Full-timing in residential areas ?

[AndrewM]

I am confused whether you meant behind a house or on a seperate lot in the neighborhood?

I am currently doing it in Memphis, TN. I live behind a house on a concrete pad. It just looks like someone's RV, I could claim that I was living in the home if push came to shove.

I plan on doing the same in Nashville, TN. I know it would be possible there.

It all depends on the neighborhood. Almost everywhere will have restrictions on people living in RV's in neighborhoods, and probably for good reason. But if your trailer is an addition to the community rather than a detriment than no one will mind.

[SuperTrouper]

Interestingly, I was just made aware through a late night internet wormhole ride of ALCOA designing and building aluminum homes in 1957 trying to find a market after the WW2 manufacturing build up. Looks like they only build 27 of 50 planned and they are sprinkled throughout the US. I'm a midcentury kind of guy so I love the design and colors. Not sure how many are left standing but it looks like they weathered well Too bad the market wasn't ready.
https://spfaust.wordpress.com/2013/0...are-free-home/

[featherbedder]

Originally Posted by SuperTrouper

Interestingly, I was just made aware through a late night internet wormhole ride of ALCOA designing and building aluminum homes in 1957 trying to find a market after the WW2 manufacturing build up. Looks like they only build 27 of 50 planned and they are sprinkled throughout the US. I'm a midcentury kind of guy so I love the design and colors. Not sure how many are left standing but it looks like they weathered well Too bad the market wasn't ready.
https://spfaust.wordpress.com/2013/0...are-free-home/

I believe they were called Lustron sold by Sears and Roebuck of which there are 2 in Aurora Illinois, and they have kept up maintenance, [looks like when manf.]

[uncle_bob]

Hi

One of the most basic issues is sewage. In some areas, that is a really big deal. Either the land is marginal for septic fields or the local sewage plant is near max. I have lived in areas where each of those happened to be true. Even putting a bedroom on a house was a "really big deal". Adding people in an RV would have been equally problematic in those areas.

Simple answer is that there is no simple answer. There are lots of drivers and lots of issues. One community may be fine with the idea, next one down the road ... not so much.

Bob