Are you one of those lucky people who can store your RV on your property when you’re not traveling with it? Or do you store it elsewhere?
If you live in an apartment or condo, there may be no place to keep it on the property. Or perhaps your home HOA (homeowners association) prohibits keeping RVs on your property.
Increasingly, cities are prohibiting the storage of recreational vehicles in front yards or even in a side yard where the RV is visible from the street.
So what about you? How far from where you live do you keep your RV when you’re not using it?
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About 5′ during the season, it is parked to the side and in front of the garage hooked up to 50 Amps. During the off season, it is in the barn 125′ away hooked up to 30 amps.
I live in an old suburb in the northeast where the houses are fairly tight together. No side yard, no vehicle access to backyard. During camping season our trailer is in our driveway. In the winter it’s stored within a couple miles. That’s so our vehicles have access to our garage.
The RV we take to FL for 4 months is stored at home while the destination trailer we use 4 months in spring and summer is stored 1100 miles away
Live in southern NJ. We built a pole barn for our Class A. Barn is insulated with HVAC. Best part is the motorhome never has to be winterized. Even when using the New Aire in the winter, it has a heated wet bay.
I don’t have a big yard so my 5er is parked on a concrete pad about ten feet from a public street. The neighbors all know when the 5er is missing, so am I. And yes, I have a monitored home alarm at my house.
Storage lots in our area are at a premium. We originally had a place about 2 miles away. They decided to put more storage buildings up and eliminated the outside area.
We found one 10 miles away. It is gated and monitored and out of view of the road. One really nice thing is all the spots are 11 feet wide and angled so in and out is very easy. There is a 35 foot roadway front and rear. And no junkers or abandoned vehicles permitted.
And the local magistrates office is at the entrance to the facility.
Kudos to those that can keep at your house!
It’s at home in an attached RV bay. We found the house while it was being built and were able to add the RV bay and a workshop (small).
Two TTs. We can tow the little one, never bought a tow vehicle for the larger one. Fortunately we can store our little TT on the street next to the house most of the year. If we get a late start I have to get the TT over the curb into our front yard – I buried grids just under the sod to distribute the tire weight. Since we never bought an expensive truck to move the larger TT, we can afford to just leave it on the site year-round (our park discounts the rate when unoccupied 🙂 ). We DO perform all the maintenance to keep the larger TT ready to roll. Good thing. We changed RV parks last spring and hired someone to move us.
Thank you, RV Travel! 🙂 I claim to store our RV on “our” property when not using it. In fact, it is on Momma’s property and 1/4 of a mile from our house. But, at age 92+ years Momma encourages us to make no distinction between “her” property and “our” property, much as Daddy did prior to his death at ~91 years. And we do! 🙂 Thanks again, have a great day, safe travels, and safe stays! 🙂
28’×48′ pole shed 45′ from the house plugged into power.
Ours is similar ~ we love the space & protection for our pontoon, run about, kayaks & trailer. Also all my hubby’s junk!
20 steps from the house. DW calls it shotgun range, I call it quality assurance.
Ours is thirty feet from our back door, with a 30 amp hookup. Although we have not traveled much in it the last year or two, we keep it maintained and is in the “ready to go” position anytime we want to take off with it. The best purpose for it now is lodging when company comes and we need extra beds.
Same!
We are fortunate to have our MH next to the house with 30 amp power too. Easy for on-going maintenance and checking daily. My sister in Tustin CA (S. CA), just advised they were going out this week and have to drive 50 mi. to get their MH. I don’t know how they maintain it as it can only be at their home for 24 hrs before/after a trip for loading/unloading. That would be a very busy 24 hrs!
As noted by Kurt S… below – the one thing I worry most about is a cat. conv. theft and when the MH is gone all = good and bad people – would know we are gone. I too have security cameras on the property – but alas, that is after the break-in or damage has been done.
The 59% are lucky ducks!
We live on 8 acres and built an insulated enclosed MH garage that’s 50×30 and 15 feet tall out of Hardie board with a metal roof , lots of windows that we can open for a breeze. We actually got the design off the HOUZZ website. We added three remote controlled garage doors , septic tank, water lines, 50 amp and half bath with a slab fountain for hookups while being stored. It’s basically down the hill from our back yard, it is a fun MC cave with dart boards, and shooting range out the back. I also use it for all my Seasonal decorations.
That was part of the “deal” when we started looking for a place. The RV port had to be next to the house and had to have a cover. This place has “full hook-ups” and is completely covered, snuggled alongside the house, safe and sound. 😉
30 feet/door to door
Saved my bacon more than once when the power grid went down
Our house has 3 sump pumps and they must run every 5 minutes or we would have water in basement
Our onan is a life saver and we get to watch tv too
My daughters Rv is 40 miles from her home
Not at all convenient
Maybe 60 feet to a warm-dry-cool shop.
Have to keep my “kids” happy….