Should you buy next door to a massive caravan?

Bogof_Babe

britonsarah wrote: »

it would drive me nutts theres a rusty transit parked outside my door and moves about 2 days a month i hate it but the council said theres nothing i can do about it its parked legally if i was buying a house and there was a carvan as bad as u describe blocking my light no way would i buy it no mater how much i loved the house

Could you buy an old banger of your own and park it there when the transit is away?

yellowmonkey

Perhaps they are living in the big caravan whilst they are building a big house worth loads.

Ladybird20

caravans are not allowed on the development were i live,,,,,,,and so far after 9yrs of living there ,,,no caravans have ever appered. i would hate it by the way to see a caravan nxt door blocking out all the light and just blocking out veiws

Timmne

It would affect my choice of home - people who own caravans are usually a little weird in my experience. My parents' neighbour goes away twice a year for a fortnight and their caravan must spend at least three weeks surrounding said trip, on the drive being prepared/cleaned!

My in laws' neighbours were on the verge of selling their house a few years ago when my FIL dressed the house up in St George's cross flags, ready for some football tournament. Put that buyer off (as it would me!) and they struggled to get the house sold for a while after that.

BlackButterfly737

My friend bought a semi with a shared drive. Whilst having viewings for the property she noticed the neighbours always parked their two 4 x4's on shared drive, but ignored it.

After moving in she has had many disputes with the new neighbours about the 4 x 4's because it often prevented her from parking her car in her garage. Neighbour stated that it had not been a problem in the past. Friend contacted her solicitor who confirmed that as a shared drive both houses has rights and an obligation not to restrict access to garages at end of the shared drive.

The neighbours were contacted and from that point my friends car has been damaged (scratched paint work, punctured tyres) on several occasions. She cannot prove the neighbour has caused the damage, but the situation is tense and stressful - and still ongoing.

My advice is to walk away.

vwornoutmum

Nearly put us off the house we're buying our new neighbours caravan is huge takes up the whole front garden but once in house can't see it, I asked my parents what they thought they said it wouldn't bother them I asked my sis in law she said her neighbours caravan drove her nuts - no one can answer that question but you

LandyAndy

Timmne wrote: »

It would affect my choice of home - people who own caravans are usually a little weird in my experience. My parents' neighbour goes away twice a year for a fortnight and their caravan must spend at least three weeks surrounding said trip, on the drive being prepared/cleaned!

My in laws' neighbours were on the verge of selling their house a few years ago when my FIL dressed the house up in St George's cross flags, ready for some football tournament. Put that buyer off (as it would me!) and they struggled to get the house sold for a while after that.

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dwsjarcmcd

Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole!! Why do you need to when it is such a buyers market and there is so much choice!

markelock

BlackButterfly737 wrote: »

My friend bought a semi with a shared drive. Whilst having viewings for the property she noticed the neighbours always parked their two 4 x4's on shared drive, but ignored it.

After moving in she has had many disputes with the new neighbours about the 4 x 4's because it often prevented her from parking her car in her garage. Neighbour stated that it had not been a problem in the past. Friend contacted her solicitor who confirmed that as a shared drive both houses has rights and an obligation not to restrict access to garages at end of the shared drive.

The neighbours were contacted and from that point my friends car has been damaged (scratched paint work, punctured tyres) on several occasions. She cannot prove the neighbour has caused the damage, but the situation is tense and stressful - and still ongoing.

My advice is to walk away.

Whilst she may have no proof. balance of probability would suggest to me that if hers is getting damaged and theirs isn't, it's them. therefore maybe their cars should have some "valet" work done to them?

neighbours over the road from me have a caravan. I don't think they ever use it (although they are in poor health), although their grandkids play in there. Doesn't bother me. It's positioning doesn't affect their neighbour either.

jennifernil

Timmne wrote: »

It would affect my choice of home - people who own caravans are usually a little weird in my experience.

That is a bit of a sweeping statement, are you basing this on wide experience?!

We have a caravan, quite a large one, and keep it on our drive. We do however have a wide drive, there are trees which mean our immediate neighbour cannot see the caravan, and we have no houses opposite us. We also have no restrictions on the property forbidding the parking of a caravan.

However, in a shared driveway situation, or where 2 driveways are close together, parking a large caravan could certainly be an issue, especially if the caravan owners are taking advantage of the neighbour by infringing on their driveway space.

If the OP is at all worried about this being a problem, then it would be a bad idea to buy the house.

OP, when you say it is a huge caravan, how big is it actually? The max legal size for a caravan towed by a vehicle weighing less than 3500kg is a body length of 7 metres, and a width of 2.3 metres. Anything bigger requires a heavier vehicle to tow it.

From your description of a "monster 4 x 4 truck", it sounds like that could be a heavy vehicle and the caravan therefore a very large (both long and wide) twin axle continental caravan. These are up to 2.55 metres wide so I am not surprised that it is difficult to fit on a regular driveway. These vans are very attractive to thieves, so, unless the owner has it well secured, it may not be there very long!