Home office from rpod?
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Topic: Home office from rpod?
Posted By: flak9
Subject: Home office from rpod?
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2013 at 3:51pm
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Hey everyone, I've been a fan of camping my entire life and love the look of the r-pod. I want to buy a small camper for my wife and future child (coming Feb 2014) to go camping in, but here's my thing. We live in a small home in Indianapolis (2 bedroom, no HOA, small but big enough backyard for an r-pod). We've been looking for a new place to live but haven't found what we're looking for just yet. I also work from home and my wife will likely stay home for awhile after the baby is born. I do a lot of conference calls during the day and I'm concerned that I won't have a quiet place to work from. So would it be possible to work from an r-pod camper? I'm worried about being comfortable in hot and cold months. In the dead of winter I will likely just work from the basement though. I wouldn't plan on hooking it or using the shower or sink when it's in the backyard. What are your thoughts? Is it crazy?
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2013 at 5:05pm
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No reason it wouldn't work. I had a co-worker that used his class C motorhome as his office at home.
------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2013 at 6:18pm
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Might be a zoning issue but it should be easy enough to make it comfortable to work in even year round. Winter moreso than summer because the air con is so loud.
I'd probably go with "easier to be forgiven than to ask permission" if it is a zoning issue, but that depends a lot on your town and your neighbors. It may not be a problem.
TT ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2013 at 7:35pm
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Welcome.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: thadd
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2013 at 12:10pm
| Admittedly it was only for about two weeks, but I work from home and when we put our house on the market I had to sacrifice my office so I worked in the R-Pod. This was in Pennsylvania winter and I found it quite comfortable. I could still get the wifi from the house and would shift between relaxing on the bed with the laptop on my lap and the table as my mood dictated. Also, it was an interesting conversation piece on my Skype video conferences. |
Posted By: P&M
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2013 at 4:30pm
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M has used ours as her "office" several times when we have been out podding, though not nearly for the length of time you may be talking about. She has stated that she would have no problem using it as an office alternative to the one she has in our house, if she was scheduled to work at home for a week and we wanted to take off.
------------- P & M ... and Comet too! 2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod 2018 Ram 2500 |
Posted By: Paige
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2013 at 5:23pm
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We live on a lake during the summer months,,not in the rPod...but when we get too many overnight guests, the rPod becomes a guest bedroom! ------------- Paige and Pete 2010 177 - RPug 2012 Rav (six cylinder) New York & Florida residents 
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