Living in a Caravan Vs Living in a house

Just do that all the time and save even more money?

One step nearer joining the travelling community! 

Oh, and who will be looking out for your wife while she's on her own, parked in a caravan on a side street? How do you know she will be "perfectly safe"?

Would your caravan insurance be valid if living on the street?

So you've checked this option out with the local council that you won't be contravening any bye laws regarding parking and living in a caravan on a public highway and also checked with the police as well?

In addition I assume that you have checked with the wardens and the CAMC that you will be allowed to use the facilities on the site even though you will not be staying on it. To be honest if I was staying on the site and saw someone walking into the site from a caravan parked further down the street and start using the facilities then I would be having words with the wardens as to why this is allowed as the vast majority of paying members won't know of your circumstances and even if they did  may not be sympathetic to it.

Members have on previous threads suggested that they should be allowed in to use the facilities, for example to use the laundry or have a shower, just because they are members, and the club have made it quite clear that the facilities are for use of the members staying on the site. There are others sites that are open in the area plus pubs etc. that will be taking caravans for Easter plus rallies. Have you honestly rang everyone of them to find an alternative.

Glad you're living the dream. Seems like a nightmare to me.

Through lack of forward planning you are seriously going to leave your wife in a caravan on a street , you don't think much of your wife do you.

Don't know how you can be so flippant as to say win win,  

You may call your caravan a holiday home, it's not, it's your home otherwise you wouldn't be in this predicament.

Forecast is showing for more rain.

People who get a permanent travellers pitch can claim housing benefit and their spouse/partner can continue to use the pitch should the spouse die. Attempting to use recreational sites etc for residential use can negate insurance and other rights.

Funny that MM hasn't responded to concerns about his wife?

Am I surprised, not a lot 

M have you considered or tried claiming housing benefit?  The below was from another forum:

You can claim housing benifit to go towards the pitch rent (ground rent). My council took some convincing to start with as they only paid for houseboat morrings, although there were no moorings available in the county as the river is not fully navigable. But explain that a caravan pitch is equal to a river bank mooring and they soon see the equallity angle. We get a max of £40 a wk towards ground rent.

As you don't stay in one place all year, you do not need to pay council tax. Got that straight from the horse's mouth.

If you apply for a council house/housing association, you will find your on the bottom rung as they believe that as you have a caravan to live in you're ok jack.

OP, I think you already know the answer to that question.

I'm off to find a cat to kick!! 

See here for advice from Shelter regarding "mobile" homes.

I don't know how this works if you have previously got into rent arrears and have any outstanding court orders, made yourself homeless etc. But there is help out there (this has been said before, so my last word!)

Once again it would seem that this wonderful way of life in semi retirement you continually try and convince us is so much better than what others consider the norm, has come back and kicked you right where it hurts 

You really need to rethink your situation in my opinion. You are not getting any younger and it would be much better to face the inevitable and plan for it now rather than find yourself in some other dire situation in the future. 

I hope you get sorted in the meantime though