RV / trailers
Jan 21st 2008 | 4:19 am
#1
Thread Starter
Riddle89
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 62
From: Oakville, Ontario
RV / trailers
Hi
Has anyone moved to Canada and bought a trailer / Rv to live in until you have found the right house. I am not really wanting to rent for 12months paying loads of 'dead' money and would rather just buy as soon as possible.
We do intend to buy a trailer once out there to continue with our 'caravaning' at the weekends, so it wouldn't be money wasted.
I am concerned though if this is possible - would there be sites that we could stay on for a few months or is it restricted to a few weeks? would it affect our credit so making it difficult to get a mortgage? Would we be able to get our SIN / would the address be classed as a residential address?
Sorry for so many questions but has anyone actually taken this option until they found a house?
thanks
Riddle89
Has anyone moved to Canada and bought a trailer / Rv to live in until you have found the right house. I am not really wanting to rent for 12months paying loads of 'dead' money and would rather just buy as soon as possible.
We do intend to buy a trailer once out there to continue with our 'caravaning' at the weekends, so it wouldn't be money wasted.
I am concerned though if this is possible - would there be sites that we could stay on for a few months or is it restricted to a few weeks? would it affect our credit so making it difficult to get a mortgage? Would we be able to get our SIN / would the address be classed as a residential address?
Sorry for so many questions but has anyone actually taken this option until they found a house?
thanks
Riddle89
Jan 21st 2008 | 4:59 am
#2
Now on Vancouver Island
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 6,935
From: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Re: RV / trailers
I don't know the answers to some of your questions.
Here are some observations, though.
In another thread you said you had kids aged 6 and 4. For me, living in a trailer with other people would get old very soon. But I admit that's a personal reaction.
You say you don't want to pay "dead money" by renting a house. But you'd still be paying "dead money," wouldn't you, for the rental of the spot on which your trailer was parked? I dare say the rental fee for a parking space in a camp ground would be lower than the rental fee for a house, but it still would be "dead money."
Here in Calgary, you can enroll your kid in a public (state) school only if you can demonstrate that you are a bona fide resident within the school's catchment area. That means you have to be able to show the school an offer to purchase a property or a rental agreement.
If you or your OH have to find a job when you reach Canada, it'll be tough to use a trailer as a base for job hunting. You need space in which to spread out your papers, you need a quiet room from which you can make phone calls, etc.
Again, just my opinion.
Here are some observations, though.
In another thread you said you had kids aged 6 and 4. For me, living in a trailer with other people would get old very soon. But I admit that's a personal reaction.
You say you don't want to pay "dead money" by renting a house. But you'd still be paying "dead money," wouldn't you, for the rental of the spot on which your trailer was parked? I dare say the rental fee for a parking space in a camp ground would be lower than the rental fee for a house, but it still would be "dead money."
Here in Calgary, you can enroll your kid in a public (state) school only if you can demonstrate that you are a bona fide resident within the school's catchment area. That means you have to be able to show the school an offer to purchase a property or a rental agreement.
If you or your OH have to find a job when you reach Canada, it'll be tough to use a trailer as a base for job hunting. You need space in which to spread out your papers, you need a quiet room from which you can make phone calls, etc.
Again, just my opinion.
Jan 21st 2008 | 6:23 am
#3
Thread Starter
Riddle89
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 62
From: Oakville, Ontario
Re: RV / trailers
Hi
Thanks for that, it was pretty much what we had thought but wanted another opinion of someone who was already in Canada. I would much rather have a house and 'proper' address.
Thanks
Riddle89
Thanks for that, it was pretty much what we had thought but wanted another opinion of someone who was already in Canada. I would much rather have a house and 'proper' address.
Thanks
Riddle89
