FULL TIME Living in a camper! Legalities, tips and advice!
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- Living in a camper or RV full time can be challenging. We share our experience along with some tips and tricks to make your experience more enjoyable.
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You hit all the key points. Just got off the phone with my electrical contractor. Even though I have a well, they want to see an agricultural setup to give the permit to pull power. I am officially an avocado tree farmer. I farm 1 tree. Permit approved
There you go! It's sad they force you to make workarounds.
It ain't much, but it's honest work
We became rare fruit farmers
@@TKCL its an easy workaround, done
I love how these videos dive right in, no cheesy or gimmicky intro just the meat of the video! enjoying the content!
This is by far the best video I have watched about living in a Camper, so informative and hits a lot of questions my husband and I had. We are starting this kind of journey with our two little ones. Thank you
Your welcome
Great information Andrew. The first thing I purchased for my property was a tow-behind camper to install under my pole barn. I do not live in it but it is where I stay while on the property. My single wide is storage and we are currently talking to builders for our new home. Wish me luck in these trying times. Like you we got a good deal on an older camper....stepping stones my friend.
Great video! Really opened my worries up a bit more
Tiffany and Andrew, Congratulations on moving into your new home. I've enjoyed the videos of the build. And hope to see more projects in the future.
Thank you for watching and the support
Hey y'all 👋🏽. Great video packed with valuable information. Some of the stuff you mentioned, I had no clue about. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Thank you for watching!
You do such an awesome job at explaining everything...another great video...
Thank you very much
Excellent video we have lived in our 31 ft fifth wheel for 9 years before we moved here our container house is underway but you did an excellent job explaining things but your right everywhere is very different. Luckily we had an address even in the middle of nowhere our parcels were in a subdivision. Excellent info Andrew. 👍💞
Thank you very much
Hi Tiffany and Andrew that was small quarters to live in long term. Thankfully you had your garage or out building. You have done well and built your beautiful home. Love your videos and Sunday live. Take care. 🇨🇦
Yes it was! The outside space was key!
Very clear and concise explanation, I'm sure you've just helped lots of people!
I hope so!
Oh Boy… ! Helped Me A Lot !!
Outstanding video. Wow! that is one tiny bathroom. I understand why you are enjoying that large shower in the house.
No kidding! 😁
Hi, Andrew and Tiffany! You both deserve your new home after living cramped up for so long.
We think so too! 😁😂
Really great information Andrew. Who would have thought so much is involved in staying in a camper while building your home. I'm certain many will benefit from this my friend. Not being in that situation it's still very interesting learning about it. Thanks!
Thank you very much, glad you found it interesting!
It's absolutely ridiculous. I'm tired of the government telling me what I can and can't do on my property.
We had a 38 foot trailer that had two bedrooms. We were seasonal at a campground so we loved it. We did hate the small bathroom too and the small bed. That was hard so I could never live in it full time with a family of four. We loved going there but loved coming home too. 🤣😅
I completely understand!
Hi Andrew and Tiffany, thanks for sharing this information. 👍👍👍
Thank you for watching
We have a couple friends that are doing the Same thing y'all have Done in past couple years and they still haven't gotten half of what you all have done. (Guess they are happy with what they have)
Thank goodness for a Blackstone, we love it.
Every county in Florida is different for living in a trailer. (5 acres or 10 acres ,is there a well , what type of electricity, temp or with a (forget what they call it )
Hard to believe y'all don't have a million plus a billion subscribers.
Y'all good people's
Thank you very much!
Excellent video!! Great information!!
Glad you found it useful!
My old house had a bathroom not much bigger than that bath closet. Now your huge new shower makes even more sense. Hope the white PU truck is yours. It would be well deserved in my opinion. "If it's not my money, sure, spend it!" is one of my favorite sayings.
That old white pickup I bought probably 12+ years ago. It's a 2001 and still as reliable as the day I bought it. No new pickup trucks in my future, they've priced themselves out for me.
All great info,CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR CO. who guessed the move in date and thanks for all the great videos
7 people guessed the correct date believe it or not.
Excellent info because I have been thinking of doing the same thing for the past year or so and now I really have a better understanding of what my options are. Right now looking at a couple of 8-10 acres properties in the Tallahassee area and hopefully before the year ends I’ll be starting the same “journey”!
I’m new to the channel and have been enjoying a lot all of your videos and will keep watching them for sure! Thanks and keep up the great work because you’re helping a lot of people just like me, for sure!
Glad you enjoy it!
Amazing educational video.
Wow!! Thank you for such great advice!! This is exactly what we plan to do in Florida!!
Glad you enjoyed it! We are also in Florida.
@@TKCL its crazy because we have talked about this exact plan for over a year and I happen to come across your video! I'll continue to watch! My husband is a musician and we travel alot! A travel trailer is a must for us soon!
This is by far one the best and most helpful videos I've seen as I'm in the process of restoring "This Old House" if you will..... Thank you for taking the time to share, edit, etc......new sub.
Glad it was helpful
Tiffany and Andrew Ron Gray said it all, I love your videos. Looking forward to Sunday live.
Thank you!
Good job touching on a lot of important points! As you said the laws vary per state, county, and city. Here you need approved building plans before you are given an address. No temporary above ground holding tanks are allowed. I built my home on 80 acres in the foothills 15 years ago. Now we are considering selling it and RVing (at least part of the time) on our other adjacent 80 acre parcel. I'm getting pretty old and not sure about starting over.new power, water septic as most have become both harder to do and way more expensive than they were then. I think your video will help me in my decisions. Thanks!
Thanks for the video this was really good information. I was considering the cost of the RV washer drier and then saw your video and it makes sense to simply build an accessory building for these things and keep as much out of the camper as possible.
And you can use those full size appliances later on if you build a house.
Awesome!
Great tips, thanks Andrew!
Thank you!
Thank you very much for the information ℹ️
Thank you for watching
great info...lived with a friend in the teenage summers in VA while they had their home built...definitely spent all waking hours outside their trailer lol
I understand!
Thank you for this video so much! Im thinking about buying a decent sized camper and living in a campground for a year or two (moving for work and only going to be there for 2-3 years) and dont wnt to deaal with leaases and appartments and your video gave me things to think about! I appreciate it and cant wait to watch more of your videos!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great information. Thank you for this video
Glad you found it useful
Thank you folks!
Thank you for watching
And thank you for posting such an informative video of trailer life for all people that think it's glamorous.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very informative video. Thanks for sharing. Take care and God Bless.
Thank you for watching, God bless!
Great Information
I'm about the do the same thing. Moving into a camper full-time in my 10arces in Tennessee while my house is built. Just me and my husband...plus our German shepherd. Thanks for giving this video. I'm trying to take any information that helps with this transition
Glad you found it useful.
Thank you for this video. It was perfect for me.
Glad you enjoyed it
LIKE THE VIDEO AND THE INFORMATION OF WHAT YA'LL DID. BE BLESS AND SAFE. SAVANNAH TN.
Thank you very much!
Very informative video Andrew.
Glad you found it useful.
Campers are adorable
the most helpful video i've seen so far
Glad you found it useful
Thank you for the great info. 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it
Awesome video!!! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
You're video is so informative!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for this!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks
This was super helpful, thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Andrew you nailed it to the T
Thank you!
Best info! Thank u!
Glad you enjoyed it
Lots of good info, let's hope TH-cam promotes it and you get 5 millon views. Lots of people wanting to do what you did.
I could only hope! 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Very informative. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great vid. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for such clear info.
And I know things may differ state by state.
But this was helpful, and you are here in Florida
Varies county by county too, but I'm glad you found the content useful.
nuahhhh, I loooove small spaces. I wish I was still living in my TINY dry cabin.
Yep let’s promote this so people start doing it as a new trend so people like myself can’t afford it while the rates gets jacked up.
You sound bitter for some odd reason.
Im sure your experience has saved a lot of people tremendous frustration 😊
Hope so
I thank you 🙏🏼 for the info
You are so welcome
Andrew your camper bathroom is a suite compared to ours! 😂 Besides the things you touched base on we had/have to contend with cold weather. That means freezing pipes etc. We ruffed it this winter and kept the camper out all winter. A many a times we would run out of propane in the middle of the night.l and would have to go outside and switch tanks. One other thing you have to make sure you have plenty of propane on hand!! For awhile I had to tow mine 30 miles every couple of weeks to dump the black/gray tanks. Hopefully soon we will be getting our CO. We are still doing finish work! House looks great!
No doubt I didn't hit on everything, it would be a hour long video. Been there done that with the frozen pipes and propane.
Informative...
Just purchased a camper to live in and after looking around at several lots, I've found that, sadly, the bathrooms don't get much larger than that lol. even in larger/newer/more expensive campers.
Great info, thx!
These guys are so amazing if you haven’t watched their channel if there is one thing I can talk you into watching that will help you is there channel when they built their barn dominium and his solar power information is very helpful too
Thank you for the kind words
You covered things that I have not heard from other commentators. We are setting up our farm to bring in our RV that we have parked in a RV park. We are looking at all of theses things. Water, Electricity and septic. We have a 3 phase electrical service that supplies electrical for a 30 hp water pump that is 600' deep. They want $12,000 to make things more residential like replacing the 30hp pump to a 3hp pump. I put in a 1000 gl holding tank and a 3/4 hp above ground pump to service the RV. That should be more than enough to capture the 400 gallon per minute and soften it down to fill the 48 gl bladder tank with a 40/60 pressure switch. Its difficult to deal with a Florida permit office but with voices like yours that has been there and done that we will be able to get this done. Thx for taking the time to let us know how to do theses things.
Glad you found it useful.
Oh is a Camper Remodel coming soon?? I can see you fixing this up to take it out camping now that you built your home 😁 Hope you all are doing well sorry to hear about the spammers that you were dealing with I didn't get to see the video but i saw the title.. ❤I am surprised your going to sell it and not gut it out and build it to your specs but I am sure you have plenty of other projects to do!
Definitely going to sell it, need the money for other projects and want the room back in my building.
I’m positive this video will assist many now and down the road. I hope TH-cam will pickup on the need to spread this information🙏
Thank you so much!
my wife and I and an 80 lb malamute dog lived in a 33 ft RV for 20 years, 6 months in Canada and 6 months in Florida. Would still be doing it but she had cancer and passed in 2020
Thanks I live in FL . Going to do what you did in Putnam county
Putnam seems good for it. How did it go?
Problem for me and my wife is that we won't have an "escape" like y'all talked about. Plus my limit financially and physically for my 1/2 ton pickup is a 27ft bumper pull, since I don't want to pay for a 5th wheel receiver. I also have no plan for how long this might last, or what to do after. I just know my lease is coming to an end quickly (2 months) and I need to get something figured out. I refuse to pay 800+ per month plus bills for a small apartment that won't even let us have our cat. A lot with water, elec, and sewer hookups for 260/month sounds way better.
You go to do what you have to do. Any sort of outdoor space, even a cooking area and picnic table helps. Campers can feel like a coffin to a lot of people if you stay inside them all day and night. Some people it doesn't bother.
so what did u do
What did you do?
In Harris country Texas it’s perfectly legal as long as you register it in Texas, have a Texas drivers license, and have a property certified for dwelling
We have mobile home parks that have permanent camper and rv living but you never know when that will change
My wife and I lived in an RV with a Malamute dog for over 20 years 6 months in Florida and 6 months in Canada. The only reason we stopped was she got cancer and passed away
With rent getting so expensive i am definitely considering a camper
You are such a good teacher. Your attention to detail is wonderful…
Thanks for the information…❤️🙏🏼❤️
Thank you for the kind words
Very interesting! I think most people who live in their RVs live in an RV park where electrical and waste disposal is furnished. I never thought of the things involved if you live in one on your property like you mentioned. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for watching
Depends on what state you are in.
We lived in 1 for over 2yrs we turned the bunks into a pantry and extra frig we had 3 dogs YIKESS we were glad to get in a home
No kidding!
Yes it cost 400$ a month that included electricity water tv swimming pool hot tub and laundry room very clean Rv park in Oregon but were very happy in our new home
I have about 200 more questions to ask you, but...
Your viewership (in reality) is in the six figure range. (it is)
Keep relating your life experiences. WE ARE LISTENING! Stay real and honest and true... be persistent and patient.
Excellent video. You may have mentioned it before, but I don’t recall if you have a well or not, and, if so, where your pump is installed.
Well was the first thing we installed on the property years ago. It's about 150ft from the camper and I ran water lines to it.
cool
Love all the info.....thanks for passing it along to us
Thank you for watching
Thank you for the tips. The information is very helpful. By the way I subscribed and look forward to seeing more videos. #namaste🙏🏽🙌🏽☮️💜😆
Awesome! Thank you!
Dang there's plenty of room for Mr Doug, Mr Jimmy , Chris and me in the bunk room and crystal can have the front bedroom 🤷🏽♂️....... LoL..... If I didn't live so far I would buy the trailer up in a heartbeat
That would be a sight to see lol
Excellent video! You did mention that you had to empty out the septic tank once every 6 weeks, did you run the gray water with it or seperately?
Excellent information Andrew! Thank you. So much more involved than people realize.
Thank you for watching
Wow Andrew that was some good information there. You touched on some information that people probably would not have thought of or know what to do. Living in an RV camper full-time or part-time makes a big difference & if you don't have things pan right it could spell disaster. I know exactly what it's like living out of a camper because a truck 🚛 is a camper to believe it or not. Very small and not a lot of space. Especially the trucks 🚛 that have the stove , the shower , the bathroom , microwave. Very good video man. You take it easy buddy.
Thank you Mack!
Im 6'6 300 lbs....that bathroom would have been a pure mess for me !
Yes it would!
300 lb , whaaat
Not having kids living in the camper is probably the biggest thing that helped your marriage survive living in a camper!
I know some people who have lived in their 5th wheel for at least 14 years. Their RV is always leaking of and on, it's hard finding the leaks in the tip out slides.
And they had to replace the air conditioner and furnace twice. The air runs all the time, and it does freeze up some times. They live in Florida and the air can never catch up with the darn heat. People, im telling you, life can be a pain living in a RV for that long of time. And then when something breaks down, it's hard to find an repair man to come out to you too get what ever needs to be fixed. I would not like that kind of living.
In all honesty they are not designed for full time living. They are not insulated well, but it is possible.
So where did your "outdoor" sink and washer drain to?
Wow not sure I could have done that for that long . Hats off to you both . Ps we still got nowhere to go but up 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you!
Great video. Did not catch what county are y’all in
This video better go viral if I've ever seen one.
Hello neighbor from Siesta Key Florida.
What would you like for the trailer ? lol
Y'all jumped thru more than a couple loops for the past couple of years, with a smile and a little lub.
Thank you! Fingers crossed it does! 🤞🤞🤞🤞
I'd like a lot down in Siesta Key for the camper please 😉😁
Y'all are some real people's lol
We would love to meet you all someday.
Thanks for the video. There is a lot of information here. Very informative on things to consider or know before deciding on living in an RV full-time. Thanks again! God Bless you and your family!
Glad you enjoyed it, take care.
Excellent and very informative video Andrew!!!
Thank you
I live in south Florida and would be interested in the price of your trailer. Have truck will travel lol. I enjoy your video's!
Email me at kelleyscountry@gmail.com, I am listing it tomorrow.
What kind of roof covering did you buy? How big is it and how much was it?
I noticed your permanent decal is in Florida. Do you know if that varies by county? In Levy county, they’re not letting ppl live in RVs until you have a septic and power first and even then you have a limited amount of time to get your home built.
I'm sure every county does have its own unique rules.
You are a great public speaker. It almost seems that you do it professionally. Not all of us can speak the way you do in front of a microphone and camera!!! You might put your speaking ability in your resume!!!
Thank you very much! I hosted a lot of meetings and events at my last job. You get use to it I guess.