LaineyBug_AZ
RVF Regular
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2021
- Messages
- 5
- Location
- Chandler, AZ
- RV Year
- 2021
- RV Make
- Vanleigh
- RV Model
- Beacon
- RV Length
- 41
- Fulltimer
- Yes
Hubby & I have sold our home here in Phoenix and since prices are stupid high (great on the seller side, crappy on the buyer side!), we opted to wait out the craziness and just buy a 5th wheel until we find the land to build on. I'm a little anxious about downsizing from our very spacious 4,200 sf down to barely 500 sf! Most of the contents of our home as well as our pontoon boat are a few miles away in storage facility. We could rent a house but why throw $3K+/mo away to a landlord when we can keep most of it and own the 5th wheel we've always wanted anyway. Right? This should be fun! LOLOL
We are headed out to the LaMesa RV Show at the Cardinals Stadium today. We know we want absolutely want a Front living Room model. So far, I'm loving the Grand Design Solitude 380FL and the Heartland Bighorn. Are there any others I should look at for year-round living? Considering that we will eventually have our kids and grandkids for trips, we love the split floorplan-type of idea of the Solitude with the master suite to the rear with its own bathroom, kitchen in the middle w/ the powder room bathroom (for the kids and company), and the living room at the front where the kids will sleep on the pullout beds. What other 5th wheels out there have similar setup with two bathrooms? I am not interested in a toy hauler because they do not feel like "home", however, hubby likes the idea of the rear patio and I can use the back to store stuff and it can also be my office. But I'm all about having something that feels spacious and feels like a house.. if that's even possible! We're a GC and I work at home all day bidding jobs and stuff so I'll be in it quite a lot.
Buying from a dealer vs private party. Thoughts? Pros and cons? Cash or finance? I heard cash was king in getting a better deal. I also heard best place to finance was OneAZ Credit Union here in AZ. Anyone use them? We can pay cash, however, would prefer to finance since I'd rather keep the green in the bank. Can pay cash and then refinance too.
Anyone here in the Phoenix area? Are there any long-term RV resort-type places near Scottsdale? We work mostly in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley and it would be ideal to be closer to there than say down here in Gilbert.
Very anxious to start this new journey so all we'll do today is look at several models, take notes, and check in to see what kind of recommendations you throw our way! We close on the sale of our house on Feb 25th so hoping to find the ONE within a week's time.
Thank you all for any help you can provide!!
We are headed out to the LaMesa RV Show at the Cardinals Stadium today. We know we want absolutely want a Front living Room model. So far, I'm loving the Grand Design Solitude 380FL and the Heartland Bighorn. Are there any others I should look at for year-round living? Considering that we will eventually have our kids and grandkids for trips, we love the split floorplan-type of idea of the Solitude with the master suite to the rear with its own bathroom, kitchen in the middle w/ the powder room bathroom (for the kids and company), and the living room at the front where the kids will sleep on the pullout beds. What other 5th wheels out there have similar setup with two bathrooms? I am not interested in a toy hauler because they do not feel like "home", however, hubby likes the idea of the rear patio and I can use the back to store stuff and it can also be my office. But I'm all about having something that feels spacious and feels like a house.. if that's even possible! We're a GC and I work at home all day bidding jobs and stuff so I'll be in it quite a lot.
Buying from a dealer vs private party. Thoughts? Pros and cons? Cash or finance? I heard cash was king in getting a better deal. I also heard best place to finance was OneAZ Credit Union here in AZ. Anyone use them? We can pay cash, however, would prefer to finance since I'd rather keep the green in the bank. Can pay cash and then refinance too.
Anyone here in the Phoenix area? Are there any long-term RV resort-type places near Scottsdale? We work mostly in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley and it would be ideal to be closer to there than say down here in Gilbert.
Very anxious to start this new journey so all we'll do today is look at several models, take notes, and check in to see what kind of recommendations you throw our way! We close on the sale of our house on Feb 25th so hoping to find the ONE within a week's time.
Thank you all for any help you can provide!!