Thinking of buying a Caravan? Unfair terms! Rip Off Britain 28-01-22

Static Caravan Owners who have spent thousands perfecting their home from home but now say they are being forced out of their sites by unfair rule changes that mean they simply can’t afford to stay!
Come and join us:

[caravanstuff]

With more people selling their homes and retiring to static caravans in parks...the government has to step in and regulate the industry as a priority!!!.❤️🇬🇧

[bostonbikebits]

I was stupid enough to buy one once - good few years back now, it cost 16 grand and the annual fees were about 2 grand. The site owners went to great lengths to explain what a great investment it was. We had a few happy years but then circumstances changed and we decided to sell up. All of a sudden our 16 grand caravan that was in immaculate condition was only worth 6 grand. When I queried the price I was just told - oh that's the book price. When I asked what book I was given some bs about a book that the industry used to calculate used caravan values, I asked to see it but of course no such book existed. I reminded him that when we bought it we were told - don't worry they don't depreciate like cars or anything like that, you will get most of your money back if you sell in 5 years. Of course the site rules meant we couldn't just leave it there and sell it to somebody else, if we wanted it removed they wanted to charge us a couple of grand - they had us right over a barrel. For God's sake people, don't do it - there is no legal or official body to stand up for you when it all goes wrong - these site owners are the greediest people on the planet.

[emily]

So grateful mine was given to me ❤️ people give them away a lot!! The previous owners bought a house, the caravan didn't sell, expensive to move, couldn't afford site keep an open mind and you can find these for free!!

[Battismore-Blue]

`Because of Covid` a phrase we`er going to hear for a long time

[Willow-]

We live on Wyre Coutry park the mis selling of lodges is even worse as people are being told they can live on parks sell their homes To down size these lodges cost between £145, 000.00 £350, 000.00 our land owener is not paying bills so we may get cut off this week the whole site the council knows what goes on and turn a blind eye

[barrycook]

I liked the idea of a a static caravan for weekends away, but after reading loads of stories about the way in which these sites are run I will give them a wide berth

[kathrynjaneway]

Uk is awful place to here and yet half the world want in

[joemclaughlin]

Kind of ironic that these mobile home sites can bring so much misery! I'll stick with the cheap Ryanair flights, thanks very much.

[sueblackwood]

Had one and would never buy one again and lost a lot of money to

[kevinjackson]

NEVER BUY A STATIC ON A PRIVATE OWNED SITE. if you have a fall out with site owners, they will decide who you can sell your van to, and if they want to be awkward, they`ll keep refusing new buyers until you agree to their pathetic low buy it back price...or they`ll charge you a ridiculous amount to tow it off their site and will refuse anyone else permission onto their site to move it...JUST DON`T DO IT.

[hedgehog]

Lost our caravan as we didn’t get invoice so didn’t pay deposit for fees in time even thought it was a month earlier than normal, and had already allocated plot to new owners, cost £2500 in solicitor fees to try and sort the £8000 bill they wanted for fees of removing and disposal of caravan and tidy site? They didn’t chase us for fees but correspondence with solicitor did.
Never again will I invest in one unless it’s on my own land.

[captainplatinum]

Add in the cost of the over inflated purchase price and ever increasing site fees, it’s far cheaper to rent one in different places . Unregulated, unscrupulous sites, that want more for them and less for everyone else . It’s now sadly become a scam and a grift

[grahamshaw]

We looked into owning a static van in Cornwall but after "eventually" getting the full yearly costs plus buying the van £40k the fees worked out at over 7k a year so (my way of thinking) over 10 yrs ownership you'd pay 70k just to use it plus it would be worth very little if try to sell, don't do it it's not worth it, go have a luxury holiday several times a year in a nice cottage at a fraction of the cost of van ownership 😔

[hooplemott]

Worst thing i ever did was buy a static.
All owners get ripped off eventually.

[Andrew-hcxs]

This is no news to me I had one back in 2007 and paid £32000 for it and 5 years later site fees had jumped from 2k year to well over 4K per yer and was only offered at first £2500 for it in the end settled for 6k these parks are all the same it’s not vetted by law to protect people from the rip of park owners buyers beware if your thinking of getting one you really do need to want it and plan on massive use of it

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Damn and I wanted to live in one of these permanently 😕

[ianrhodes]

Seen this happen first hand it’s greed

[DrForce]

I was considering to purchase…..not anymore

[liamcollinson]

This is why I like the idea of RVs and motor homes if you fall out with the owner of a site just pack up and drive of static caravans are harder to remove and require a lorry. I think people should only be charged when they use they caravans because a lot of sites are for holidays only not year round living

[richardbranson]

What a rip off shame on these very greedy camp owners