray ghost
2. More storage space
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Are you sure you REALLY NEED the things you take with you?
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Originally Posted by gray ghost
3. Bath and a half - yes I am spoiled but if you get hold of some bad chow, one bathroom is a bad situation.
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I have a full bath (it's nearly twice as big as the one we had in the house) in my 22' Class C (granted a rare thing in a Class C and it does mean much less "living" room) AND I have a bath tub, not a tiny square type common to the rare MH that has a tub, but a full 3/4 sized one. We only had a shower in the house.
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Originally Posted by sdennislee
Shower is so small its hard to turn around in, etc....
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see what I just said above. my Class C has a big tub, big enough to lay down in, in it.