Caravan on driveway

lookstraightahead

user1977 said:

lookstraightahead said:

RelievedSheff said:

sevenhills said:

ThisIsWeird said:

In the OP's case, the HA is presumably actively running the estate on a day to day basis. And can presumably also enforce the rs. Presumably. What if the HA is not the author? I dunno.

These days most estates are mixed, private/social housing. Which is the type of estate that I live on and there is a caravan in one of the gardens.

It's quite a large garden, so as long as the OPs caravan doesnt massively block anyone's view, it should be ok.

We live in a similar modern estate with a mix of private owned, private rented and housing association properties. 

The covenants here say no caravans, boats or commercial vehicles to be parked on driveways.

We queried this with the developers when we bought the property as we were looking to buy a motorhome (registered as a motor caravan). They were very clear that it was exceptionally rare for them to enforce the covenants.

We bought the motorhome and it has been happily tucked up on the driveway for a few years now with no complaints. But we are fortunate that it is tucked away out of sight and no neighbours can see it from any of their windows with how the properties are positioned,  in fact we can't even see it from a window! 

Several properties now have caravans and commercial vehicles as well.

In the ops case they really should consult the housing association in the first instance.

Wouldn't that invalidate your insurance? 

Which bit, and which insurance, are you talking about?

If the caravan is stolen from somewhere it shouldn't be in the first place.  Or if the caravan (or any caravan on a drive) rolls into the road into a car etc. Or if a caravan blocks the view of someone pulling out of their driveway. Or if it's vandalised. Insurance claims (I presume) ask for the location. 

We had a caravan for a few years and kept it on a secure site.