headednorth
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Im only about 12 hrs into this idea, so bear with me if its off the wall or if there's something obvious that Im missing.
Long story short, Im living on the North Shore and working just outside of Boston on the north side. Ideally, like a lot of people here I would guess, Id like to have a place in NH. Prices in Southern NH seem to of caught up to prices in MA suburbs, at least on the North Shore. Aside from that, a lot of SNH is still too urban for me. My dream home would be more rural with enough land to shoot a rifle on at rifle distances, along with space for growing veggies, maybe some chickens, and just not having a neighbor 50' away. At the very least Id need the rifle and rural part.
Exchanged a few emails with a NH realtor along with a budget and was told Id need to be further up to achieve that, which takes me out of commuting distance from work. So I got an idea in my head about buying an RV, some land up in central or northernish NH and staying in the RV at work M-F and driving home Fri night. Id be living in the RV full time so the land in NH would probably have some sort of parking area with a hook up to a well and septic, maybe a barn or some sort of out building but no actual house.
There's a lot at work where I could park and they would probably be ok with that. Could possibly run a hose for water and maybe an extension cord for electricity. Im single, no kids, no pressing family obligations so no real impediments to this from that angle. So questions...
-Is there anything about this that is an obvious deal breaker that Im missing?
-Do people live in RV's in this part of the country year round?
-Is it possible to stay in one for 5 days and nights in a parking lot with limited or no outside amenities like electricity or a sewage hookup?
-Im thinking a 2-ish hour commute on Mon morning and again on Fri night beats an hour and 15 minutes twice a day for 5 days a week.
-In the end, does it sound cheaper to just buy a house and drive back and forth? Used RV prices seem to be all over the place. (ive only been looking since last night so I may be off on this) Not looking for a trailer or a Guns N Roses tier full blown bus. Something used, mid-sized and preferably in need of some interior work or minor repairs.
As I said Im only a few hours into researching this, but wanted to throw it out to the NES brain trust to get a feel if its something that makes sense doing. Sorry for the long post and tia.
Long story short, Im living on the North Shore and working just outside of Boston on the north side. Ideally, like a lot of people here I would guess, Id like to have a place in NH. Prices in Southern NH seem to of caught up to prices in MA suburbs, at least on the North Shore. Aside from that, a lot of SNH is still too urban for me. My dream home would be more rural with enough land to shoot a rifle on at rifle distances, along with space for growing veggies, maybe some chickens, and just not having a neighbor 50' away. At the very least Id need the rifle and rural part.
Exchanged a few emails with a NH realtor along with a budget and was told Id need to be further up to achieve that, which takes me out of commuting distance from work. So I got an idea in my head about buying an RV, some land up in central or northernish NH and staying in the RV at work M-F and driving home Fri night. Id be living in the RV full time so the land in NH would probably have some sort of parking area with a hook up to a well and septic, maybe a barn or some sort of out building but no actual house.
There's a lot at work where I could park and they would probably be ok with that. Could possibly run a hose for water and maybe an extension cord for electricity. Im single, no kids, no pressing family obligations so no real impediments to this from that angle. So questions...
-Is there anything about this that is an obvious deal breaker that Im missing?
-Do people live in RV's in this part of the country year round?
-Is it possible to stay in one for 5 days and nights in a parking lot with limited or no outside amenities like electricity or a sewage hookup?
-Im thinking a 2-ish hour commute on Mon morning and again on Fri night beats an hour and 15 minutes twice a day for 5 days a week.
-In the end, does it sound cheaper to just buy a house and drive back and forth? Used RV prices seem to be all over the place. (ive only been looking since last night so I may be off on this) Not looking for a trailer or a Guns N Roses tier full blown bus. Something used, mid-sized and preferably in need of some interior work or minor repairs.
As I said Im only a few hours into researching this, but wanted to throw it out to the NES brain trust to get a feel if its something that makes sense doing. Sorry for the long post and tia.
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