Any caravan owners?

shegirl

SueDerbyshire wrote: »

Hi, I have been reading your post with interest. You sound very excited at the prospect of owning your own holiday home and rightly so but thought I could make a suggestion.

My family have had caravans available to them for holidays for years, my grand parents owned them and then my parents. They too have had good and bad experiences with people using the caravans but it never put them off. Saying that, this is a very important financial decision you are about to make so try not let the excitement carry you away.

Have you considered a chalet instead of a caravan. My parents were fed up with having to sell their caravan at next to nothing when they wanted to upgrade and got told that chalet's tend to increase in value.

My parents have a chalet near Great Yarmouth and it does cost them a lot each year, as mentioned with all the yearly bills, even council tax and public liability insurance and have now retired and struggle with the costs, I have therefore taken over the booking and finances but it is a constant worry each year as to whether they get enough from renting the chalet out to pay the bills.

I also think turning it into a disabled friendly home is an excellent idea but again a chalet might be a better option for that.

Last point, have you got your heart set on a known branded park, you will find great privately owned parks, like my mums much cheaper.

I hope this helps and good luck with whatever you decide, just take your time to weigh it all up.

Sue

Hi, thanks for the response, always good to hear others experiences


Definitely has to be a caravan and on a specific branded park - the one we've been going to yearly for the past 8 years My son wouldn't want to go anywhere else, he adores it

ljonski

Business and pleasure don' t normally mix well!