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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
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I'll ask her next time I speak to her. Or I might even call her to ask ...
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
My sister in law had one (somewhere mid Wales) but sold it after a couple of years. Just became boring and another set of chores. They also wanted to go on nice holidays but had sunk a lot of money in going back to the same place all the time. My old manager had one, she was in a relationship with a woman who had two teenage kids so it became her personal space and they had family time without her when she was there.
We were in Devil's Bridge at the weekend and had a look around. Refurbished caravans from about £30k, not one of those sites that makes you sell when it gets to a certain age. Site fees around £3k per annum plus your power and water.
Bear in mind that you can't stay in it all year round, the parks shut for at least two months per year to avoid anyone using them as residences.
The alternative is a seasonal pitch. Buy a towing caravan but set it up more like a static. I've seen huge seasonal pitch sites in Spain and Germany where this is definitely a thing (it's a thing here, just smaller scale). You get a smaller space/caravan but easier to move site at some point and you can add an awning, barbecue,etc.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
The VW camper style are smaller, easier to park, more car like to drive but you are reliant upon camp sites most nights. Large motorhomes more space than you can get away with as a single person and the bigger you go the more difficult to park, to manoeuvre,etc.
I'm not a huge fan of 'wild camping' in the UK so it would still mainly be on sites (although CAMPRA are very good at encouraging the setting up of non campsites for motorhomes and campervans) in the UK but in France it's aires de campingcars, in Spain it's areas autocaravanas and so on - official free or cheap places to stop with basic facilities but you need your own sanitation(sink, toilet, shower). Have weekends away in the UK, tour in Europe on your big holidays. But that's harder work than chillin in a static with a beer and a copy of Reader's Digest. And sometimes that's exactly what you want.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
last year and there was a company who converted used Mercedes vans and I liked them. 50,000 miles on the clock isn’t much for a van like that and around £40k ready to go is comparable with something like a static caravan.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Some sites could dictate whether or not you can sell a caravan or pitch without their permission, ban you from a site but keep the caravan, refuse vehicle entry to a site in order to remove your property & a host of other things that can generally screw up your peace of mind. Not all of these things might still be legal, but they were once.
This happened to my parents about 40 odd years ago & is a lesson than isn't easily forgotten.
Read the small print is very much the guiding rule
If you go down this route do as much homework as possible.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Who knew that such a simple idea could become so complex so quickly ?
https://www.allenscaravans.co.uk/blog/can-i-live-in-my-static-caravan/
https://www.willerby.com/blog/homes/can-i-live-in-a-static-caravan-all-year-round
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-rights-of-residential-and-holiday-mobile-homeowners-in-england/