I need some advice. My wife and I have a farm with beautiful mountain views. We have discussed putting cabins in but that's more than we want to spend. This is our current plan.
We'd like to put in 5 RV spots on the side of a 20 acre hayfield. Each spot will be 64' x 32'. We will separate the spaces by about 100'. Each space will have a 8' x 12' storage building with a washer and dryer. Each site will have 200 amp electrical service so that the occupants could have plenty of power for the RV, freezer, washer and dryer etc. in the storage building. All of the sites are very scenic and 12 miles away from a major TN. city.
I would like to market the sites to full timers with large rigs. It's my understanding that sites like this are not common. Is this true? I know that if I were going to live in an RV this is the type of facility that I would like to be in. I'm not sure what I should even be charging for a site like this.
I would like to hear from some full timers about what makes a great site a great site.
I like your thinking, but are you planning on including electric, or will the have there own meters? This can get very costly!
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I put in 3 sites here at our home with 30 amp power, wifi, water, and cable tv. Is for our camping friends only. We enjoy the woods in back, golf cart trails, and a place to have a campfire. What we all enjoy best is each others company.
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Rvndave wrote: I put in 3 sites here at our home with 30 amp power, wifi, water, and cable tv. Is for our camping friends only. We enjoy the woods in back, golf cart trails, and a place to have a campfire. What we all enjoy best is each others company.
That sounds awesome! Sounds like you have some really nice friends.
Since you are marketing the sites (you did not say if your are renting or selling the sites) you will probably need a commercial business liability coverage.
With 200 amps they could all have electric hot tubs and saunas to go with their electric dryers and freezers. It's a little overkill. Most people's houses don't have a 200 amp panel. However it's better to over build for future than to not have enough. Soon everyone will have to have their electric car charger plugged in also.
Sometimes we camp at Crazy Horse CG on the Colorado River.
http://www.crazyhorsecampgrounds.com
We always stay in the beach front sites which are short term and only have electric hook ups. Another section of the camp is for long term and they have full hookups with electric meters, and you can also get phone and cable TV service. The laundry is in a central location. I think they even have a section for mobile homes. I think most of the long term campers are Snowbirds in the winter months. However be careful you don't turn it into a trailer park. Long term campers have a lot of long term stuff which can quickly clutter up the place. You better have rules to keep that under control and out of site.
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