Sell your house - buy a caravan

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Too cold, too hot, too noisy, too damp. And after x years the site owners tell you to shift your tin shed as it's age is spoiling the look of the site, and buy a new one - from them. Resale value of ancient tin shed - zilch.
Timber lodges? Why not try living in your garage and shed for a month and to find out if you could do it for years.

impy78

Did anyone see the Top Gear thing about caravan holidays last night?

Oh my word, I haven't laughed so much in ages - was it a set up?

Surely no-one can be THAT inept at driving with a caravan/cooking chips?

Dead_Eye_Jones

I think another downside to the plan is that you would have sold your house, and youd now be living in a caravan.

Xbigman

I'm not talking about 2 berth caravans or garden sheds. Have you people not seen the new park homes, the ones with proper tile roofs and en suites. Or the timber lodge's with attics, double layer walls and porches? These are houses in all but name. As to lengh of lease, this is now a minimum of 50 years. How long do you plan to live anyway?

Moving on. I've had a chat with a chap at work who is qualified as a holiday park manager. I told him about this thread and asked him for one honest to goodness way to put a park home on any field. His reply was very interesting.

He said; I should buy a paddock in my daughters name. She then leases it to me. I put a park home on it and live there. Temporary dwelling on temporary site. Sorted.
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Dora_the_Explorer_5

Xbigman wrote:

He said; I should buy a paddock in my daughters name. She then leases it to me. I put a park home on it and live there. Temporary dwelling on temporary site. Sorted.
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Until someone complains and the police move you on, just like they do Travellors.

grownup1

I spent a very enjoyable year in a static caravan park in an exclusive Surrey village (houses at the million mark, mobile homes starting at at £5000) - woodland around, quiet, friendly elderly neighbours, low taxes and charges. The site I used has since been turned into a much posher log cabin site but I found it a fantastic solution to an 18 month job contract living solution. The licence for the site required that residents had an alternative postal address and the site was closed one day a year. Worth thinking about this kind of arrangement in the short term at least...

seven-day-weekend

[QUOTE=Xbigman.

He said; I should buy a paddock in my daughters name. She then leases it to me. I put a park home on it and live there. Temporary dwelling on temporary site. Sorted.
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Except the land would need planning permission for change of use.

Optimist

Dora_the_Explorer wrote:

Too cold, too hot, too noisy, too damp. And after x years the site owners tell you to shift your tin shed as it's age is spoiling the look of the site, and buy a new one - from them. Resale value of ancient tin shed - zilch.
Timber lodges? Why not try living in your garage and shed for a month and to find out if you could do it for years.

Your name belies your attitude LOL.
I suggest you look at some of these park homes and indeed timber homes the modern ones are amazing/
Under the mobile homes act 1983 and the housing act whilst it is possible for the aggreement to be terminated under certain circumstances ie condition, it cant be terminated because of age !

dougk_2

westernpromise wrote:

Why does the lifestyle of a !!!!!! appeal to you?

Being totally un-PC - perhaps?

The ability to stop wherever you like, whenever you like, pay nothing for ground rent and nothing anyone can do about it for months until the court finally sends in people to move you on.

No need for car insurance or tax as nothing is ever done about it

No need to pay any taxes

No need to worry about rubbish and junk - just leave it where it is

Generally no need to abide by any UK laws!!!!!


Seriously though static caravans on sites have their place and perhaps more FTB's should consider them when they say they can't afford to live anywhere?

Xbigman

seven-day-weekend wrote:

Except the land would need planning permission for change of use.

No you don't because its temporary, thats the point.
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