Posted on 16/02/2018 09:07
Have decided to start a new thread so not to take over the what your doing discussion.
The question / discussion is the benefit of living in a caravan on a club site and moving every 21 days to living in a brick built solid home.
For me apart from the investment angle is -Holidays away in the van, if you lived in one then it's no longer a mobile holiday home.
What do others think.
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Posted on 16/02/2018 17:19
It's interesting to know how others manage their lives - and what stage in life those who live in their caravans are at? I don't think I could just get rid of 'stuff'! Most of it's necessary for the way we live our lives. I agree in the caravan it's just 'stuff' and we could manage without most of it, so we've replaced a lot of it when it was stolen in 2015 but in the house these are valuable and treasured posessions for the most part.
However, since our grandchildren arrived we've acquired cots for when they stay overnight, high chairs for eating with the family, and some toys. We keep the toys to a minimum as babies are often as happy playing with a pan and a wooden spoon, or a load of interlocking biscuit cutters (plastic so no sharp edge) or when toddling, hunting in the garden for snails or bees, or butterflies, but even so we now have a pine chest full of books, a castle and some knights, a farm and some animals, a baby dolly and a box for her to sleep in, a pushalong baby walker with bricks............... and more. Where could I possibly put all that in a caravan?
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Posted on 16/02/2018 17:31
To us our motorhome and before that our caravan and a boat is our hobby. That is not to say that if push came to shove we couldn't live in a caravan or motorhome but it wouldn't be our first or tenth choice! We managed perfectly well to spend a couple of months away but we are always glad to be home. We like the space we have around us. Imagine not being able to escape from Coronation Street because of the limited space and no I am not going to sit in a cold damp awning! Where would I put all my books? We have a nice home which is ours. We like having our cake and eating it.
David
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Posted on 16/02/2018 15:45 by cariadonDo you think that if everybody adopted this lifestyle, as has been suggested on another thread, that the club sites will then be classed as residential rather than recreational, and council tax would then have to be paid.
Cariadon, you need to understand the differences in licensing and planning permission before you make statements about council tax becoming payable on touring sites.
It was a question not a statement, Don't residential parks pay council tax then?
Posted on 16/02/2018 09:07 by cariadonHave decided to start a new thread so not to take over the what your doing discussion.
The question / discussion is the benefit of living in a caravan on a club site and moving every 21 days to living in a brick built solid home.
For me apart from the investment angle is -Holidays away in the van, if you lived in one then it's no longer a mobile holiday home.
What do others think.
Posted on 16/02/2018 18:22
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Posted on 16/02/2018 18:23
So, to sum up, it would seem that living in a caravan or motor home permanently is OK whilst you are young and fit enough. There comes a time when you need the comfort of the local doctor, supermarket and regular bus service down the road, all of which sites may not provide.
I enjoyed living in the caravan for 6 months, a couple of years ago, but in view of my deteriorating health am grateful that I have a brick house ,with all services locally, to live in.
By the way we still get out and about in the van from time to time.
Each to their own!
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