Buying our first static caravan
Discussion
R8Steve said:
People saying don't buy this depreciating asset (that you can use pretty much any time you want and as many times as you want) and instead should just buy a 2 week holiday abroad every year for the same money. 
The difference being you aren't forced to go on a 2 week holiday and it won't cost you upwards of £40k upfront plus another mortgage payment for ground rent, then another £40k+ shafting in 8 years when the van is too old.I seem to remember an investigation into Tom Hartley and his one sided approach to caravan parks which is bordering on fraud.
£325k for a 3 bedroom caravan
https://www.haulfrynholidayhomes.co.uk/homes-for-s...
Great investment right there.
https://www.haulfrynholidayhomes.co.uk/homes-for-s...
Great investment right there.
Zoon said:
The difference being you aren't forced to go on a 2 week holiday and it won't cost you upwards of £40k upfront plus another mortgage payment for ground rent, then another £40k+ shafting in 8 years when the van is too old.
I seem to remember an investigation into Tom Hartley and his one sided approach to caravan parks which is bordering on fraud.
Many of them do work out expensive.I seem to remember an investigation into Tom Hartley and his one sided approach to caravan parks which is bordering on fraud.
But you can also spend a lot of time there - it will never work out cheap but if you spend 20 weekends, a month in summer, a week or two at easter and a half term there then the cost per visit comes down/
Sometimes when you have small kids (or you are on your own with the dog) having somewhere on the beach within driving distance is a better bet than multiple flights away.
Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 19th August 14:08
desolate said:
Many of them do work out expensive.
But you can also spend a lot of time there - it will never work out cheap but if you spend 20 weekeends, a month in summer, a week or two at easter and a half term there then the cost per visit comes down/
But it means spending almost all your spare time in a posh shed in the same place every time. That would soon feel like purgatory, not a holiday!But you can also spend a lot of time there - it will never work out cheap but if you spend 20 weekeends, a month in summer, a week or two at easter and a half term there then the cost per visit comes down/
Each to their own at the end of the day, there is people on here that think losing £50-80k on a McLaren for a few thousand miles of use seems like a bargain and i know where i'd rather spend my time.
I love mine and think it's worth every penny. Mine is located in a location that i love and would quite happy live next to. Maybe some of these 6k pa + 'council estates' down south i'd think differently.
I love mine and think it's worth every penny. Mine is located in a location that i love and would quite happy live next to. Maybe some of these 6k pa + 'council estates' down south i'd think differently.
Edited by R8Steve on Monday 19th August 14:16
Poppiecock said:
But it means spending almost all your spare time in a posh shed in the same place every time. That would soon feel like purgatory, not a holiday!
Some of the ones linked to on here are far from sheds.It certainly worked for us when we had small kids - wouldn't interested me now the kids have grown up.
My uncle had one in Weymouth.
It was OK inside - mod cons, etc and was a 6-berth
He used it for himself, kids and grandkids and then trusted family and friends. It was in use quite a lot, especially in summer.
However, they also wanted to go to other places so I think it became used less and less. He got rid after 3-4 years I think. No idea of financial impact but I guess it wasn't pretty.
I went a couple of times. Lovely area and the caravan was OK for two of us but the entertainment facilities, etc on the park itself was more council than an episode of Shameless.
It was OK inside - mod cons, etc and was a 6-berth
He used it for himself, kids and grandkids and then trusted family and friends. It was in use quite a lot, especially in summer.
However, they also wanted to go to other places so I think it became used less and less. He got rid after 3-4 years I think. No idea of financial impact but I guess it wasn't pretty.
I went a couple of times. Lovely area and the caravan was OK for two of us but the entertainment facilities, etc on the park itself was more council than an episode of Shameless.
desolate said:
Poppiecock said:
But it means spending almost all your spare time in a posh shed in the same place every time. That would soon feel like purgatory, not a holiday!
Some of the ones linked to on here are far from sheds.It certainly worked for us when we had small kids - wouldn't interested me now the kids have grown up.
R8Steve said:
Each to their own at the end of the day, there is people on here that think losing £50-80k on a McLaren for a few thousand miles of use seems like a bargain and i know where i'd rather spend my time.
I love mine and think it's worth every penny. Mine is located in a location that i love and would quite happy live next to. Maybe some of these 6k pa + 'council estates' down south i'd think differently.
Out of interest Steve where is yours located, it actually looks very nice.I love mine and think it's worth every penny. Mine is located in a location that i love and would quite happy live next to. Maybe some of these 6k pa + 'council estates' down south i'd think differently.
Edited by R8Steve on Monday 19th August 14:16
Buy a static caravan (or a very narrow lodge) and plonk it on the far end of this plot 
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-fo...
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-fo...
Zoon said:
Out of interest Steve where is yours located, it actually looks very nice.
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. 
No council entertainment and chav parties up here, just beautiful views regardless of weather, peace and quiet but plenty activities for my son. I can get here after work in 40 minutes/60 minutes from the house, have a boat moored about 50 yards from the front decking, have great helpful neighbours and there's never been a bit of bother or hassle. Unless you include the midges!
R8Steve said:
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
No council entertainment and chav parties up here, just beautiful views regardless of weather, peace and quiet but plenty activities for my son. I can get here after work in 40 minutes/60 minutes from the house, have a boat moored about 50 yards from the front decking, have great helpful neighbours and there's never been a bit of bother or hassle. Unless you include the midges!
Yeah, beautiful views, peace and quiet, in the 2 months of winter when you're not engulfed in swarms of midges.No council entertainment and chav parties up here, just beautiful views regardless of weather, peace and quiet but plenty activities for my son. I can get here after work in 40 minutes/60 minutes from the house, have a boat moored about 50 yards from the front decking, have great helpful neighbours and there's never been a bit of bother or hassle. Unless you include the midges!
Lemming Train said:
R8Steve said:
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
No council entertainment and chav parties up here, just beautiful views regardless of weather, peace and quiet but plenty activities for my son. I can get here after work in 40 minutes/60 minutes from the house, have a boat moored about 50 yards from the front decking, have great helpful neighbours and there's never been a bit of bother or hassle. Unless you include the midges!
Yeah, beautiful views, peace and quiet, in the 2 months of winter when you're not engulfed in swarms of midges.No council entertainment and chav parties up here, just beautiful views regardless of weather, peace and quiet but plenty activities for my son. I can get here after work in 40 minutes/60 minutes from the house, have a boat moored about 50 yards from the front decking, have great helpful neighbours and there's never been a bit of bother or hassle. Unless you include the midges!
R8Steve said:
Camelot1971 said:
However, if you think heaven is spending your free time on a council estate a few times a year, knock yourself out 
The council estates where you stay must be very impressive places!This is the view from the front decking of my ‘council house’
ETA - I pay nowhere near the costs mentioned on here and use it nearly every weekend.
Edited by R8Steve on Monday 19th August 13:33
Costs are also nowhere near what has been discussed. Great place to take the grandchildren and to just relax after a hard week at work.
Edited by Composer62 on Monday 19th August 19:10
Dave,
Think long and hard about this, as nice as Anglesey is, are you going to get fed up of going back to the same place time and time again?
Site fees are not cheap, and when you come to sell you will be offered.....not a lot.
I can see these statics can work for some people, for example the retired, and I'm not knocking them, but don't just jump in without some very careful thought, and read the T&C's ten times over.
Think long and hard about this, as nice as Anglesey is, are you going to get fed up of going back to the same place time and time again?
Site fees are not cheap, and when you come to sell you will be offered.....not a lot.
I can see these statics can work for some people, for example the retired, and I'm not knocking them, but don't just jump in without some very careful thought, and read the T&C's ten times over.
NDA said:
I assume you get stuck with the same neighbours year in, year out?
Not for me, but interested in the thread.
Mainly, yes, unless they sell up and you get new ones of course.Not for me, but interested in the thread.
Unless you move house every couple of weeks i'd imagine it's nothing you're not already used to.
If you strategically pick your plot as we did it reduces this issue, we don't really have any immediate neighbours as we are on a corner loch front end plot and the neighbour behind is a massive petrolhead so no issues there.
I can imagine there may be some not quite as lucky, i would imagine some are not so lucky site dependant.
I went to look at a boat at another site elsewhere and it was horrendous, too many people, jet skis and quads flying about the shoreline, kids on pitbikes, dogs roaming wild and the drunken parents all shouting at each other, etc, etc...this was at 3pm so i dread to think what it would be like at night! An Audi Q7 rolling into the car park with the reg no spelling out 'villain' kind of finished off the scene nicely
Made me very grateful for where we are.
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