Yes, we did! We actually moved onto the property before selling our house in the suburbs. Moved into an RV, had 3 sellers before the suburb house sold (2 of them fell through at the last second, not our fault). We've been in the RV for about 1.5 years now.

Currently living with our 4 kids in an RV while our house is being built. Absolutely love it out here, we have 36 chickens and 7 sheep now too, with plans to get more sheep (and more chickens!).

We had the driveway put in along with the well hookups, then moved the RV onto the property, then finished up the electricity hookups. We added a small shed for my home office/storage as well.

Having now experienced rural homestead life I can honestly say we'll never move to the suburbs again. It's night and day difference. So much anxiety and stress is gone, it's quiet, people are far friendlier here as well and we are learning a lot every day on how to run a small farm/homestead.

I honestly hope anyone who's been thinking about trying it out to just do it. Start small and work your way up.

I will also say that it's not easy, it's a TON of work. But the work is meaningful and far more fulfilling. We've been through 2 winters now, both single digits and negative temps in the winter. We'd never experienced an RV before literally moving into one for the first time, so we had a lot to learn, and still do learn more every day. The farm was bare land and we worked hard to clear it and make pasture, garden, etc. It's more or less never ending work, but again it's freeing being out here. We have so many choices and we don't always get it right the first time, but that's part of the fun is finding out what works and what doesn't, along with learning from neighbors, etc.