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Old 05-18-2015, 09:37 PM
 
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I am looking to moving back to maine next summer. I live in a tiny house on wheels an RV model. I am wondering how permissible the laws are up there to me converting it over to a house. id'e be buying a pice of land either hooking it up to public utilities or drilling a well and installing a septic system I dunno about that part yet. I do know that running utilities can be pretty costly. I will also have a back up generator installed also for the power suckers.
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Old 05-19-2015, 05:05 AM
 
Location: Northern Maine
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There are many places where you can do this. There are even more places where you cannot. Be sure before you buy. A couple purchased a small lot last year and spent the coldest winter ever in a camper trailer they salvaged. They survived it.
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Old 05-19-2015, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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You could certainly do that in my town. But I have heard many stories from other people who live in towns where you could not do it.

I would suggest that you rent a lot in a trailer park with all connections first. Then use that as your base of operations, to go out and explore. Talk to the locals, etc. That is when you would find the exact spot your looking for.

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Old 05-19-2015, 11:59 AM
 
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I hear that doing the "RV life" is like the absolute cheapest way you can go, as long as you can find a way around an HOA that would basically be equivalent to rent cost. Though... I hear it only works out cheaper if you use natural gas and electricity. I would do that to stash cash for a house down payment.
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Old 05-19-2015, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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I hear that doing the "RV life" is like the absolute cheapest way you can go,
Consider yurts also.



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... as long as you can find a way around an HOA that would basically be equivalent to rent cost.
HOAs are terrible.



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... I hear it only works out cheaper if you use natural gas and electricity.
How so?

It is hard to beat wood for heat. Coal comes in close to the cost of wood.
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Old 05-19-2015, 04:26 PM
 
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pics?
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Old 05-19-2015, 08:25 PM
 
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Consider yurts also.

HOAs are terrible.

How so?

It is hard to beat wood for heat. Coal comes in close to the cost of wood.
Well, I always thought there was insufficient space for a fireplace/wood pellet furnace so I didn't even consider that as an option lol. I thought it was either electricity/natural gas OR just electricity/propane.
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Old 05-19-2015, 09:02 PM
 
Location: Northern Maine
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"HOAs are terrible.

How so?"

When formed, they have fees, rules and bylaws. In many HOAs it is easy to change the rules and bylaws so what you see may not be what you get.
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Old 05-19-2015, 10:53 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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In my travels, I have owned five homes. During this period of time there have been a couple times when I was nearly drawn into buying properties that were within HOAs. Each time the HOA, when I investigated closely, turned out to be a neighborhood kingdom of rules and fees that frightened me.

I have avoided HOAs.

I think that any sane man should.
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Old 05-19-2015, 11:19 PM
 
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Consider yurts also.





HOAs are terrible.





How so?

It is hard to beat wood for heat. Coal comes in close to the cost of wood.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmlcxdGgK9A
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