Arcticdude
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And that's exactly why we're living in my workshop until the house is completely finished. A couple years ago I bought a new 35' travel trailer that we lived in for 1 year before I sold it. RV living in the mountains isn't a good choice. Too hard to heat, the pipes kept freezing, and I had to shovel the roof everytime we had a heavy snow.I moved into this house with Sheetrock on the walls, no joint compound or paint. The floors were bare plywood. The cabinets were just the lower units with countertops but no doors or drawers. Most people wouldn’t think about roughing it like that, but it saved a lot of money so we decided it was worth it. One thing I will say though, it is a lot faster and easier to finish a place when your not living in it. Just having to clean up tools and dust every time you do something makes more work over cleaning up once at the end of it all. As far as which choice is best, that’s just up to each individual.
I modified my workshop (fur shed) for us to live in by adding a bathroom with a shower and sink with a tankless water heater.
When I was a kid we lived in a house that dad was remodeling. That wasn't a good experience.