RV Mobile Office for Fulltiming
Floorplan
As with most RV's built by New Horizons RV, this is a custom layout. The basic floorplan shown above is the orginal drawing. There have been minor modifications since then.
See the Gallery for photos of the interior.
Office/Living Space
What makes this layout different from most is the large "L" shaped desk area in the living space where an entertainment center would normally be.
As shown below, the office area was intended for two workstations:
- A multi-monitor tower computer in the corner with under-desk pull-out keyboard tray
- A laptop station with an under-desk pull-out laptop tray, with space for an external monitor.
Between the workstations is an under-desk cabinet for an all-in-one printer (we used an HP 3330 LaserJet).
Office Area Layout
There is also an equipment cabinet ("pantry") at one end of the "L" next to the corner workstation. This area is where the network patch panel lives, along with the satellite internet equipment, router, etc.
Bed/Bath Space
We have the usual sliding pocket door between the kitchen area and the bathroom.
In addition, we have another sliding pocket door between the bathroom and the bedroom. We had this door included for extra privacy, noise control, and odor control.
Cat Condo
We traveled for over three years with two cats (one died a couple of months before we moved out of the RV). We now have a total of five cats: one old cat and four young ones. Our RV has a special "apartment" just for the kitties.
The bathroom linen closet was converted to a "cat condo" for the two cats that were traveling with us. The cat condo consists of five levels with access holes between levels so that the cats may climb between levels at any time. The cat condo has "clawing carpet" on all interior walls and floors, as well as on the outer side in the bathroom.
The lowest level is the litter box area in the basement. The litter box is accessible from outside the trailer via a hatch. This keeps all litter out of the trailer and permits the litter box to be cleaned from outside the fifth wheel, and under the main awning.
The lowest level inside the trailer on the main floor is the food and water area ("dining room"). Above that are two sleeping areas (the "bedrooms). The topmost level is an "observation deck" with a window to the outside.
Each of the four interior levels has a removable door. We removed the doors to permit the cats to roam freely while parked. We put the doors on to safely contain the cats during towing, and at night to permit us to get a good nights' sleep.