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Mosi
Original Poster
1,775 posts
84 months
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I read on another forum that Tom Hartley's make a few quid out of the Caravan industry (Park Homes if you want to sound more posh!)....then I noticed this evening during my daily perusal of their stock, that they appear to be surrounded by caravan's (Park Homes!) - are they based on a caravan park ?!! 
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jonny5
3,492 posts
143 months
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Mosi said: I read on another forum that Tom Hartley's make a few quid out of the Caravan industry (Park Homes if you want to sound more posh!)....then I noticed this evening during my daily perusal of their stock, that they appear to be surrounded by caravan's (Park Homes!) - are they based on a caravan park ?!! Tom Snr does the static home part of the business, Tom Hartley cars is based in the 'grounds' of his house ...
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Davey S2
8,651 posts
123 months
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Lot of cash in caravans or more specifically large motorhomes.
You only need to wander around the campsites at Le Mans each year to see the amount of people who have upgraded from a simple tent to a nice motorhome.
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dealmaker
2,117 posts
123 months
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Hartley.....caravans.....pikeys.........now it makes sense!
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Paul_D_996RS
1,244 posts
82 months
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dealmaker said: Hartley.....caravans.....pikeys.........now it makes sense! Beat me to it
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oggs
8,461 posts
123 months
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Davey S2 said: You only need to wander around the campsites at Le Mans each year to see the amount of people who have upgraded from a simple tent to a nice motorhome. 
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Davey S2
8,651 posts
123 months
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oggs said: Davey S2 said: You only need to wander around the campsites at Le Mans each year to see the amount of people who have upgraded from a simple tent to a nice motorhome. Yours isnt a motorhome oggs its a bungalow on wheels 
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10JH
2,070 posts
63 months
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I've been to the showroom a couple of times, it's quite unique as he has his house/bungalow and next to it a large standalone garage, crammed full of nice cars. He has a caravan park right next to this home/showroom and said he had a few other caravan business interests!
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jonny5
3,492 posts
143 months
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SimpleSimon
73 posts
65 months
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They don't call him the Derbyshire Diddycoy for nothing.
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jdwcd
2,258 posts
71 months
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theres nothing wrong with the park home business chaps
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minimanAC
379 posts
78 months
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Now there's a tasteful way of spending £250 big ones, for all the lottery winning Gypsies out there.....
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hazy
849 posts
137 months
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Davey S2 said: Lot of cash in caravans or more specifically large motorhomes.
You only need to wander around the campsites at Le Mans each year to see the amount of people who have upgraded from a simple tent to a nice motorhome. Oh yeah  http://www.hayesleisure.co.uk/birmingham.htm
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MattNM3E36
4,798 posts
134 months
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BIG money in static home sales people, have a family member in that area and he is very far from being "short of a few bob"
If you are in the position (like him) of owning several major parks as well its a double bonus because you get the profit on the original sale (which I believe is around 30k a time on a large unit) and then rake in a weekly ground rental
All adds up to an extremely tidy sum, especially when you are talking several hundred static pitches per site
Must admit though, Hartley being in that was news to me
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Drclarke
616 posts
42 months
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ali4390
1,289 posts
34 months
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Drclarke said: Good point well made!
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