Well I take back what I said about not being able to find a park as beautiful as the one we are in. Today we visited an rv park on the other side of route 75 that is older than the park we are currently in but is very nice with plants and palm trees everywhere. We need to go back and see how many of these lots might be available to rent next year. We also visited a brand new park that is just now opening with the first lots having just recently been sold. It actually is very close to the older park we visited. We took a tour of the facilities at the new park which were much nicer than what we are currently in. The park will have 480 lots when totally complete. A couple of nice things about the park that we like include allowing 8 x 14 or 10 x12 "sheds" on the lots. These sheds are all built by the same company but can include kitchens, bathrooms or bedrooms. The new park has palm trees planted along the streets within the park but there is very little planted on the lots since they were just recently purchased. The pool will just open up next week. The older park we visited also allowed these "sheds". Some people turn these into a kind of guest cottages with small kitchenettes, a bathroom, and hideabed couches with TV's on the wall etc. It would give guests some privacy compared to sharing the already small rv space. These parks also allow you to leave your rv on the lot when you go home in the spring if you want to. These parks allow park model rv's instead of just motorhomes or fifth wheels. This gives you the option of putting a larger more permanent structure on the lot if you get tired of driving a motorhome or pulling a fifth wheel. The park models must meet certain stipulations but they were very attractive. We think we will scope out both of these parks in more detail and possibly rent a space at one of them for next year.
The prices to buy a lot in the brand new park is a lot less than the park we are staying in. The lots start at $49k with the most expensive lot is $69k. The hoa fees are a little more but the taxes are considerably less since they are outside of town. We want to check into the projected rent per month since these may make financial sense to buy and rent out even if you don't want to stay on them every year. One consideration is the location. The park we are staying at now is only about three miles from Fort Myers Beach and the Gulf while these two other parks are on the other side of route 75. This could actually be a benefit though based on what we have heard about the traffic trying to get to the beach after the first of the year. To get to shopping areas the other two parks are actually closer than where we are now.
At least these give us some more options for next year if we want to come back to this area.
A journal written about life, retirement and our journey throughout the United States in a 5th wheel, along with our two Shih Tzus, Tanner and Syndey. Written not for notoriety but for our sons, family and friends, so they know where we are at any given time. And particularly for ourselves. Finally, we get to slow down and smell the roses and we don't want to forget any of it. You are welcome to join us as we go 'Down the Road a Piece'.
