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I finally figured out what to do as for my living space. I detest apartments, having lived in perhaps 100 or so over my life, from the Army to many motels and hotels when I worked for Xerox for 23 years. I spent something like 2 1/2 years or so living away from home, from days to months at times. At least I then had a real home to return to.
I now cannot afford a fixed to the ground home with property but that does not matter to me. What matters is owning my own home and being able to do what I want with my living space. I also just can't stand somebody stomping on my ceiling and banging on my walls, never mind that I can be evicted any time the management claims they need my space for a relative. Living in an apartment is a precarious way to live and one cannot even drill a hole in the wall with causing a major problem.
When I drove to Victoria the answer suddenly became clear. I had made up a very comfortable bed in my Durango and also had a Koolatron as well as cooking utensils with me. I stopped part way down to Victoria and spent the night in a campground. As I was getting comfortable and about to sleep I had the very odd feeling that sleeping in my vehicle just felt very good. In fact, it felt much better than I thought it should although I was tired from the long drive. So I did some self analysis and the answer became clear. The Durango is my own property and in effect my own very small home. That is what made me feel so good about sleeping in it.
The answer is to buy an RV that I can put on a Pad wherever I wish to live and if I don't like the vicinity it is trivial to move somewhere else. I can modify the "house" any way I like and I can also have a dog to live with me no matter where I live. Dogs are my favourite friends and can always be trusted, unlike humans.
So, last Friday I found and bought the exact RV that I want with a perfect floor plan for what I need to live in. The price was right too. It will cost much less to live in and will effectively pay for itself in under two years. It has room for the shop I want and plenty of room for regular living space. What I bought is a 35 foot Keystone Outback in excellent condition. It can be easily modified as most of the interior furniture can be removed and replaced with the furniture I already have and is much nicer in my book.
This is my new living space:
This is the original floor plan:
And this is how I will be setting it up. The normal interior will go into storage so it can be restored if I wish/need to.
This makes me feel so much better and I will have a small but proper work shop in the not too distant future. About the only issue will be dealing with the salt air, something I have a lot of experience with. When I lived in Victoria back in the 1970's I worked on aircraft and dealing with salt induced corrosion was the most common problem. I am very familiar with what must be done to prevent such corrosion. I will most likely be living very close to the salt water. I bought the RV here because this is a very dry and salt free climate so the RV has no corrosion at all.
Finally, I see my life turning upward very dramatically. It's about time.
I now cannot afford a fixed to the ground home with property but that does not matter to me. What matters is owning my own home and being able to do what I want with my living space. I also just can't stand somebody stomping on my ceiling and banging on my walls, never mind that I can be evicted any time the management claims they need my space for a relative. Living in an apartment is a precarious way to live and one cannot even drill a hole in the wall with causing a major problem.
When I drove to Victoria the answer suddenly became clear. I had made up a very comfortable bed in my Durango and also had a Koolatron as well as cooking utensils with me. I stopped part way down to Victoria and spent the night in a campground. As I was getting comfortable and about to sleep I had the very odd feeling that sleeping in my vehicle just felt very good. In fact, it felt much better than I thought it should although I was tired from the long drive. So I did some self analysis and the answer became clear. The Durango is my own property and in effect my own very small home. That is what made me feel so good about sleeping in it.
The answer is to buy an RV that I can put on a Pad wherever I wish to live and if I don't like the vicinity it is trivial to move somewhere else. I can modify the "house" any way I like and I can also have a dog to live with me no matter where I live. Dogs are my favourite friends and can always be trusted, unlike humans.
So, last Friday I found and bought the exact RV that I want with a perfect floor plan for what I need to live in. The price was right too. It will cost much less to live in and will effectively pay for itself in under two years. It has room for the shop I want and plenty of room for regular living space. What I bought is a 35 foot Keystone Outback in excellent condition. It can be easily modified as most of the interior furniture can be removed and replaced with the furniture I already have and is much nicer in my book.
This is my new living space:
This is the original floor plan:
And this is how I will be setting it up. The normal interior will go into storage so it can be restored if I wish/need to.
This makes me feel so much better and I will have a small but proper work shop in the not too distant future. About the only issue will be dealing with the salt air, something I have a lot of experience with. When I lived in Victoria back in the 1970's I worked on aircraft and dealing with salt induced corrosion was the most common problem. I am very familiar with what must be done to prevent such corrosion. I will most likely be living very close to the salt water. I bought the RV here because this is a very dry and salt free climate so the RV has no corrosion at all.
Finally, I see my life turning upward very dramatically. It's about time.
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