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Advice re selling Static Caravan
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pinkshoes said:It would seem to me that this is a significant change of the rules that is unfair to the consumer (you) and very one sided towards them.
Under the previous rules, you could sell your caravan to the buyer you have, but under their new imposed rules not only can you not sell your caravan, you have to pay to have it removed. They can't just take over and impose unfair rules.
I'm pretty sure this would come under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 for "unfair terms" in a contract.
I would be writing to the new owner stating that their new term is unfair and goes against the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (I suggest reading a bit more first...) then set out a proposal to them e.g. you can go ahead and sell caravan as planned to new person (and THEY need to agree to new rules), or that they purchase the caravan off you for £X (£0??) and do what they want with it.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales1 -
Not that it helps the OP but I wonder if the farmer has planning consent for the site? As I understand it over a certain number of vans and use a certain number of weeks requires consent.
I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0 -
peter_the_piper said:Not that it helps the OP but I wonder if the farmer has planning consent for the site? As I understand it over a certain number of vans and use a certain number of weeks requires consent.
Not too sure going down that route would end well. Lets say for a second he doesn't, then all the statics would have to be taken off site anyway.
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OP if you have a buyer then sell it with the condition they come to site to remove it and then hand over the cash once it's hooked to the back of their car?In the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces0
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OP if you have a buyer then sell it with the condition they come to site to remove it and then hand over the cash once it's hooked to the back of their car?0
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williamgriffin said:pinkshoes said:It would seem to me that this is a significant change of the rules that is unfair to the consumer (you) and very one sided towards them.
Under the previous rules, you could sell your caravan to the buyer you have, but under their new imposed rules not only can you not sell your caravan, you have to pay to have it removed. They can't just take over and impose unfair rules.
I'm pretty sure this would come under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 for "unfair terms" in a contract.
I would be writing to the new owner stating that their new term is unfair and goes against the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (I suggest reading a bit more first...) then set out a proposal to them e.g. you can go ahead and sell caravan as planned to new person (and THEY need to agree to new rules), or that they purchase the caravan off you for £X (£0??) and do what they want with it.
OP has the power here, only problem is it may cost a lot of money to enforce the original terms.
The new owner of the caravan would need to agree to the new terms, this may cause problems for them down the line though and make it much harder to sell.
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williamgriffin said:OP if you have a buyer then sell it with the condition they come to site to remove it and then hand over the cash once it's hooked to the back of their car?
I don't see that the site owner can dictate how the caravan is sold but, unless the OP wants to remain responsible for a pitch with a caravan on which they no longer own, the site owner is entitled to not allow a new person to subscribe to the pitch.In the game of chess you can never let your adversary see your pieces0 -
williamgriffin said:OP if you have a buyer then sell it with the condition they come to site to remove it and then hand over the cash once it's hooked to the back of their car?
I don't see that the site owner can dictate how the caravan is sold but, unless the OP wants to remain responsible for a pitch with a caravan on which they no longer own, the site owner is entitled to not allow a new person to subscribe to the pitch.
But perhaps the OP could confirm that.Life in the slow lane0 -
If you don’t need the money try advertising it on Freecycle.
when we lived in Devon someone did that and they were swamped with requests for it.0
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