Proportion of Motorhomes?

No Nelliethehooker, I was being quite serious...  I live in a small village where most houses have good gardens and parking.  However, in towns where a lot of new houses are being built,  (we're talking £250k for a semi and £450k for a 4 bed "detached"),  there's barely room for a mini on the drive or a BBQ on the garden.  Because it is a fairly rural area, many families need two cars, but houses are just 'shoehorned in' with virtually no parking or garden space.

Putting a caravan in storage would be the only option.

Year on year people have more money....add the baby boomers and obviously there is even more money for leisure.

 It happens virtually every year and for ever more!!!!

I am not sure the costs being debated here are why motorhomes are increasing in popularity. We could not get anequivalent motorhome for the cost of our car and caravan but that is not something we have considered as the caravan suits us better. Other people have other priorities and a motorhome might suit them better.

To me the most likely reason for people turning to motorhomes has to be the change in the licence rules. It is now difficult for many people to tow without the cost and time needed to upgrade their licence and this might just kill the caravan industry long term and this realisation might be why only Coachman now have none in their range.

WW, you have a point....but the reverse is also true...

its really diffucult for a young family, say two growing kids and no license for over 3.5t, to find a MH that can safely (and within the law) physically support them...

they need it large enough to be sufficiently spacious for a family's needs, yet also require sifficient payload for water (now comveniently excluded from MIRO figures), four people, their clothes, food, bikes, tables, chairs, etc, etc.....

this is really tricky to do at the 3.5t level so, perhaps (and costs might also be a factor) they decide on a 2nd hand towcar and used caravan which has more chance of creeping under the weight..

with drivers at the other end of the scale losing their right to 3.5t plus, they are downsizing and small MH start to become more attractive.....

No Nelliethehooker, I was being quite serious...  I live in a small village where most houses have good gardens and parking.  However, in towns where a lot of new houses are being built,  (we're talking £250k for a semi and £450k for a 4 bed "detached"),  there's barely room for a mini on the drive or a BBQ on the garden.  Because it is a fairly rural area, many families need two cars, but houses are just 'shoehorned in' with virtually no parking or garden space.

Putting a caravan in storage would be the only option.

But we have a large enough housing shortage at the present time. Part of this is due to the high price of land. and builders need to fit as many houses into the space available. If they were to allocate sufficient room for 2 cars then less houses would fit in a particular area of land, reulting in less houses being built. Also how do you propose that new town houses have room for 2 vehicles?

Absolutely. Very few MHs are put in storage as people know the benefits of keeping them running and they tend to be easier to park at home.

Not true TW, one only has to go and have a look at caravan storage spot to see how many M/Hs are stored. Would guess that it's about the same proportion as on sites. Not everyone lives on a 5 acre plot of land.

No more do I, Nellie. In my experience MHs in storage are far fewer than caravans so, although it may be true at the storage sites you've seen, it's not necessarily so everywhere.

TW, looking today at the units stored at the farm where we are staying at the moment, there are 3 M/Hs still in storage this weekend out of a total of 13 units. This is about the same as the percentages as the CC quote posted by K.

23% as opposed to 33% on site. Oh, well, near enough - I can't fret about it, Nellie.

Nellie, the UK has some of the smallest houses in Europe.  I don't think it's to do with housing shortage- it's to do with greed.

Cram more houses in - maximise profit - don't give a damn about space.    But Hey, I'm going way off topic.

Why aren't architects a little more creative. Many houses on the continent have a garage underneath the property. 

There are only 2 MH on our storage out of 30 units and one of those doesn't look like it's been used for years.

Why aren't architects a little more creative. Many houses on the continent have a garage underneath the property. 

Write your comments here...  Good idea but it wouldnt work in Britain. ---- UK builder's like to  build on flood plains. 

K 

Does any poster have accurate statistics regarding the proportion of Motor caravans / Caravans  ???

K